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[rainplace]

I've watched my ducks eat the poop out of the duck in front of them...

I dunno if you need bleach...

I have wondered about diluted bleach myself though because I get some of that white spidery mold under their feed pan. So I'd like to know if it's safe to use also.

 

[Bleepmunk]

I was wondering what age do ducks start to lay??

 

[ScoobyRoo]

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Mine were 18-20 weeks old.

 

[sonew123]

what do you do with a solo crested magpie duck in the winter? I dont have a terribly heated coop what do I do about swimming-what food do you feed them through the cold months he/she is 3-3 monthd old now...

 

[Luvducks]

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I have One duck with 7 chickens and he stays right with them. Goes into the coop with them at night too. I do not think he would like it very much if I seperated him from his friends. GOOD LUCK!

 

[ScoobyRoo]

I posted this on the egglaying index and no replies yet. Maybe I can get an answer here. I have a duck laying a small blue egg (a bit bigger than a robins egg). Not sure which duck it is. I know it is not my Swedish that leaves a KC, pekin and a banty cayuga. Anyway, we cracked four of them in the last week to see the inside. One had a smear of yellow. and the others had a very thick white and the yolk was there but not yellow. It had a clear/smokey color to it. You could see the white spot on it to see if it was fertile or not. It was not. Why is the yolk not yellow?

BTW-- they just started laying

 

[ScoobyRoo]

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SOLO??? Get another one to help keep it warm!

This will be my first winter with ducks, so I better be prepared too.

 

[Soccer Mom]

Henry'schickens :

I posted this on the egglaying index and no replies yet. Maybe I can get an answer here. I have a duck laying a small blue egg (a bit bigger than a robins egg). Not sure which duck it is. I know it is not my Swedish that leaves a KC, pekin and a banty cayuga. Anyway, we cracked four of them in the last week to see the inside. One had a smear of yellow. and the others had a very thick white and the yolk was there but not yellow. It had a clear/smokey color to it. You could see the white spot on it to see if it was fertile or not. It was not. Why is the yolk not yellow?

BTW-- they just started laying

Cayugas lay a light blue or gray egg. IDK on the yolk color.​

 

[Soccer Mom]

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Does she have a bunkmate? Let her bunk in with the chickens and she/he will be able to eat layer pellets just fine. They don't HAVE to swim, but mine do anyway, regardless of the weather. Whenever it got so cold that the kiddie pool froze, they would stand on the top crust and look at the water below and stare at me like "FIX THIS! NOW!" I'd break the ice and they'd be in the water. Most ducks do pretty well with the cold just as long as they can get out of the elements.

 

[theswede]

Here's my question, my wife wants me to get here a dozen Peking duck eggs, How long do they need to incubate? Are they handled the same as chickens?