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Can anyone please advise me what is a good ratio of male to female ducks. I seem to have 1 poor female who is constantly being picked on for mating even though there are others in the pen. At the moment I have 3 males and 5 females who get on very well apart from this 1 problem...
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When i brought my hens they had been vaccinated against salmonella. Can anyone tell me if this is a one off vaccination or do you have to repeat every year? Just thinking about the eggs and people eating them.
May sound a silly question but...
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I have 3 sussex in 1 coop. The ring leader is very healthy however she is plucking the feathers from the other 2. These 2 have no feathers underneath or round their backside. They are very alert and have great coombs and do not seem to be ill at all. I have thought of taking the...
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I am very excited at the moment. I have incubated 7 Khaki Campbell eggs and yesterday they were rolling around and i could hear them. This morning one egg has a small hole in it. 5 out of the 7 have started to hatch. I can't wait. This is the first time i have incubated, last time i...
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At the moment i have 2 khaki campbels, 2 call ducks and a call duckling, not sure what sex. I would like to introduce some new ducks. I know with chickens you are suppposed to do it at night etc although i had no luck with this, fights everywhere still a week later. Can anyone...
Its happened 2nd attempt and late yesterday my first 3 Call ducks hatched. I was not quite ready and had not taken the bath out. When i discovered them this morning they were all in the little tub but 1 had obviously drowned. I could kick myself. Hatch day is still 2 days away. Am not...
Haha Today after months of letting my chickens out to roam in a fenced off grassed area to peck and scratch they decided they could fly and as soon as one went over the fence 5ft the others followed. There i was with 5 escaped chickens to catch. Now normally they squat and let me pick them up...
Hi all, this is probably a silly questions but when do ducks moult. My poor drake is loosing feathers everywhere. He does not show it to look at but there are feathers all over the pen. I have moved him recently away from his lady friend whos eggs are due to hatch. Is he moulting or anxious...
Well i had a khaki campbell sitting on eggs due to hatch a few weeks ago but unfortunately they all died before hatch. I think it may just have been too cold, we had a lot of sharp frosts. I'm having another go with the Call ducks. She has laid 10 and started sitting properly 2 days ago...
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I have recently dug a trench all round my ducks and chicken coops and laid wire down and out to fox proof them. The foxes have now scratched through my pollytunnel [just recently recovered] and are hanging around even more. I have heard that male urine is a good deterent but today was...
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2 of my Speckled Maran have decided to get broody. I have taken their eggs but they still sit there. Not sure how to solve this problem. They have been in the box for 3 days now and it does not seem to matter what i do. I have placed them outside but they go back in eggs or no...
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Started a thread a shile ago expecting Khaki Campbell eggs to hatch. I know i have not been exact with my dates but even so by my reckoning eggs are now approx 4/5 days late in hatching. Mum is still sitting and has been all along. She has thrown 4 eggs out over the last week. I check...
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Over the last couple of days i have noticed that my Black Sussex has no feathers around her vent. I am not sure if they have been pulled out or if she is just loosing them. There is also some red sore skin. Apart from this she is still quite happy, lively and alert. She is eating...
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I had 3 Speckled Maran to start with and then got 3 Sussex one black 2 white. I did everything i was told to do by introducing them at night etc. However, the Maran were attacking the new chickens so much that i separated them and they now now their own home and are very happy. I have a...
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Getting ready for the big day. My duck has been sitting for quite some time, though i cannot be exact on the number of days. I know it is getting very close to 28 days. Are there any signs i can look for to give me any idea that they are ready to hatch? I have separated the...
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I have a pair of Call ducks and a pair of Khaki Campbells. The Khaki is sitting on eggs that are due to hatch in just over a week. At the moment they are all in 1 pen together. Should i separate the drakes and put them into another pen. I have heard that they can kill the...
Hi all, i am woundering if someone can help me. I filled in information and registered. I received email and followed the link and logged in and confirmed email etc. I have now had another email to say i have not verified email so cannot become a full member. Please can anyone let me know...
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My duck has laid 15 eggs over the last 3 weeks and has just started to sit on them. She has been sitting for the last week, not all the time.
She is in with another hen and 2 drakes. She is still laying every morning. As it had been a week i took a couple of eggs and did a tourch...
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My name is Jay, a woman in need of information and i am new to chickens and ducks. I am from the UK and have joined to get some much needed information and help from people who keep ducks and chickens. My venture is very new and I am learning quite a bit but there is still a...