EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

[DwayneNLiz]

"you callin' me little?!"

Yes

 

[ocap]

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double the cost on stained eggs, they come that way when they are "Truly" beyond shadow of a doubt free range

 

[FaerieChicken]

mud makes unhappy goats as well.

NO NO GOATS LOL I am sold on the ducks, Anconas, I will not be persuaded into GOATS! bwahahaha

 

[FaerieChicken]

@Fire Ant Farm So you have build a separate habitat for Ducks? I thought they would be good with chickens, or do they require different nesting and roosting? HMMMM me thinks I have to rethink this venture just a bit....

 

[lovechicks1293]

I HAVE MISSED YOU ALL SO MUCH!!! i finished my website.... wanna see?

 

[lovechicks1293]

sorry about the long web name...gonna get to that soon and change it!

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[Fire Ant Farm]

Quote: But but but... it's PROOF that they are ALL NATURAL and FREE RANGE...

But I have learned this past week, mud makes very happy ducks, mud makes VERY unhappy geese

Do you house them together? I was reading something that recommended that. Thought about getting ducks plus geese at the same time, raising them and housing them together. Good or bad idea?

Quote: This thread is EVIL. Just look at poor Banti's "Duck Addiction Disorder"...
(Sketching out waterfowl housing ideas now...)

Quote: Yup, this is what I meant. Charge triple!!!

Quote: Just you wait...

@Fire Ant Farm So you have build a separate habitat for Ducks? I thought they would be good with chickens, or do they require different nesting and roosting? HMMMM me thinks I have to rethink this venture just a bit....

I don't currently have ducks but started reading about them seriously last year. It is my understanding that, on balance, it is best to house them separately because (1) ducks get everything wet (depending on your set up ) which can then put your chickens at risk of the kinds of damp-bedding diseases chickens get, (2) ducks and chickens don't always get along, and (3) they have different habits re: bed time.

I will likely set up a duck house and large covered/enclosed run, and range them on weekends. I may paddock them if I can figure out the jigsaw puzzle of available land (my different chicken families are all paddocked with alternating range paddocks, would have to wedge duck paddock in between...)

Seriously, go check out the "Duck Houses" thread. It's a good read. (I just got to the end of it - again). I think I'll go pull out the Holderread book again...

- Ant Farm

 

[minihorse927]

double the cost on stained eggs, they come that way when they are "Truly" beyond shadow of a doubt free range 

@Fire Ant Farm
  So you have build a separate habitat for Ducks? I thought they would be good with chickens, or do they require different nesting and roosting?  HMMMM   me thinks I have to rethink this venture just a bit....

mine live with the chickens. Ducks don't roost and can not fly so they need ground nesting. Rubbermaid totes with a hole cut in the front are great for ducks. Keept their water outside of the sleeping quarters or they will be flooded on a nightly basis. Ducks can't eat without water. They need it to swallow their food.

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

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@FaerieChicken , listen to her - I don't have ducks (yet...). @minihorse927 , Do you keep drakes separate? I've heard some of the conflict comes from them...

 

[minihorse927]

@FaerieChicken
, listen to her - I don't have ducks (yet...). @minihorse927
, Do you keep drakes separate? I've heard some of the conflict comes from them...

As long as the drake has enough hens(I run mine 1 drake to 4 hens, but have gone 1 drake to as many as 6 hens) I have never had an issue. I've had rooster try to mate duck hens and the ducks buck them off

The biggest thing housing them together is space issues. Make sure they have plenty of space to get away from one another. My ducks would rather sleep out in the muddy run then in the dry barn :/