since no one replied to my question before. my duckling is 4 days old today. is it alright to leave his/her pool in with him/her over night. or should i take it out at night. all it is is the bottom part of a plant pot. the part that collects the extra water. it only holds about 2 1/2 to 3...
my pekin was born 2 days ago. i put in there with her/him the bottom part of a plant pot with water, about 2 inches deep. is it ok to keep it in with her/him over night or should i take it out so she can dry out before the next day of swimming. she/he is in and out of it all day long. she/he...
i'm in the city, so, technically no they are not supposed to. but i was thinking about getting some fencing to put in the yard so they could leave the run. but there will be probably a lot of times that they will have to stay in the coop/run. if i had just one duck, that would be no big deal...
man he is louder than our chickens when they were babies. our pekin in semi blind in both eyes. the kids could have picked out any other duckling, but no they wanted the blind one. so i explained to them that he/she will be a lot of work and they still wanted him/her. still adorable. i'm...
cost too much just to have 1 shipped. but anyways GOOD NEWS!! JUST GOT A CALL FROM SOMEONE WHO HATCHED OUT YESTERDAY. WE ARE GETTING OUT PEKIN TODAY AT 2 PM
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only one cuz i don't think i have room for 2. i also have 3 1/2 chickens (the 1/2 is a cochin bantam) it will be housed with. here are the dimentions of our coop and run
COOP 5'6"W x 5'9"L x 5'H
RUN 5'6"W x 20'L (and that has to include a small kidie pool)
or is this large enough for...
@ ducks_rcool329 when i looked into it, the last date for pekins was april 2010. they have all the other ducks for sale, but didn't see any dates for the pekins. unless i read it wrong
just so everyone knows, my duck WILL NOT be wearing a diaper at all times, just occasionally. like, when we have to travel out of town and decide to bring it along or when we bring it into the house for some reason that i don't know yet. i just wanted some feed back and i got it. by the way...
i did and guess what. :ya:ya:ya:ya:ya:ya i found a guy near milwaukee (1 1/2 hrs from me) that has a friend who will be either hatching out this week or next and he said he will save me one :ya:ya:ya:ya:ya:ya:ya:ya. they sell them at the 7 mile fair (close to chicago border). he's gonna call me...