Are you certain? :-)
This picture does nothing but make me question exactly what I have. I got 10 from Metzer, with 5 sexed as female. Care to take a guess which one of your ducks most closely resembles my ladies? lol At what age do we expect to see the green plumage on the drakes? I think...
Yes, for sexing day-olds.
I was thinking, though, of adult drakes, whose bills and feet are yellow, compared with hens, who are black/black. Please do correct me if I'm wrong.
Mine are at 6 weeks at this point, and it's still not certain if I have 2 or 3 drakes out of my batch of 10. I'll...
I can't speak to the egg laying part, as mine are just a couple weeks old. But I can tell you that the ducklings over the first three weeks are pretty quiet, very curious, and have much more personality than I anticipated. They aren't "affection," and they don't follow me around like their...
That's interesting. Do you mind sharing who it was who told you this? I'm just curious if was hearsay or first-hand knowledge.
When I was researching, I did read quite a bit about Holderread and his history, which certainly leads me to believe that their stock would be nothing but the best...
I've yet to add ducks to my homestead, but the more I read, the more I'm sold. Thanks to everyone for the honest comments about the WH and what they offer. Thank you, too, for sharing the hatcheries that treated you well (or not so well, as the case may be), as it's a challenge to find breeders...