Sell Me On A Duck Breed

[Jpat]

Oyster shell ✔
Duck Starter Crumbles - will purchase
Niacin - add to the duck formulated feed?
If so, do I add it dissolved in their water or crushed in with their feed?

I’m sorry for the igno questions, but I’ve got to do it right...the first time.

Thank you bunches @Jpat. Oh, and it’s been nice meeting you. I don’t believe I’ve had the pleasure of conversing with you before.

Nice chatting with you too! ive seen your title around but first time weve chatted

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Hahaha i have a BYC photo album for this stuff

I guess I should do that huh.
I only have duck pictures uploaded here. Mimi was just browsing them. . and I'm not totally sure how to get to them from there to here to post them.

 

[Mimi13]

you wouldn't want a tiny call hen getting trampled by a big fat butt Pekin drake.

This made me think! Have you ever looked at some couples and wondered, “How? Just how in the world?” Not to mention looking at some and wondering, “Why?”

And you wouldn't want to have a lonely muscovy with regular quackers. . since they speak a different language. That is so sad.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

This made me think! Have you ever looked at some couples and wondered, “How? Just how in the world?” Not to mention looking at some and wondering, “Why?”

yup.

 

[Jpat]

This made me think! Have you ever looked at some couples and wondered, “How? Just how in the world?” Not to mention looking at some and wondering, “Why?”

hahaha

So yeah the Liquid vitamins go on treats or sprinkled on feed, As younglings i had it to the water but they spill alot
and flock raiser will be fine or duck feed

 

[shawluvsbirds]

hahaha

So yeah the Liquid vitamins go on treats or sprinkled on feed, As younglings i had it to the water but they spill alot
and flock raiser will be fine or duck feed

Way to bring us back on topic. .well done.

 

[Jpat]

Way to bring us back on topic. .well done.

 

[Mimi13]

Females like to play hop on top too. . even when you have drakes. . so again. I would say mostly to consider getting ones that will be around the same size wouldn't you?

Say what?!? So that means I couldn’t have a couple of Calls along with a WH and a Saxony?

 

[Mimi13]

Also. .if your getting ducklings. Your Probably not going to know what the gender is until around 4 to 6 weeks. So. . something else to think about. Have a plan for when your 4 hens you purchased end up being 1 duck and 4 drakes

Oh good lord, not this stuff again! I just wanna send in my extra dollars and get all dang females. I mean, aren’t these people professionals? I know, even Labron James misses a free throw now and then! Doesn’t he?

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Say what?!? So that means I couldn’t have a couple of Calls along with a WH and a Saxony?

I mean you *can*
They kinda form their own clicks from my experience. I've even noticed calls sometimes prefer to hang with other calls me their own color. They can be racist.
My Cayuga ducks act terrified of the calls every time they've been around each other.
So much depends on your set up. . being raised together or not and or the general temperament of each individual duck. I can tell you this. . what works today may not work tomorrow. And what works tomorrow could change in a week. They can be moody.