For now I’ll be adding a in line ball valve above the pvc so at least I’ll have a reservoir and won’t have to bring the 1 gallon bucket waterer in the house each time
Ok so. I’ll go over it quick.
The idea is a hose is connected to a 5 gallon bucket that is connected to a pvc pipe with holes drilled out of it for my ducks to put their heads into.
Ideally the bucket will be filled and will only fill enough to be slightly over where the tube is inside the...
I have this ordered, but that’s taking a bit longer so I got another one as well. That arrives on Friday that is just vitamin B three and I made sure that it’s not flushable or some shit. Or that it was flushable. I remember reading another post saying that you don’t wanna get the ones that say...
I also chopped up some lettuce and sprinkled a tiny bit of the nutritional yeast on it and the wobble duck ate it right up. We’re gonna do that 2 to 3 times a day until the liquid shows up because of course I can’t find it locally so I had to order off Amazon
Ok so we are having some issues with one of our pekins. He is about 5 weeks old and having issues walking. I’ve read around d and I’m guessing g it’s a vit B issue but I figured I’d post on here just to make sure.
Visually there is no feet issues and he doesn’t peck at me when I pick him up to...
Ok so the ducks grew a lot faster then I actually had time for so repairs to the coop, mainly the roof, didn’t get accomplished.
But on a good note they are in their permenant structure. The 4x4x8 are not permanent as they will be the framework for the run. I gave them 5x more space then they...
Going forward on broods I’ll probably use a heat pad. Checked everyone this morning and everyone seems fine. All the ducks will get a bath today as well so they can clean out their noses because some have some buildup around their nostrils probably from breathing in the smoke
I was just happy...
Ok so this is more a warning for others and also a learning experience for myself
Last night I was awaken to the sound of fire alarms in my house at 2am. Got up, whole house was a thick cloud of smoke. Turns out the heat lamp for my duck brooder fell off(no clue how, it’s been in the same spot...
Yea keep them to normal “summer” light schedule. What I use to do is acting up white Christmas lights around my coops and put them on timers. I would have the lights come on from like 6am-10am and also 5pm to around 8pm. This trucks the quails into thinking that it’s summer time all year hence...
Ok so I’ve added 6 more ducks to the two I got a week ago. Everyone is getting along fine and no issues. I have two pekins not pictured. Everything I’ve google images shows up blue Swedish(both gray and black showed up that)
Picked up from tsc so I’m assuming there’s some mixing going on.
I...
I’ve been a chef for over 20 years and all I can say is that baking is a bitch
It’s probably due to the fat content or protein content difference. Normal chicken egg size can mess with a baking recipe so who know what sort of issue you’ll run across with duck eggs.
Maybe that duck that week...
Ok well I forgot to get photo of everyone while weighing but I got weights.
Categorized by beak/foot color for now
Blk/blk 1.8oz
Blk/blk v2 2.9oz
Blk/yel 3.5oz
Gray 3.5oz
Crested gray 3.0oz
Yellow 1.8oz
The two older ones were
On march 4th
9.8oz and 8.6oz
On march 7th
17.5oz and 16.3oz...
just ran across this thread, my family joined the Duck gang last thursday the 27th with 2 pekins. They were enjoyed so much that I picked up 6 more yesterday, they are all in the same brooder and getting along very well. Once my son gets home today we will be taking weights and I'll post photos...