Thanks all, Going Quackers, the metal grate above the door is a fridge rack that is the door. It slides up during the day & down at night and a simple slide lock with a lock & key.(just to make sure that those pesky racoons can't get in )
Thank You DuckLover2399 & DuckMan50 ......it cost aprox $75. dollars as it was a huge bin here on the farm we took it apart & put it back together, painted it etc...
we bought primer(had the paint here) & screws & a lock. that's about it.
How many ducks you ask...........well.....a adult pair of rouens & there offspring 6
a pair of saxony
7 cayuga
2 pekins
3 runners
5 calls
oh ya & 2 embden geese
&........43 chickens.....I think that's it...........for now
Goin to a big sale this Sunday.....hummmmm
I'll see what I can do Cuqui18. If there are any pics the DH has them on his computer so I'll get him to sent them to you or I'll send them to you.
I'll let you know though!
We have the coop door on a remote that we can open/close from the house.
This is the door(have to see if the DH has the pics of the internal workings for you,if you want)
This is the pic of the gravity feeder( holds a bag & a half of feed)
The next update would not be good .....we have another rouen displaying the same symptoms. Should I keep up with the brewers yeast or stop using it.
The same thing happened...walking them out to the pond & DH said that the second rouen was flopping....holding his wings out & limping. What the...
Maybe a poke from chicken wire???? It can be quite sharp. Trust me....must have poked, scratched & impaled myself a multitude of times while putting up the duck run & skirting. Owwwwie poor Ducky!!!
Update: He's spreading his feet out today,still not walking, put him in a nice clean brooder(after he had a swim cause we were out there already), with food & water close by.
He seemed to do much better in the pond. I think that would be like therapy to him. Should I take him out there daily in...
Thank You all so much. I can't find a break of tell if any swelling. I thought It might be a pull cause I saw what happened.
I will keep you all posted to what happens.
I have been giving my all my ducklings brewer's yeast for the past 5 days after reading on here that they need the extra niacin. Today while walking to the pond one of the rouens started to limp ..then couldn't walk at all. He's kind of walks on the legs flat ..if that makes any sense. I have a...
I have a Saxony pair & the female is quite vocal. It appears that they are good mommy's as the two goslings that we got cuddled right up to her.
They are only 9 weeks old(the goslings are 7 weeks old). Yes they are beautiful ducks!!
Thank You TripTrapMtnHomestead, our mixed chicks are going to auction tomorrow ( a lot of work for me) and the Chantecler, Standard Blue Cochins, Calls & Rouens we are keeping!
Thanks Dragontamer56 & debbie.george. The incubator is a home built fridge-a-bator that DH built Dragontamer. Here's a link of the video he made of it.
This is a photo of it.