On Lockdown! - My Ancona hatch *Pics on p. 3, 5, 6*

[toadbriar]

a bachelor flock will work out fine.... unless they want eggs.

Who are your girls?

 

[harriedhomemaker]

If its males alone then your freinds will be fine. i have 2 boys and no girls and they never fight and are really tame and sweet. the problems come when girls and boys are brought together. if your freinds have no ducks already then giving them a few boys wont cause any fighting or bad behaviour

Thanks!

 

[harriedhomemaker]

a bachelor flock will work out fine.... unless they want eggs.

Who are your girls?

I know at least one family only wants them for pets, so they should be fine with it. I'll have to ask my back-up family if they are OK with it.

The girls are #2 Hyacinth (over marked blue fawn?), #4 (chocolate, first picture on post 50) and #7 (blue bullseye on back, first pic on post 56).

Do you think I could get by with two boys for my three girls? And if so, which two boys would you pick? They are all so cute. Dangit, I wish I could keep them all! But they will go to a good home just down the road from us so I can visit.

 

[toadbriar]

They'll be fine until they're 6 months or so old. Then you'll know if they're overbreeding. And, things might ramp up further come springtime when it's breeding season in earnest.

But some folks do fine with pairs, so it's hard to say!

Doggone those pesky penises sometimes

 

[harriedhomemaker]

The first two little ones have left for their new home. Kind of sad

, but I'm happy to spread the duckie love!



Since I only had 3 girls hatch, we're keeping them all and giving away our surplus males. The people we gave the ducks to tonight said they'd be interested in getting females from us in the future, so I'm taking that as a sign I need to put more Ancona eggs in the incubator in the spring!

 

[Marwan]

They absolutley beautiful

 

[Danielle2017]

What a CUTE picture!

 

[Miss Lydia]

The first two little ones have left for their new home. Kind of sad

, but I'm happy to spread the duckie love!



Since I only had 3 girls hatch, we're keeping them all and giving away our surplus males. The people we gave the ducks to tonight said they'd be interested in getting females from us in the future, so I'm taking that as a sign I need to put more Ancona eggs in the incubator in the spring!

What a precious pic.

 

[ducky219502]

how cute! i have a black swedish, 2 pekins, a rouen, a rouen mix! they are not sexed yet and i was hoping for 3 females and two males but i doubt i got that lucky lol! your babies are beautiful! Anconas are so pretty! wish i had some! my babies are a week old now, and love eachother alot! every time i take one and hold it or set it down, and all 5 arent there they started crying and running around! will they always be like that? its frustrating sometimes. did yours act that way?