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So yesterday the first two babies were hatched from under mom. One blackie (mostly Cayauga) and one funky looking buff/cayauga. I get home tonight and the duck family house just doesn't look right. No new duckies and looked like all hell broke lose in there. I take care of everything and mom...

Hi, So we began with her sitting on 8 eggs. Then she threw out 3, now we are up to 15. My count is 12 days she has been sitting, but it could be 9 if the three she chucked are the first (I never thought to number them duh...). I really can't figure out how she got 15 unless she has one of the...

Hi, My buff duck made this beautiful nest and is sitting on three eggs. Is there any chance that she'll hatch them? If so, I may have cayuga/buff ducks.

I have four ducks, three of which are laying daily. Since the 4th is a male and does what males do...., I'm thinking some of the eggs may be fertile. I'm toying with trying to incubate just a couple. Anyone know of an incubator that will do the job but kind of on the cheap. I'm only seeing...

In May I will have my one year anniversary as a duck slave. I can wait and see, but was dying to ask if My Cayuga females will lose their white patches of feathers when they next molt. I have heard that the older they get the whiter they get, but I didn't hear if it was only seasonally or if...

So we have noticed something the last couple days. Twirp (buff) makes the nest in their house every night/morning (nice bowl) land ays an egg. Then a layer of straw is added over the egg (not sure by whom). Tilly (cayuga) then lays an egg in the same nest and sits on both eggs for a little...

What a squishy mess. We unfroze, lots of rain, snowed, and so this makes eeeewww duck pen floor . We now have a path around the pen, one side is snow mounds. The ducks circle the pen. Round and round. trying to figure out what happened to thos mud puddles a day ago that were so sweet to...

Wondering when my girls will start laying. I'm in MA and my ducks were born in May. My buff layed for a few months in the fall, but my Cayuga girl and Cayuga mix have never layed. Just curious when to expect to go from no eggs to too many.

So I'm doing duck duty last night in the pen around 9pm when I got home. My four were planning an escape all day, I swear. The minute I take their rubber tub out of the pen to clean it, they all quiet down for a few seconds. When I turn around to see why, they were all standing outside the...

So I'm in MA and have been feeling bad because the ducks keep hunting in the snow for editables. Needless to say, they aint finding nothing.... So today I went on a hunt. Seven stores later and I found a store with live bait. Now I know ducks like worms. But man, it was like I fed them...

I have a question for all of you in snow/freezing land. How deep is your tub for water in the winter? If it's relatively deep, how do you make sure they can get out easily? I have this black rubber tub (15 gals 9 3/4 inches high). I have one goofy duck who pretty much lives in it (she...

I ran across this feed bin on the Internet. All I could think of was the paper sacks of duck food. They have large and small ones, this is the small. http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=USPlastic&category%5Fname=25403&product%5Fid=19523

so of my three girls only one is laying. Same color, one egg almost every day. She becan laying about three weeks ago. I've gotten 4 double yokes in that time and from what I read that's supposed to be rare. Someone better tell her that. Anyway, how do you tell if an egg is fertile when...

So at this point we have daylight from 7-6 (11 hrs at best). So one of my girlie rebels decides she wants to lay her first egg on the first day of snow. Go figure, Born in May, been waiting all summer, figured I'd get an egg in Sept. No, today. Pretty little white egg about the size of a...

Hi. I have terrible upper body strength and was having trouble lifting the kiddie pool to empty it. I don't have readily available outdoor electricity but I found this pump on-line. It takes 3 D-Cell batteries. It takes time, but will drain the pool. I'd say 5-10 minutes to a 1/2 full stage...

So this morning I go out to do the duck chores and my fiesty little guys decides that when I walk away he needs to charge me. When I turn around he stops in his tracks. Well a few minutes later he does the same thing then nips my ankles. The final time he grabbed a fold of skin on my ankle...

I'm starting early because I need lots of ideas from those of you who live in cold climates. How do you make sure your ducks have water at all times? I'm hoping for ideas that do not require electricity. Batteries or solar power are fine I just don't have an outdoor outlet. I keep reading...

Saturday morning around 6am we had two Golden Retrievers bite their way through the chicken wire on our duck pen. Yup you read that right. We believe the flock leader (we called her little mama) tried to save the other four by taking off across the back yard. She didn't make it. Our little...

Hi, I was supposed to receive several Cayuga's but this little friend was in the mix. Any idea of what (she, I think) is? We were thinking that maybe a Crested Swedish of some sort got into the mix.