So here to find out we have 4 male n 2 females..not good..both of my females r sitting on eggs...when they go into the water they r literally ganged up on...the other day I threw a toy at them to get them off her...she was trying to get out of the water n they kept chasing her n pulling her...
Couple of questions about my duck sitting on eggs
1. Is it 22 days like a chicken??
2. Will she kick out any bad eggs??
3. Is there anything I need to do or will she take care of everything??
TIA!!
I have 6 ducks that were given to me because the owners didn't realize that they would get that big or that they were so messy...one person didn't even have any water for theres...lol...anyway....got 1 runner duck..male..2 pekins...n the others not sure...thinking 1 is mallard...so we were just...
My chickens were attacked the other night..one hen was gone but my poor scruffy Banty hen was outside the coop laying up against the fence...i called my husband who was on the road trucking hystericallyrics crying because she is from our very first flock n is the one left she is at least 6 yes...
i was soo excited yesterday when i heard ducks flying over the house...i went out thinking it was my mallard ducks returning home...they kept flying around...then when i went out back to let my dog out they were up in our field just quacking away...i kept hollering "here duckies"...and then as i...
the egg hatched under her...she left the baby lay and moved the last egg left to another spot....i brought the baby up to the house...its breathing..its just laying here on a towel...dont know what to do for it..ive been massaging it to give it circulation..its eyes r closed and every few...
since all 5 of the 6 chickens we had got killed over the last two summers and the only one left(scruffy-banty hen) is lonely and sitting on eggs like she is broody we decided to get her some babies from tractor supply...so we got 6 chicks on 2/27 and when we brought them home and opened up the...
so we were down to 3 chickens because of a daylight attack from some foxes....well just yesterday something grabbed two more of them....not sure what it was....so now im down to 1 banty chicken...i feel really bad for her...gonna look in the local papers to see if anyone is giving any away..she...
OK...couple of questions....my pond is frozen now and the ducks have an area that they r in...i know that i have to give them water everyday to drink and dip there head but do they also need to swim everyday....or do u think i should bring all four of them up to my greenhouse and set up a kiddie...
I just candled two of the eggs i brought upstairs....on the one end is a air space but i dont see any sorta shape of a chicken or anything..when i move the egg the airsac moves....like it is liquidy..i have no clue...the rest of the eggs r brown so i cant see anything in them...is it worth...
so when we went down this morning she was off the eggs...then when i just came home she was still off the eggs...so im assuming she is done being mamma...so i took her back down with the other chickens and brought the eggs up to the house in a box..put some moist paper towels under them and a...
so when i came home today my broody hen was off of her nest...the eggs were cold...but after a few minutes she sat back down...so do i need to worry....im not sure how long she was off the nest...they were cold....whats my changes...they r 2 days away from hatch date....i dont need nemore...
my boyfriend told me that the foxes that were in our yard were really big....the size of our dog...he is like 100lbs...ewww....pretty sure it was a male n female...he shot at them...he said that with each shot they jumped up into the air and twisted and turned..lol...didnt think he got either...
just talked to my boyfriend and he told me when he was pulling into the driveway that a fox ran across the driveway and one was eating one of our pullets....he took out his gun he has in his car and shot but doesnt think he got any....ewwww....im so upset...of course..im at work and our dog was...
has anyone every watched a momma turn her eggs....mine was doing it the other day when we were in there...she was shimmering/shaking her body and u could hear the eggs moving around under her...lol....what an experience!!! she was doing a "chicken dance"
so i was really worried about mama keeping the eggs warm enough....we moved her into a rabbit hutch and put some hay in for her to make a nest...but she has all the hay moved around and the eggs are just laying right on the plastic mat that was in the hutch....so i told my boyfriend i was...
my two duck that i have raised since they were 3 days old dont give me anymore attention..i miss them...they left the greenhouse and decided to go live at the pond with the other two ducks...well they used to come back and visit..but not no more...they dont even come out of the water to the...
im soooooo praying that my broody hens eggs hatch next saturday or sunday..that way ill be home all day long to watch or whatever she needs help with...SUPER DUPER EXCITED!!!!