➡I accidentally bought Balut eggs: 2 live ducks! Now a Chat Thread!

[CrazyCrttr75]

We have our two Cayuga hens in the coop with everyone else. We just kept them in a separated spot for a month when they were around 4 months old (which in my opinion was a little long to wait) and then we tried it out to see. Do you have a rooster? Ours tried attacking the ducks when they were younger but now that they are laying he wants to sit on them. I would keep them around the chickens, with a separated fence, so it’s easier to integrate than what we did.

I am supposed to have all pullets. I'm eyeballing a couple that are getting pinkish/reddish, one has a little more wattle growth than the other. But then again, I've noticed that some will get flushed/red when they get excited so.... I just don't know.
I'm not seeing anything other than that that screams cockerel to me. So yeah, I was thinking that we could just fence off a section for integration purposes.

 

[Kiki]

thats in CHICAGO
1 h 52 min (46.8 miles)
I do not go to CHICAGO more than once a decade .. less if possible
I already went this decade

That is probably going to be your best bet.
You live in the boonies.

 

[Molpet]

I am fairly certain we will only find balut in normal size cities.
I Googled your zip and looked for the nearest normal size city.

Let me try again.
BRB

LOL Chicago is a very large city
the town /zip I gave you is too big for my liking at 26000 .. it was 1200 when I was a kid

 

[Kiki]

My hubby wants to put the ducks with the chicks so he doesn't want us to get a male as of yet. Maybe later on once we get accustomed to taking care of them and then we can separate them. I know no male ducks around my chickens. But this is the area that we have the chicks in now. This is just for reference. It's a fenced in area that is 80' x 100'. Woven goat fencing (cause I planned on getting goats at some point) and we realized that the chicks could walk right thru it. The boogers! So we ordered hardware cloth because no one had it local in the amount we needed and that took a while so until we got it in, we went with that silt cloth you see around construction sites. LOL It works great and was cheap enough. We thought about moving the chicks to a dif area because I want to actually BUILD them a decent coop (we just have the prefab atm) so we just never put up the hardware cloth around the area. Figured we'd use it later.
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It's that upper section. The lower section is our dog pen. The chick area isn't how I really want it yet. We want to add a couple of trees for shade (will do this fall). Maybe another canopied area. Some more pallet shelters (just a pallet on cinder blocks) for them to run under if needed. So I guess I need to know, do I have to section off an area for the ducks? We have 6 chicks right now. I do want more but not a whole lot more. Maybe max out a 12 total. As for the duckies, I think I want at least 3. My chicks are 13 weeks old. Will there be fighting or can the 2 be combined? Or would it be better to have them in their own area? Dang I write a frickin novel. I'm sry ya'll!

We should be able to tell if you have any males by this age.
Just saying.
Post some pics if you want help.

 

[Kiki]

LOL Chicago is a very large city
the town /zip I gave you is too big for my liking at 26000 .. it was 1200 when I was a kid

Very Large = normal (to me)

 

[CrazyCrttr75]

I told my daughter that her daddy was an enabler and told her what all he said to me. She laughed and said... "Hahahah! I like this. This buys me more time to get a house first before kids ". DH wants grandkids. She is in no hurry to oblige. Lol!

 

[Kiki]

@Molpet remember that store name.
They do have balut in case you know someone that plans a trip to the big city soon.

 

[Kiki]

I told my daughter that her daddy was an enabler and told her what all he said to me. She laughed and said... "Hahahah! I like this. This buys me more time to get a house first before kids ". DH wants grandkids. She is in no hurry to oblige. Lol!

Operation Daddy Duckling.

Must get ducks now.

 

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

I am supposed to have all pullets. I'm eyeballing a couple that are getting pinkish/reddish, one has a little more wattle growth than the other. But then again, I've noticed that some will get flushed/red when they get excited so.... I just don't know.
I'm not seeing anything other than that that screams cockerel to me. So yeah, I was thinking that we could just fence off a section for integration purposes.

It should be easier with all hens then.

 

[Kiki]

I told my daughter that her daddy was an enabler and told her what all he said to me. She laughed and said... "Hahahah! I like this. This buys me more time to get a house first before kids ". DH wants grandkids. She is in no hurry to oblige. Lol!

I just called another one in Nashville.
No luck.
They said they actually tried carrying balut for a little bit but it didn't sell.