Just this morning my duckling hatched. Everything seemed quite ok, until i noticed that it is having a standing up issue.
it just keeps lunging upwards and flopping onto its back, the repeating over and over and over again.
it has been doing this for about 5 hours in a row.
is it gonna be...
I have a Mallard Drake who has been "gettin it on" with my 2 Indian runner hens ( and some of my chicken hens as well)
my question is, will the eggs be fertile, and will the chicks be OK????
And also is this common?
I tried to search the forums here, but it is soooo busy I had a hard time...
i have a one year old mallard male.
all of a sudden sometime during the winter i noticed he was wet.
feathers were all saturated.
what is wrong with him?
something happen with his oil glands somehow?
i feel bad, cause he looks miserable
help!
well, i walked out this morning with my coffee in had only to find the biggest hawk ive ever seen sitting just outside of my chicken run.
soooooooo where can i get some of that sweet netting???
i got home from work today and found a sad scene.
on top of the dog coop that sits in my chicken run....were the feet, and a few guts of my 6 week old barred rock.
and my 6 week old black sexlink was nowhere to be found.
all of my other chickens seem shaken and very weary about coming out of...
well that makes sense.
compared to my friends 7 week old BO's
my birds are about half the size.
i thought maybe i was feeding them wrong or something.
so if they are OEGB's
what are they good for?
im concerned why my 5 week old black chicks are the same size as my 8 week old chicks.
the light colored ones seem to stop growing.
are they some sort of tiny breed or something?
what do ya'll think they are?
keep in mind, they are 8 weeks old and very small.
got this from the local "you know where"
they are so helpful, they had no idea what kind it is.
all i know is that its growing fast!!!!
what kinda duck is it?
and is it a male or female?
got this from the local "you know where"
they are so helpful, they had no idea what kind it is.
all i know is that its growing fast!!!!
what kinda duck is it?
and is it a male or female?
looks like the red sexlink might be correct!
yours looks almost exactly the same as mine.
ill post a pic of the white and the darker hens tomorow.
you guys are AWESOME!
i love it here.
i got these girls from a fella who lives ear me.
not quite sure what kind they are.
(i didnt wanna ask, cause i was acting like i knew what i was doing)
all i know is that they lay eggs.
haha
what do ya'll think????