Saxony Duck Thread!

[Snoozeys]

Beautiful! Where did you get them? Your drake is so tiny!! Congrats on the ducklings! Do you have pictures? Did your duck hatch them?

They were free actually ... a young girl was giving them away ... the duckling was hatched under a silver laced wyandotte .... i will post a picture tomorrow sometime ... i have only had them a short time so i started collecting the eggs as soon as i could .. i was over zealous i think ... of the 6 eggs i put under my hen only 1 was fertile but i do have more eggs under 2 other broody hens that will be due in 2 weeks !!!

 

[Snoozeys]

Moved to a more secure pen with some week old chicks ... so far so good !!!

 

[Snoozeys]

Not sure previous post worked

 

[MagpieDucks]

Awe! Cute! My golden Laced Wyandotte hatched out some Magpie ducklings this July too.


I know wrong breed

 

[Snoozeys]

I have a weird question ... i am trying to identify if i own standard saxony or bantam saxony ... so could anyone tell me what weight bantam eggs are and what weight standard saxony eggs are ???

 

[MagpieDucks]

How much do your ducks weigh?

 

[Snoozeys]

I dont know ... i couldnt get a correct reading when they wont stay still long enough ... i thought the weight of the eggs was easier and less stressful for them

 

[Shannon6696]

It's official I have to grey heads and one tail curl ATM. Two drakes it is! They are starting to look pretty gorg now tho rather than when they were all scruffy;D loves the cheeky lil fellas to bits!

 

[Bills vs Beaks]

I dont know ... i couldnt get a correct reading when they wont stay still long enough ... i thought the weight of the eggs was easier and less stressful for them

is there anything we canget scale on then? Saxonies are really big ducks....I thought yours looked kinda small. That may be it.
My hens laid eggs about 80-90 grams. But I have no idea on eggs size for bantams.

 

[Snoozeys]

My hens laid eggs about 80-90 grams. But I have no idea on eggs size for bantams.

Yeah i weighed 2 eggs the other nite and both were over 80 grams !!
I will steal the wifes kitchen scales and see if i can weigh her !!!