I'm considering getting a trio of black east indies. They won't be able to free range as I gave larger ducks/Drakes that could hurt them. What sized pen should they have. I don't really want a raised enclosure. Preferably something that's on the ground. What size would I need. Anyone have ideas...
I currently have some welsh harlequins which are already autosexing. I would love to get some cayuga females to breed with them. Would it be possible in theory after multiple generations to make a auto sexing breed between welsh harlequins and cayugas.
I got these 3, 9 week old ducks yesterday. Number 1 is much whiter than the rest, I think she's a female as I think I heard her quacking. The other two I'm unsure of, they are much darker. Number 3 has a yellow/green beak, does this mean drake? It's hard to tell by quacking because these are...
I'm building an aviary for some wild duck species. I've done lots of research and will probably get some mandarins and ringed teal. Not sure about other duck species. I need ones that aren't too loud as I have neighbours right next door. Mainly dabbling ducks I'm looking at but may consider...
I've always wanted to get mandarin ducks or teals or some ornamental duck breed, but never got the chance to. I already own domestic ducks and other poultry but want to try something more advanced. I have room for a 22 foot by 10/11 foot aviary at the back of my shed. I would really like to make...
I currently just use those cheap plastic tubs for my ducks. I would like to see some ideas of natural looking ponds that people have made and how you filter the water. Last summer I attempted a duck pond but failed, so I'll have to try again.
I currently have 6 ducks, (4 runners and 2 rouen/saxony ducks). They are all girls and I am thinking of getting a drake. They live with my flock of 20 chickens. They sleep in a coop/shed during the night and all free range during the day. I heard that drakes can be aggressive towards chickens...
I have a hen who went broody a few weeks ago, she had two chicks hatch but unfortunately one passed away.
They are in a broody coop in the main coop at the moment and the chick is turning 4 weeks old on Wednesday. The other hens can see the chick and mother.
It's not possible for the chick to...
My broody hen hatched her first chick.
I bought 12 hatching eggs and the breeds were black copper maran, leghorn, rhode island red, cream legbar, appenzeller spitzhauben, swdish flower hens and sulmtaler.
This chick was in a creamy brown coloured egg. My thought is he/she a rhode island red...
I have 4 runner ducks and would like to get a different breed that could breed with the runners and not hurt them. Maybe khaki campbells or magpies I'm not to sure