Hi I've only been keeping ducks 1 year, I have 3 khaki hens, 1 khaki drake, and 1 golden cascade hen. I was told ducks only get broody when they turn 2 but all my ducks except 1 khaki got broody hid and hatched out ducklings, each 1 week apart. The first khaki hatched 4 and I penned them in...
Today my young duck started twitching his head nervously , and he seems to be very restless and weak.. I have never seen him do this before , so I gave him a couple shots of charcoal mixed with water in a dropper down his throat in hopes this may help whatever was going on with him but I am not...
Hi my name is charity and I'm here because I have a young duckling that I have raised since he was a hatching basically... he's become a very special part of my family and our hearts.. I have yet to learn a lot about our new feathered family member as he has his up days and his down days , I...
Hi!! so I recently took in a duck I'm pretty sure it is a female Cayuga Duck she is Probably close to a month old. She currently lives with 2 other chicks in a pin the same age, but she has odd holes in her feet I have no idea what is wrong with her and any help would much appreciated!!
So i have five Mallard ducklings and they are all developing brown and black feathers on their wings, tail, and stomach. Not sure if it's too soon to tell or not but judging by the pigment of the feathers they look like females so far.
This is "baby"'s first nest. It started as a shared nest with baby (the blue 9-month old mom pictured) and her mom (a white crested, not shown), both sharing setting duties. Both would set overnight, then when the weather warmed a bit, one would sit in the afternoon. I missed the "meeting" they...
Hi, I have some ducklings for sale.
One pair of Welsh Harlequins, 1 male and 1 female, hatched 4/2/17, $35 for the pair.
2 Golden 300 female ducks, hatched 4/11/17, $20 each.
5 black straight run call ducklings, hatched 5/3/17, $15 each.
It's difficult to find duck feed where I live so in the mean time I made a replacement. Duck nutritional guides are slightly hard to follow but from what I've read I've compiled something that might work?
It's basically;
pot barely, oats, green and red lentils, peas, sunflower seed and peanuts...
I've just hatched a few little Indian runner ducks about a day ago and they hatched pretty dark in color but now some are beginning to lighten. Any guesses on what they will end up being
First duckie Second Third Fourth
I bought 6 new babies
I know two are Rouen
I think 2 are Swedish
And the other two I'm not positive
Thinking cayuga/or khaki
And the last one I'm thinking crested buff? But looks just like a welsh harlequin but with crest?
Idea please!!