I just went out and checked and i noticed a raised area on my roos toe...just one..and not on any of my hens...it doesn't look like mites and on top of foot so assuming not bumble foot...red tissue under the raised area...
It is sex-liink rooster and only 8 weeks old..
I will take pictures later...
I have ducks and chickens and run them together so they ear and drink out of same bowls...what will the yeast do to the chickens if anything? do i need to separate the chickens from ducks
thanks so much ..I had sister out for a while yesterday and she is all fluffed up and acts like she is in (heat) so do i let her with my other male drake or keep her separated from everyone for a while I am new to this but getting excited
i have a pair of mallard ducks, and they r brooding on same nest together, the father is a khaki buff...
ok that said....the TRUE mother to the eggs is sitting without problems...now sister, is destroying their eggs...she brought out one yesterday and had opened it the embryo was complete(don't...
I have several eggs that i think are about 14-15 eggs under two mallard females with a khaki drake ..the females seem like they are doing well taking turns leaving the nest and this morning i noticed an egg in the water...the egg was opened and definitely a well formed embryo in the egg. I...
I am first to admit i don't have a clue what i am doing with ducks!!
the problem I am having is with the drakes (of course) I have a Khaki and a blue swede and both have 2 females to them selves, I tend to free range during daytime during the night all are enclosed..
the drakes however...
We are moving this weekend and the new place had an enclosure which we can use for the ducks and chickens. So I cleaned it all out and got a WHEELBARROW FULL of numerous kinds of poop.
Now I am wondering what to clean the soil with...and don't have much $$ we were thinking that maybe rack in...
these look my females and i had 3 males very similar coloring of yours .......i was told they were mallard, crossed with a buff...I have a buff Khaki with the mallard females now so maybe they will cross, my females are laying a very light blue egg...but not sitting on them yet
these are my female mallards that my buff Khaki has dominated
they are very quiet ducks and not as demanding as my blue swedish are they are kind of skidish in fact
how ever that may have been the way they were raised.
I have a blue swedish female, she has been sitting on a nest of eggs she got up yesterday and i peeked at the nest...all the eggs are GONE she is still very broody do i force her up or let her brood for a while?
I am not sure what to do with her, and not real sure what happened to the eggs, I...
thanks for the information...Currently I have 5 males I have the 3 in the picture and then i have a really pretty buff khaki...and then i have a mated pair of blue swedish...she is laying eggs but won't sit on them during the day..this is how i am running them now....I have the blue swedish...
I just got them last night and people that had them before has had them for 2 years but never did see any eggs lol..if i assume everyone right and these are Khaki and mallard will they even breed? I am fairly new at ducks but sure enjoy watching them
Is there anyway to get the males that i just...
WHAT IS THIS?? HER FEET ARE REALLY SCALEY ALMOST LIKE SHE HAS EXTRA TOES OR SOMETHING..PADS LOOK NORMAL. THEY DEFINITELY CAUSE HER DISCOMFORT TO WALK AND IS ALWAYS BEHIND OR ALONE FROM THE REST OF FLOCK IN FACT SHE IS MOST COMFORTABLE WALKING ON THE CARPET IN OUR HOUSE...
I JUST PURCHASED THESE DUCKS AND THEY HAD NO CLUE WHAT THEY WERE, HAVE HAD THEM ABOUT 2 YEARS AND NO EGGS...I JUST PUT THE SMALLER (?) FEMALES IN WITH MY BUFF MALE DUCK AND SEE NO REACTION FROM EITHER, CAN ANYONE IDENTIFY THEM??
ok I sort of adopted a female pigeon that it's hatch-mates had been picking on and before the owner caught it it had no feathers and very little SKIN left on most of the back of her head through meticulous isolations and wound care. it is finally healing and i am seeing a few pin feathers in...
thanks for the reply..I was told this is a buff Khaki. he is flighty and i can tell was not given much attention when he was little, he runs from me all the time...but he seems much sweeter than the swedish..
both the swedish and the Khaki seem to get along with the hens...I am seriously...
do u still have the ducks?? I would be interested them if we could figure out a way to get them...I have since picked up a male Khaki at the swap meet here in town...
I haven't heard from u and I am interested..
please pm me if we can work this out
thanks
here is the Khaki I recently purchased at the swap meet, I was told definately a male..but I had to have it..I love the color and was planning on getting a pair of buff Orphs...but i fell in love!!!........NOW MY PROBLEM...I have a "bonded" pair of Blue Swedish and of course only one female to...