The Duck Thread

[jtn42248]

i have 2 that have olive colored bills and the rest have grey bills

This might help some. The two Khaki females have brownish bills while the Khaki drake has a green/grey bill. The other two are Swedish ducks. The drake again has a green/grey bill and the female (crested) has the darker grey bill. This seems to be consistent in all my breeds. My Cayugas have green/grey bills on the drakes and black bills on the females.

 

[dgibson0604]

This might help some. The two Khaki females have brownish bills while the Khaki drake has a green/grey bill. The other two are Swedish ducks. The drake again has a green/grey bill and the female (crested) has the darker grey bill. This seems to be consistent in all my breeds. My Cayugas have green/grey bills on the drakes and black bills on the females.

thank you so i should have 3 ducks and 2 drakes

 

[jtn42248]

thank you so i should have 3 ducks and 2 drakes

Quite possibly. So, you need to start thinking about another couple of ducks so that there is less competition for the drakes. Any excuse for more ducks.

 

[Lamaremybabies]

Today's the day! I think one of my Pekin girls has gone broody. I went to let them out this morning and she was sitting but came out and when I looked outside a little later she was back on the nest. She got off again though grabbed food and a quick swim and is now back on the nest again.

 

[tracyjg]

No it's not poor deit I feed them well. They our fertile because they have blood in it. And when I did an autopsy on frist set there where ducks but not alive.no it's not handling the eggs to much I bearly touch them.

 

[tracyjg]

It say use a heat light. No harm to egg. To the department of aguculture if things our not working. I trying to fix things.i can't just leave them all to die all the time and do nothing. Incubators need to be fumigated so they our not ready it will be a little while.

 

[tracyjg]

No eggs outside in incubator . Fumigation outside in incubator it's toxic. Eggs or with mommy duck.

 

[tracyjg]

There was a lot of death. I trying to get rid of infection parasite or other bacteria . The site say in my case to fumigate. To make sure there is nothing that will effect next hatch when ever it is.

 

[tracyjg]

I already know what the incubator instructions say. I have had chickens born alive from both incubators.

 

[dgibson0604]

Today's the day! I think one of my Pekin girls has gone broody. I went to let them out this morning and she was sitting but came out and when I looked outside a little later she was back on the nest. She got off again though grabbed food and a quick swim and is now back on the nest again.

awesome good luck on the hatch. My KC's are 17 weeks old when should they start to lay