Hi Everyone, I am wondering if you can help us to determine if our ducklings, DeBois & Bayou, who are 6 to 7 weeks old respectively, are male or female using the audio/video files attached? We found the information to try this method from David Holderread’s book “Raising Ducks” - which I...
I have two new ducklings! We know that mom is a Cayuga however the dads are unknown. I’m guessing the older of the ducklings is a Rouen/Cayuga cross because of the stripes around her eyes. What do you think? This duckling is pretentiously named “Persephone Dubois” and was a Christmas miracle. I...
I have tried to hatch my Cayuga ducklings eggs for a couple months after a few of my ducks were killed or carried away. This is my first year with Ducks and I hatched them myself in the Spring. I had zero success until right before Christmas when one shocked me by hatching such a little miracle...
So I have 7 now adult ducks - I had 10 and lost three to predators, which was heartbreaking: the Loudest, the Weakest and the Leader. That’s its own story. After the leader was killed in what I believed was a predator proof pen (the others went missing while free ranging), I brought them into...
I got this duckling from Tractor Supply yesterday to be a companion for my sole surviving duckling, an Ancona, from my first incubating efforts. I am delighted to have another one, and they are already very attached to one another.
My TSC duckling was labeled a Pekin - which I thought were...
I joined last night. Was so pleased to find such a helpful resources, and such a friendly, knowledgeable community. My name is Jess and I’m wanting to have ducks as pets. I’ve been a serious animal lover all my life, all 63 years! I’ve had plenty of them but with my sweet Leonberger dog...
I am brand new here and to incubating eggs.
I posted for the first time last night under the assisting hatch thread. Mostly, I was just grateful and thankful for the article on how to make safety holes, (and also have a concern for high humidity).
Three of my four duck remaining eggs had...