Hi everyone, I recently hatched some chicken eggs I got from a friend and they are a few weeks old now and one has started to crow but another one who I thought was a hen might be a rooster but I can’t tell very good lol. The black one is the one we’ve seen crowing but the white one we’re not...
When I went to let my call ducks out this morning I found that sometime last night something had unhooked the door latch and possibly killed some of my ducks, one was found in the yard without a head, so maybe after the initial attack an owl got that one. I have 24 but there are only 8 left. I...
I let the ducks out to free range this morning and at about noon I went out to check on them and noticed one of my hens was missing, I figured she had gone off to the tall grass and trees just outside of our yard to lay eggs. I eventually found her and something had killed and eaten all of her...
I currently have a hen with five ducklings in a separate coop from the rest and just discovered that a hen whom I thought had disappeared, had been nesting in the field behind my house. She had ten eggs that are within days of hatching and I was wondering if they could live with the other mom...
Hi everyone, I have six almost fully grown call ducklings and all are sexed except for one. It is a snowy that has the plumage of Drake but quacks loudly just like it’s mom, one of the other ducklings is raspy just like a normal drake. First time I’ve ever experienced this so any info would be...
I recently found a very young merganser chick that was wandering around in the woods all alone and was wondering what to do? I have a broody call hen that has two ducklings about the same age and I was wondering if she could raise the baby, I tried to introduce them and she accepted the chick...
One of my hens has begun sitting on about 15-20 eggs and I was wondering if they would be safe to hatch with her or if I need to separate them from the rest of the flock? I wanted to try and let her do it herself but I wasn’t sure if I would just be better off putting them in the incubator.
I own 8 call ducks and one of my hens will randomly start quacking so loud that her voice will crack. None of my other hens have ever done this so I’m not sure what could be causing her to do this.
Hi I currently own a male pekin duck and was thinking about introducing some call ducks. I was wondering if it was safe to keep the call ducks with him and not have problems.