Colorado

[PirateGirl]

It's 2018, how is living in Colorado with DUCKS? I've had chickens in the past and now we are looking for Khaki Campbell ducklings... anyone out there have fertile eggs or duckilngs available for sale?

Hi fellow coloradans hope your coops are fat and sassy with the crazy warm winter we are having!

So I have had chickens since this time last year and despite an incredibly rocky start, have loved the experience. About 2 month ago I got some ducks, and I am totally enamored. Despite the fact that I live at 10,000 ft and water freezes just about every night of the year, I am thoroughly enjoying the ducks. After my chicken experience, it was an easy transition. They are hardy and don't care about the cold at all and housing is easier and are more fun to watch (personal opinion I know, but I have a drake in the mix and their mating dancing is adorable as well as the swimming and preening) and I kinda wish I'd started with ducks and not chickens! I saw on your other thread that you got some ducks in the end, so enjoy!

 

[PirateGirl]

It's 2018, how is living in Colorado with DUCKS? I've had chickens in the past and now we are looking for Khaki Campbell ducklings... anyone out there have fertile eggs or duckilngs available for sale?

Hi fellow coloradans hope your coops are fat and sassy with the crazy warm winter we are having!

https://denver.craigslist.org/grd/d/12-khaki-campbell-duck/6542946178.html

 

[lomine]

https://denver.craigslist.org/grd/d/12-khaki-campbell-duck/6542946178.html

That picture is from Metzer Farms so it isn't of their own ducks. Personally, I would only buy from them if I could go see their ducks in person.

 

[ayamEC]

Hi everyone, Doug here. We live in Colo Spgs, in town, so limitations to our flock! We should get our first set of 10 Black Sex Link next week, and we'll start with the brooder.

I was looking at the various on-line options for coops... yikes, it doesn't take much to get to $2K. We have decided to re-purpose our greenhouse into a coop. We'll add lots of ventilation but should work well.

Taking the Buckley's intro course tomorrow (Saturday). Hope to meet some new folks who are into poultry!

Cheers, Doug

Cool. Welcome to backyard chickens.

 

[lomine]

I put 8 eggs into lockdown last night. I started with 42 so that's not a lot but 33 were infertile, so all in all not bad. I think I started collecting too early because all the dark brown ones that made it to lockdown were collected later. I've also seen Malcolm mating more girls and more often lately. I have been tracking the weight loss on this hatch and I'm optimistic about the dry method being more successful.

I've already started collecting Ameraucana eggs for the next hatch. Those two stinkers started laying again the day after I set the eggs in the incubator. I plan to fill the incubator again as soon as the current hatch is done. This time I'm going to put a bigger verity in so I can see who Malcolm is mating. Problem is there are a lot of eggs that are very similar so I don't know exactly who they came from. Oh well, no biggie.

 

[EstiGirl]

That picture is from Metzer Farms so it isn't of their own ducks. Personally, I would only buy from them if I could go see their ducks in person.

I agree, I like to see and touch them before buying!

 

[EstiGirl]

So I have had chickens since this time last year and despite an incredibly rocky start, have loved the experience. About 2 month ago I got some ducks, and I am totally enamored. Despite the fact that I live at 10,000 ft and water freezes just about every night of the year, I am thoroughly enjoying the ducks. After my chicken experience, it was an easy transition. They are hardy and don't care about the cold at all and housing is easier and are more fun to watch (personal opinion I know, but I have a drake in the mix and their mating dancing is adorable as well as the swimming and preening) and I kinda wish I'd started with ducks and not chickens! I saw on your other thread that you got some ducks in the end, so enjoy!

Thank you! I also found some Campbell's that will be hatching in a few weeks so I'm super excited about getting those!
I just need to figure out how to keep the smell from the brooder down... these babies are such water parties, it's hard to keep up with their mess! Lol

 

[EstiGirl]

Cool. Welcome to backyard chickens.

Thank you so much!

How'd the Buckley course go? I've go to get over there and check them out.

 

[lomine]

Thank you! I also found some Campbell's that will be hatching in a few weeks so I'm super excited about getting those!
I just need to figure out how to keep the smell from the brooder down... these babies are such water parties, it's hard to keep up with their mess! Lol

With my first ducklings I could not wait to get them out of my house. I had to keep them in my tub for the last couple weeks of brooding because they got too big for the plastic tote. Even being able to rinse out the tub a couple times a day wasn't enough. I was glad to have them outside at 5 weeks old.

 

[PirateGirl]

With my first ducklings I could not wait to get them out of my house. I had to keep them in my tub for the last couple weeks of brooding because they got too big for the plastic tote. Even being able to rinse out the tub a couple times a day wasn't enough. I was glad to have them outside at 5 weeks old.

This is a major reason why I got 1 year old ducks instead of ducklings! I don't have a shed or garage or basement to brood in, just a spare bedroom or bath tub.