I hope they are all hens, I spent extra on them from a farm down the road because I cant have roosters. I love them so much, I would be sad if I had to rehome any of them mabey shes just a busty chicken I have had them since they were 3 weeks old. the farmer did say they would trade if any...
My almost 8 weeks old chicks have outgrown this thread :-)
They are so pretty with all their feathers! And so grown up flying out of the yard got their first wing clip for their saftey.
Well I read wild ducks can reject the mating and expell the drake they dont want to mate with, but with ducks kept as pets, are they like dogs, can the females have eggs fertilized by both males.
Tmi,I am sure, but a wild mallard mated with my mallard female and she expelled it from her...
I have a mallard and a rouen male with my female khacki, white crested and rouen ducks.
Can a female duck have ducklings from two different drakes? Or will they choose one to accept and push out the other?
I just bail mine out with a bucket till its empty enough to flip. Get a heck if a workout , the only draw back is it floods the other side of the fence, which the ducks LOVE sticking their head thru and drilling in the mud :-)
He just has a full crop. Its normal. Sometimes wjen mine over ate it would throw them off balance. They are little porkers ;-) especially my pekin girl.
My rouen male Rodger still has some baby feathers in his green head ;-) and he has pink spots on his feet. Thats why I kept him as a breeder, I could tell him apart from the other males :-)
This thread is not as active is all. I said they are huge in an ovation... My Rouens are big birds
Other than that they are gentle, docile and very pretty in color. They are good seasonal egg layers but wont brood often.
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My chicks first night outside with the ducks they had a practice night in a small kennel, just to transition them to be used to each other.
6 weeks today and I'm amazed at how fast they are growing and how different the fuzzier two are from the chunky two. I'm proud of my big girls!
Well the birds of prey, probably a red tailed hawk or a duck hawk decided my Nibble girl and killed her and injured my Male while we were out at the store. I had the sense to put the baby chicks away since they were so small but had no Idea the birds of prey could even get to my Mallards with...
My buff Orpingtons are do docile and sweet. They perch on my hand and let me carry them around. They come running wjen I come outside and call "chick chick chick" and dont run away when I come near them anymore. They will be able to sleep outside with the ducks soon like big girls.
I have 4 females and two males Rodger the Rouen and Pinky the Mallard but have them seperated in two separate areas.( one Rouen named Rouena , one white crested named Pom Pom, one mallard named Nibble, and a Khaki Cambell named Brownie)
The extra Rouen males I ordered from Metzer Farms are at...