I bought 5 "assorted ducks" from the bin at TSC. I believe they are Khaki Campbells. The other ducks in the bin appeared to be Mallards or Rouen but I'm a newbie just now learning about ducks and chickens. I have had my ducks for 6 days and they have already more than doubled in size! I notice...
Ok guys so currently I have my 5 cayuga girls and planning to raise up a boy for them this winter so come spring love is hopefully in the air. But my current questions are this. A: how do you keep your girls laying constantly? And B: what bedding is best in a confined duck house? The girls...
Hi! I’m Jessi and I live on a farm in North-central Arkansas. Although I live on a farm with lots of chickens, they belong to my parents and I really don’t have anything to do with them. (Tbh their beady eyes kind of freak me out.)
I’m here for the ducks. I’m brand new to ducks and recently...
Hello, this is my first time raising birds. I grew up in farm country and have plenty of exposure to farm animals, but my family never had chickens, so I'm trying to do my due diligence to make sure i get things right.
I've got four wyandotte chicks and two cayuga ducklings headed my way this...
I have one molting Cayuga, so I don’t expect her to lay for a bit. I also have two buffs who have stopped laying eggs for no apparent reason. I got the two buffs two weeks ago. They are 2 yrs old, healthy and although not prolific layers I was getting at least one egg per day between the 3 of...
This is my first year raising ducks. I started out with four cayugas, 3 ducks and 1 drake. Last month we lost two to a coyote or neighborhood dogs. We found one dead and one had been carried away, we never found him. We had eggs for another three weeks, but we have had no eggs from the remaining...
I have 3 Cayuga ducks that are almost a year old. Last winter we kept them in the brooder room of our chicken coop, it is quite large. However, they left quite the mess and to keep the room from becoming soggy and nasty we had to clean it out weekly or twice weekly, and that was still not enough...