my little feathered friends

[stillmecle]

How do I delete a pic?

 

[jdywntr]

I would say buff, blue swedish and rouen.

check this link
http://www.metzerfarms.com/DuckWelcome.cfm?CustID=416134

don't worry about the extra pic

 

[stillmecle]

So which would be the better to get fot babies

 

[jdywntr]

Do you just want ducklings? Both the buff and blue swedish should lay 130-180 eggs per year and have fair mothering ability. This all depends on the duck though. I had a runner, who are suppossed to not want to set and be poor mothers, who was excellent. Unless you seperate 1 pair, the male will breed with both. I don't know what color eggs they each will lay but what you could do if I starts to set, put eggs from both (if you can tell them apart) under the setting hen and you will get a variety. won't know what they will look like

 

[stillmecle]

Will ther roeon mate with the other two females I have and will they be fertile

 

[Eroc1_1]

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Yes he will and yes they eggs will be fertile. They would be "Heinz 57" ducklings....all mixed up....

 

[Miss Lydia]

I don't think your girls are muscovy though.

 

[jdywntr]

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Only if they were muscovy would the offspring be sterile.
I think everyone agrees, they are not muscovy. So you will have mutt ducks. But thats okay.

 

[Miss Lydia]

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Only if they were muscovy would the offspring be sterile.
I think everyone agrees, they are not muscovy. So you will have mutt ducks. But thats okay.

sure is, they are beautiful!!

 

[stillmecle]

Well thank you everybody. These are my frst ducks. I have horses. Oh I just thought of something else, what should I use in their cage? They ate all the grass and now its just mud. What can I use in their cage? They are freerange excepy at night and if they eat too many of my flowers