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I live in Los Angeles County and I'm looking for one or two sexually mature Khaki Campbell males to increase the gene pool of my flock. I might also be interested in an egg-laying female Khaki, but I'm mostly looking for males. If you have some extra ones that are around one year old (no older...

I have two ducklings left from a batch that hatched on December 15th. They are now 2months old and no longer need a heat lamp. I left them with their mother, so they are not used to being handled. The mother is a great egg layer, almost lays as much as my Khakis which is amazing for a...

I’d really like to re-home this adult male Muscovy with someone who will use him for breeding instead of eating. The only reason I want to sell him is because I need a new male for my breeding pool. I am located in Los Angeles County and will not ship him. I am willing to travel somewhat to...

I was all with the questions on Wednesday and Thursday regarding hatching. Here's why! My first duck Booger, my baby ... light of my life ... blah blah etc., finally got a boyfriend about two months ago and now I have finally been able to hatch out some of her eggs! It sucks that I must have...

Ok, I had my first incubator hatch this morning (around 8AM) as some of you know! Unfortunately, this little early-bird is still the only one out so far. It's looking a lot more fluffy, but it's back still looks a little slick to me. I don't know ... never done this before lol. She (I hope )...

One of the Khaki Campbell eggs in my incubator just pipped sometime between 5:30 and 6:30PM! I'm so excited and hope the others follow soon, but I'm curious because I've never had a successful hatch from an incubator before. How long on average does it take from the first pip for them to...

Muscovy ducklings hatched 5/30-5/31. Current head count is 13 ducklings but we might get some straggler hatches. Hatched to a single drake and 3 mothers nesting together, none of them show quality but very pretty and productive. The mothers are all direct siblings from the same hatch last...

So, some of you know that I bought ducklings from lovesduckies (AKA Heather) from our duck board last year. Some of you also know that recently her Muscovy hen, the mommy of my ducks, went missing. Apparently, my clutch that I bought was her only successful hatch. I just found out about this...

Ok, so these three sister ducks that I got from lovesduckies never wanted to sit on a clutch before. They never displayed any sign of wanting to go broody, so I always took the eggs away. I only gave them one nest box that is pretty narrow for them to lay in. Something must be in the air this...

Ok so my youngest sexually mature Muscovy duck decided she wanted to be a mommy and began sitting on her eggs during one of the coldest weeks in Southern California I can recall. She is very little physically and has never sat before, and I didn't encourage her to sit so I didn't have proper...

I've got a female Khaki Campbell who is my baby. I would love to breed her, and I'm thinking about getting some mules out of her with one of my Muscovy boys but they are more than three times her size and very rough with her. She's my delicate little flower and my mommy sensibilities won't let...

I just went and picked these babies yesterday from another member here on the boards. We didn't even know both of us were on this site until afterwards! This is my second batch of Muscovy ducklings this year, first batch from lovesduckies and I really wasn't planning on getting all 18, but ...

I'm getting ready to try to incubate some Muscovy eggs, and I've never incubated anything before. My muskies reached sexual maturity in October, and I've been seeing bulls-eyes for a month now so I want to set a small batch and see. I just picked up a used Lyon TX-7 that I'm checking right...

I typically only have an interest in utility breeds, birds that would do well in eggs and/or meat in my climate and wouldn't give me too much trouble personality wise, so I am not very familiar with ornamental or rare-ish breeds at all. I picked up these girls from someone who couldn't keep...

Does anybody here use a taser to stun their poultry before slaughter? I'm sure it's a bit of an over-kill (no pun intended), but DBF wants me to look into us using a taster to make sure that the birds are completely out of it since we prefer to bleed them out with the head still attached. So I...

I've been raising only Mallard-derived breeds of ducks for two years now. I just got a Muscovy duck, about 4 months old, was told it was a female but I'm starting to suspect it's really a male. I don't know much about Muscovies, but I've noticed that when ever I approach the pen I keep it in...

I love Craig's list! Picked up these two little cuties on the 11th, was told at the time that they were only two weeks old but I'm suspecting that they are older. Right now they should be 5 wks, but I'm thinking more like 7 wks. The previous owners knew nothing about chickens when they got...

Hey peoples, I just got myself a rooster and it's been about a month now after the quarentine period and I've checked and all of my girl's eggs have been fertile for a while now and I want to try hatching. This seems like a good deal and I have been researching hatching how-to's for a while...

I've got 7 ducks, 2 of them are older and they are buddies but the other 5 are siblings that are only about 3 months old. This past week, all of the ducks have decided to pick on one of the younger ducks. The siblings have been ripping out feathers right at the base of her neck and the top of...

So, my baby has completely changed in behavior over this past month. She started laying eggs in January, but she acted the same way towards me that she had as a baby (loving, eager to see me, wanting to cuddle, wanting treats). There have been some changes around the backyard recently, and one...