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We recently added four news hens to our aviary. We ordered them from Metzer's back in February. Our original hens have stopped laying eggs since we have combined the "flocks". The original hens are also molting. I did not know if the stress of adjusting to the additional ducks was causing...

Thank you Amiga, Okay, the kennel is large. What we used before was wood shavings (the same as we use for our horses); however we use straw in both of our duck houses now. They seem to like to "nest" in it better. Anyway, the heat source is a ceramic heater. It will be far enough not to...

Thanks Goat_Walker. That is what I thought. I was just making sure. Our first ducks lived in our garage for the first four to five months we had them. It took me that long to figure out the design of the aviary, and to build it. It looks like the dog kennel and wading pool for our new...

We ordered three ducklings from Metzers. They are due to ship on February 8th. We live in Kentucky in what is considered the Louisville Metro area, although not in Jefferson County, so it will be cold here for awhile yet. I know ducks do well in the cold, but I am concerned how the ducklings...

Thanks for the help. I have checked out Metzers. However, my daughter has changed my mind after looking through the site. Now we are going to get one additional Pekin hen and two Cayuga hens. We will have two hens each: Pekins, Mallards and Cayuga, and one Pekin drake. BTW, When my...

In my duck aviary I sank a 625 gallon stock tank. The bulkhead fitting that is on the side to drain the tank I have a tank heater that keeps that water from freezing in the winter. I took a piece of 15-inch PVC pipe and made a vault to allow access to the heater from the outside of the tank...

Sorry, I meant Mallard. Marling is the name of the Mallard drake we just gave away. All of our pets are spoiled rotten, and it was very disturbing to me, my wife and our daughter having to give the two drakes away; eventhough they are in good homes. I was thinking of Marling as I was typing...

Thanks Wifezilla! Both times I have come here for help, you have come through!

In April my In-laws gave my daughter 6 ducklings; three Marlings and three Pekins. Out of the six, three are drakes and three are hens. We have found good homes for two of the drakes. I would like to get two more Pekin hens and one more Marling hen. I want to get them from somewhere...

We put feeder fish in the wading pool with our ducks today. We have three pekins and three mallards. We have had them for almost three weeks. They were small ducklings when we got them, and I am not sure of their actual age. At first they did not notice the fish. The first one to pay any...

mom2chicksand pups My inlaws (who I get along with wonderfully) wher only doing what my wife asked them to do. Her dad thought I actually knew about it. So I can't be upset with them on this one. And as I said, it makes my wife and daughter happy, and they do help with the care of our pets...

Wifezilla, Thanks for the link. I have just skimmed, but it looks like it has a lot of great information! I will read it in detail tonight! Thanks again! cazoo

Thanks for the tips. I will check out hardware cloth. That would eliminate the need for doubling the welded wire and chicken wire. I never thought about the racoons coming in from the top; only the hawks..... As far as being a good sport goes, we refer to our home as the zoo, thus the last...

Thanks on the welcome. Nice to be here. What if I use chicken wire and welded wire on the bottom four feet and the two feet underground? Would that provide enough of a barrier? Thanks, cazoo

Hi, this is my first post. My inlaws gave my daughter six ducklings for Easter. Three Pekins and three Mallards. I knew nothing of this until I walked out and my daughter and my wife (who talked her parents in to buying the ducks) where playing with them. Please understand, I have no...