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I couldn’t believe how light they got! It’s even more obvious once new feather start coming in!

I kept going back and forth about whether to separate my drake this summer. One of the KCs is his favorite and she is smaller than him and bald on the back of her head and missing loads of feathers, but she follows him around and gets stressed without him... I’m going to have to find a way to...

My girls are finally molting!!! They have looked absolutely terrible due to sun bleaching and drake damage and they are going to be beautiful once again! The light feathers are the old, and the dark feathers are the new ones growing in.

I will NEVER brood ducklings in my house again. I brooded my 2 (only 2) KCs in a spare bedroom and my whole house stank. The last ones were brooded out in the coop and it was WAY better.

In general I’d say all of my ducks are more consistent layers than any of my chickens (all LF layers).

Yes. They are about the same size as my chicken eggs. :hmm My other ducks lay eggs that are significantly larger than my chickens. It’s no longer a case of them being young as this is their second year laying. The eggs are somewhat bigger than they used to be, but not that big.

Is anyone else disappointed with the size of their KC eggs?

I do not use mineral oil personally, however my duck eggs often end up as dirty as yours, especially when it rains. When eggs are this dirty I wash them in hot water. The usda recommends water 20 degrees F hotter than the egg (if you use cold water then the bacteria can get sucked into the egg...

Yes! I have two KC hens that are about a year and a half old now I think. Abby and Gabby. They were my first ducklings as I acquired my original ducks as adults.