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found a mess of eggs
I thought my 2 rouen ducks were just slowing down with their egg laying now that winter /shorter days are here. I used to get 2 eggs every day but since the first snowfall it seemed to slow down. Now today I noticed one duck going to a small brushpile alone and normally the 2 of them stick... -
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Duck has really thick membrane
I'm the guy with the 2 rouens that I originally was beginning to think wer a male and female because one has the olive green bill, but they're both female -
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Duck has really thick membrane
Since this topic isn't very old I thought I'd just post here. I broke open my first rouen duck egg last night (not the ducks first egg, my first experience with a duck egg. It was probably the ducks 3rd or 4th egg) and the membrane was pretty thick and tough. I kept trying to crack it open and... -
J
I found some eggs
OK, I think I'm figuring it out. This morning there were 2 eggs and I'm pretty sure I had all of them out of there from the day/s before so that would mean my 2 ducks are female(I guess). I guess that means the different bill colors don't mean anything. I did notice that when I'm around the one... -
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Rouen not a drake surprise
Hi ,I'm in south west Michigan Paw Paw, I've been posting because my rouens just started laying eggs. I was wondering if you'd tell me what kind of camera or whatever you have set up in your duck house? It looks like the pictures from a video feed. Or if you don't want to say that's no problem... -
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I found some eggs
I just went thru their area again REALLY good (I think) and found another egg so for thur,fri,sat,sun and monday that would be 7 eggs total so between 2 ducks I guess they are both female. If that's the case I guess bill color doesn't have anything to do with it. Of the 4 eggs I've saved I just... -
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I found some eggs
I read about floating the eggs ,if they sink they are good... does that work on the eggs after they've been refrigerated? -
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I found some eggs
there's no picking mine up. My smart alleck (sp?) friend gave me a hard time when I told him you can't just pick them up and I told him if you can just pick one up I'll give you $20. He tried for about 15 minutes and gave up. They will eat out of my hand but if I attempt any form of contact they... -
J
I found some eggs
After what I think was getting all the eggs gathered yesterday (there were 3 of them) now today just now I found 3 more in the same spot. and they were again covered up. It's possible I may have missed one yesterday but I thought I got all of them,so that would mean one duck layed 2 or 3... -
J
I found some eggs
I've tried taking pictures 3 or 4 times and they just don't turn out where you can see something to identify them, except there were a couple you could tell the difference in the color of their legs. I mainly had been curious if I was going to get any eggs out of the deal so I've got an answer... -
J
I found some eggs
Thanks. If I have a male duck it hasn't changed yet but right now I'm going with the one with the orangish/little bit of black bill with pumpkin orange legs is female and then the other with the olive green bill and legs that aren't as pumpkin orange they kind of look like they've been smoked... -
J
I found some eggs
I'm the guy with the 2 rouen ducks that I've been trying to figure out if they're male or female. They are now about 5 and a half months old. Last Thursday I changed out their pine shaving/straw bedding and then Friday and Saturday I opened the back doors of their house as I normally do just to... -
J
rouen duck/ducks built a "nest"
My one duck looks like Daphne. I'll try to get some photos today. I don't have trouble approaching them by myself, but with anything in my hand besides the foodbowl they are pretty timid. I guess I could put some mealworms in the foodbowl and take pictures as they go crazy eating them. they... -
J
rouen duck/ducks built a "nest"
I've been watching the tail feathers and neither are curling up. At least one of them quacks very loud, like you can probably hear it a half mile down the road,but I can't tell if it's one or both. I have tried taking photos of them but that didn't work, they don't exactly pose for photos. I... -
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rouen duck/ducks built a "nest"
I'm the guy with the 2 rouens and am still trying to sex them. They are now about 5 months old and still look identical,except, the bill colors are different,one is the orange/black and the other is the "olive green" also their legs are a different shade of orange ,I guess. One ducks legs are... -
J
Not sure how to title this question
I can't pick them up except maybe catch them in a fishing net but it's a struggle to catch them and I think it gives each of us a heart attack. so I don't want to do that. I've been watching to see if I can see a "private part" sticking out and I haven't seen evidence of that. So I guess it's... -
J
Not sure how to title this question
just to update this,when they look like they're having sex the same one isn't always on the bottom. I've been trying to get pictures good enough so the difference in the coloring of the bills is clear but haven't had any luck. They don't exactly want to pose for me. One bill is that solid dark... -
J
Not sure how to title this question
I've been watching their tails and I don't see any difference in them. I got them march 23rd (I think) but I'm not sure how old they were then, maybe a week. I have a couple pictures of them from about a month ago but they now look different, so maybe I'll get a new photo to post. -
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Not sure how to title this question
My thinking is I'd like to at least get an egg out of the deal. I had thought about chickens for years and then a few months ago at tractor supply they were marking the prices down and you had to buy 4 chickens but the ducks you only had to buy 2 and I didn't really want 4 chickens and I just...
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