Oregon

[ChicksRoseburg]

Hello I lived 20 years in Springfield, now in Roseburg

 

[MWchickens]

hi ya!

from oregon city

 

[oregonboy1974]

welcome from Grants Pass

 

[ambrose]

what kind/purpose ducks are you thinking of getting? I am setting Aust. Spotted (bantams) and Ancona (light, sweetest of sweet) or if you want to incubate a few let me know.
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too many chickens, too little time, too little $$$ - oh, well.....

good to know! It's a toss up between mini silver appleyards or aust. spots. But i'm just in a research phase now -- so probably not ready to actually take action til next spring or so.

 

[wbruder17]

Ducks are MESSY. I don't know where in Portland you are, but its good you are doing research first. I absolutely LOVE my ducks, but I have lots of room to keep things a bit more tidy. Plus, even though people say ducks don't NEED a pond/pool, after seeing my ducks and the way they FLIP OUT when I change the water in their pool, I think its a bit cruel NOT to give them a body of water to play in.

Also, I live on a creek, so I just carry 5 gallon buckets from the creek to fill their pool. Otherwise, the water bill would be THROUGH THE ROOF. Just things to consider.

But still, I LOVE my ducks. They are such characters and endless amusement. Big pains in the butt tho.

 

[Barnmaradotte]

Anyone know what a speckled sussex roo over a blrw would result in? sex link? any guesses?

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

Anyone know what a speckled sussex roo over a blrw would result in? sex link? any guesses?

I know it isn't quite the same, but "speckled" wasn't an option on the genetics calculator, so I chose mille fleur: http://kippenjungle.nl/kruising.htm...Pg:Pg/Pg,Co:Co/Co,Ml:Ml/Ml,Mh:Mh/Mh,Bl:Bl/bl+

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

Quote:
Click the link, then click "calculate crossing" at the bottom...

 

[ambrose]

Ducks are MESSY. I don't know where in Portland you are, but its good you are doing research first. I absolutely LOVE my ducks, but I have lots of room to keep things a bit more tidy. Plus, even though people say ducks don't NEED a pond/pool, after seeing my ducks and the way they FLIP OUT when I change the water in their pool, I think its a bit cruel NOT to give them a body of water to play in.
Also, I live on a creek, so I just carry 5 gallon buckets from the creek to fill their pool. Otherwise, the water bill would be THROUGH THE ROOF. Just things to consider.
But still, I LOVE my ducks. They are such characters and endless amusement. Big pains in the butt tho.

good point. I savor the planning phase (and still have to figure out a plan funding the upstart costs). So plenty of time to, um, get my ducks in a row. Interesting point on the water $. I plan to have a roof on the run. On thing I'm playing around with in my head is installing some sort of gutter to rainbarrel/reuse the water for duck purposes. And I agree, I would want to give them a regular spot to swim.

We're in far SW (lots of racoons). Actually have fairly good sized lot, so even with the children's play structures and the intended veggie/fruit gardens we do have room. I'm planning to put at 8'x10' pen (for just three small ducks) in the shadier, uphill, further from the house corner of the yard -- some sort of modification/expansion/duckification of the Garden Coop.

Where do you get your duck feed? I've been to the Urban Farm Store once, but have never made it to Concentrates.

 

[Barnmaradotte]

Wow! Thanks cloverleaf. Thats a pretty cool tool.