Minnesota!

[KlopKlop]

Now I'm reminiscing about my duck raising days. I like ducks but just don't desire keeping them through winter

 

[KlopKlop]

Oh, well the runners are molting!  :/

Definitely a bad time as they will probably be skinnier during molt while they spend energy growing new feathers.

 

[NathanZee]

Now I'm reminiscing about my duck raising days. I like ducks but just don't desire keeping them through winter

Why don't you like keeping them in winter?

Definitely a bad time as they will probably be skinnier during molt while they spend energy growing new feathers.

Okay, I'll just try to advertise them more then.

 

[KlopKlop]

Why don't you like keeping them in winter?

Okay, I'll just try to advertise them more then.

Keeping enough water open for them and clean in the winter sounds daunting. Plus I don't have anywhere for them right now. I'm all full of chickens!

 

[NathanZee]

Keeping enough water open for them and clean in the winter sounds daunting. Plus I don't have anywhere for them right now. I'm all full of chickens!

Oh it isn't hard at all. Over the winter they my ducks didn't always have water, we just let them out several times a day to drink, then put them back in, unless it was a warmer day and they were outside. That way there was less mess in the barn.

 

[BertandMary]

Both originally from MN, Range and The Falls, but in NC now. Brothers and sisters in N. Branch. Sister is on here somewhere too. Following just to get a chuckle out of the winter blues. We'll be hatching BLRWs soon as well as a few others. Our focus is on Buffs, especially English Jubilees. We just aquired Jubilee chicks from different breeders to start our breeding program. Already have Splash but sold all but 2 roos which are still up locally.

 

[holm25]

Nathan I would put them in a seperate pen and put them on whole corn with a little layer for a week or two before u butcher them.

 

[scandiafowl]

I don't get it.
Every time I put a newly hatched chick in the brooder the others peck at it. Eventually they tire and leave it alone.

 

[KlopKlop]

I don't get it.
Every time I put a newly hatched chick in the brooder the others peck at it. Eventually they tire and leave it alone.

Setting the pecking order right away!

 

[scandiafowl]

Setting the pecking order right away!

Just wait - the meek shall inherit the chicken coop ;-)