I have a pair of Rouens and have recently fallen in love with Magpies. My question is......are Magpies too small to live with Rouens. I wouldn't want my Rouen drake to hurt the Magpies because he is very "FRIENDLY" with his lady friends.
Any help would be appreciated!
I had a duck hatch on day 25 and had not completely absorbed the yolk sack and it was still attached for a while. My question is that since it didn't get all the yolk should it be fed earlier or because it is early it isn't ready for food and water??? It just hatched last night so it is still...
My first duckling hatched last night on day 25 instead of 28. It still has a large yolk sack and cord attached. what should I do? It is still in the incubator. Should I keep the thing moist or let it dry out? Cut it? Leave it alone? The duck is peeping and moving, but not standing yet...
Does anyone know what you end up with when you mix a Rouen drake with a Pekin duck? Do they look like one or the other or a mix? Does anyone have pictures? I have pure Rouen eggs and mixed eggs in the bator and wonder if i'll know the difference since the same drake fertilized all of them...
I built Miss Prissy's bator and had 10 duck eggs in it for my first hatching experience. I hadn't seen movement for some time. Some of the eggs started to turn black and smelled terrible. I decided throw them out and start over because I read that they can explode. I opened one end to see if...
We lost our Lucy and are looking for a new lady friend for our drake. He is a Rouen, so we would like a female, prefferably either a fawn runner, pekin or rouen. If anyone has an extra female duck, please let me know.
Thanks!!