can you tell me what i have

[Sweetfolly]

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You know, that's true...Kool Aid Queen - you'll just have to go get three more girls! You should really have 2 female ducks for every 1 male if they're all kept together. Who knows though, maybe yours will get along great - but if the two boys are always mating with her, she could be seriously injured. Just keep an eye on your gal, okay?

 

[afeatherfan]

I wondered how many hens to a drake . I thought it would be like 10 to one male..Those blasted drakes are hard on hens that is for sure..

 

[spamee34]

Is their a way you can show a better pic? One with them walking or standirg will be better I am curious to know if they are cuyuga's or runners (the blue one's) can tell better when they are upright.

 

[goosedragon]

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Why, do you think you must have a drake to get eggs? You don't Only need him for ducklings.

 

[Kool Aid Queen]

will try and get some picks for you tomarrow ..

and i was under the understanding to get ducklinga you need both a mom and dad
just like humans to make babies



ok another dumb newbie ?? i started free ranging my chickens and ducks last summer
this spring we will have thousands of geese and ducks in near by fields will my ducks want to take off with them??

 

[fisharescary]

yeah, to make babies/ducklings you need a mom and dad but just eggs, unfertilized, will come out regularly without a dad...just like humans?

I don't think they'd want to take off with strange ducks and geese. They've lived with humans and each other, that's where their bonds are. They shouldn't really identify all that much wtih strange birds. Plus, runners can't fly anyway.

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

I have black, blue and spalsh cayugas, they look just like mine.
The black is a male for sure, bill color dead give away, the blue hen is on the right, again bill color, cant see the head of the blue on the left, so that must be the other male?
Dont look like runners at all to me, but I may be wrong hard to tell for sure from the pic. But if I were to say, they do all look like cayugas.

 

[Kool Aid Queen]

ok hth here are pics i took this after noon ...

 

[rainplace]

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Can you tell me how bill color tells male from female?

 

[rainplace]

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The black one is male, you can see his curly drake feather... actually I see two drake feathers... looks like two males. The look almost like hatchery runners... sorta like my Choopiter: