I was planning on getting a few ayam cemani because I think they're gorgeous, especially with their solid black combs and wattles. I was figuring on trying to find some hatching eggs, and then learned about svart hona. I live in a place with an alpine winter climate, at about 4500' with...
Thanks @Miss Lydia ! There was no blood in their flight feathers and we clipped them yesterday. They are now unable to fly and are happily enjoying roaming around the backyard.
Can I clip their wings yet? I'm hoping the experts here can tell me how old these 2 youngsters are from the pics, and if they're old enough to clip their wings. Metzer's website says not to do it until they are 15 weeks, and I suspect these 2 aren't quite that old yet. We just got them 2 days...
I have a female muscovy (Daphne), and two younger males (Saffron and Clover) who hatched on 8/26 (so not quite 5 months old). When I got the boys, Daphne had just stopped laying and was molting. A couple of days ago Clover and Saffron started mating with Daphne, or trying to mate. This...
Oh, yeah, one other question: The new duck cheeps constantly and relatively loudly when separated from her new momma (and by separated, I mean by a few feet, as Delilah likes to hop up on a perch that the little one can't get up on). Is that normal for a muscovy? When will she grow out of it...
A few weeks ago we got our first duck (Delilah) from the Humane Society with lots of great advice from you guys! It took her a few days to learn about peas, but once she did, it only took one more day for her to eat out of our hands and now she is super friendly and doesn't mind being pet...
She's home now! They actually clipped her wings at the shelter before giving her to us. I built a temporary pen for her and put in a dog crate for shelter, and she's loving splashing around in her kiddie pool. I'll be building a permanent house and better pond for her soon. She doesn't seem...
Thanks! We were wondering about her flight ability. Hopefully we can clip her wings while still at the shelter to make sure she doesn't fly away. I had a cocktail years ago and clipped his wings regularly, and I just read a few sites and watched a couple youtube videos on clipping duck wings...
Mahalo everyone for your great input! We are going to pick her up from the Humane Society this afternoon.
On another note...I have no idea how they determined her sex or age. The local Humane Society primarily specialized in dogs, cats, a few bunnies, and the occasional guinea pig or goat...
My wife & I have been wanting a pet duck. The local humane society has a duck that we are considering adopting. She was found as a stray by the side of road. She isn't skittish, and doesn't mind when we enter her kennel, but she also doesn't come up to you, and if you try to pet her she moves...