Grrr... I came home yesterday afternoon to find feathers everywhere, luckily both of my ducks were standing in the coop, where they NEVER are unless I chase them in, so Im pretty sure something has tried to get them, I think it was most likely a cat but maybe a fox, question is, will it keep...
My Call drake has hurt his leg, he holds it up for most of the time except when he is trying to walk he doesnt even use it for swimming, i have examined it and there is nothing visibly wrong but there is heat coming from the joint in his leg, is there anything I can do or is this a job for the vet?
Hi My call drake has been limping today and holding up his right leg, i've had a good look at it and I cant see anything visible wrong, any ideas what it could be?
Hi all, Recently my silkie hen died, so my silkie rooster was left alone, seeing as I sold the rest of my hens in favour of ducks, I decided to buy a hen to keep my rooster company. I went today and bought a silver sussex POL Pullet and put her in with the rooster, shes very docile and altho...
Well got a pair of calls last week so just managing to get some pics now, pair of chocolate silver, not sure if it has the same name in the US as im pretty new to the ducks. Anyway here they are, they are having to swim in the black box til their new pool comes lol
Hi, I am really interested in breeding some of these as I would have good use for some good broodys, thing is I have a blue silkie rooster and so im not sure if this will still produce sex linked chicks? can anyone help shed some light?
Hi, so these have only hatched out yesterday, I know one is a black bibbed but im not sure of the other? I bought these eggs off ebay from a flock of 40+ calls all an array of colours so i have no clue. Im sorry for the blurry pic but any help is appreciated!
my two little call ducklings, one black bibbed and im not sure of the other colour? the other 7 are still in the bator but im not holding out much hope for them, however im still happy i got these two il definately be keeping them! sorry the pics are so blurry
Well this is day 27 and one egg has pipped and there is another definately moving. how long from pipping til the hatch? It has pipped around 12 hours ago. Im not expecting a great hatch as I know these are hard to hatch but if I have one il be happy!
Hi everyone, I have call duck eggs in an rcom suro king, humidity has been at 55% until today, they have been in 21 days, thing is i dont know if i should stop turning them today? and what humidity do i increase it to? Ive never hatched ducks before and im desperate to get atleast one! time here...
Hi guys Im fairly new to chickens but I have hatched a few batches successfully and am now trying Call ducks, basically I really want one as a pet anyway so anymore than that is a bonus. So they are in an rcom suro king and today is day ten and I have 9 fertile out of 12 so not doing too bad...
Hi everyone,
Im new here, as Ive said on the welcome board I found the site through looking for a cure for Mareks. Well basically I have a blue silkie bantam and she has been down since Saturday, shes paralysed down one side and seems to have a twisted neck. She cant do anything for herself and...
Hi everyone, Im from Ireland, I found the site while trying to find some sort of treatment for Mareks disease and I found the thread about hypericum, so Im sitting waitin on a tablet dissolving right now lol. I have been keeping chickens for a few months and have hatched a few aswell, so I hope...