The Duck Thread

[Miss Lydia]

No worries, I'll share it with them. We've been having nightly discussions about how the pool is coming and they won't be allowed in it.

I bet they have some choice words behind your back too. lol stingy, meany etc.

 

[Debs Flock]

I bet they have some choice words behind your back too. lol stingy, meany etc.

Oh yeah, no doubt. Thought I saw one of them flipping me the middle feather over the weekend.

 

[needlessjunk]

Deb got her pool all set up and Opie flew in to check it out

then Debs Flock gets wind of it and heads over to see who is in Their new pool

The flock multiplied Soon they invited their friends

and more friends showed up,

Well he said he was a friend at the end of the day Debs Flock had to go to their room for having a party without asking permission..

Back to the ole Kiddy pool again.

The end.

 

[City farm]

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They both look the same.. Younger egg's typically are smaller in the beginning..

Do Rouen & Peking eggs look similar? Since this is our first time with ducks I am not sure. If I had to guess I would say the Rouens

Check out this blog on duck egg's.. Are your girl's the same age?
http://www.theenglishgroup.co.uk/blog/2012/02/23/duck-eggs/

 

[City farm]

Wow! How often does she lay? I'm sorry for all the questions, that is just so amazing and interesting to me! I have to wonder why??!?!
Excellent! They have time to put together a plan. I would think they would jump on the opportunity!! Good luck!!!

Peep lays every day. I got the occasional egg during the winter after the second heat lamp was put in. She was the original duck that started me in this. She was dumped. I've narrowed her down to what I believe is mallard! She's a good mom too. She's not hand tame, but all my birds come to the shake of the treat dish! She doesn't fly away, but can fly. Her eggs are light blue and large chicken size. She's a pretty little thing. Nice bright orange bill and feet. Always looks nice and smooth. And she's a busybody! When she's not sitting, she's toddling around chatting and bossing! Her and my brown mallard females remind me of 3 little old ladies... Walking all over, gossiping and giving stink eye to the younger ones!!! Her and Big Momma (jumbo pekin, no eggs...) share mom duties. When peep wants to go somewhere, she would call Big Momma over with the babies and leave them with her. Lol, babbling! But that's Peep! I didn't realize how strange the doubles thing was until someone here told me.

I love your animal stories.. .

 

[City farm]

My Muscovy just cracked and ate the eggs that she was brooding there due in 9 days ...... Why did she do this?

Oooo, that's not good.. Did you see the form of a duckling ? How many other duck's do you have? Maybe someone went in and layed it recently? I think that duck's have a good sense of a good egg/bad egg.. At least our chicken's do.. We have only used a incubator maybe 2x.. We let our hen's do the hatching.. I see them kicking out the bad egg's.. I always put them back to make sure, either way sure enough they were always right on about that egg.. We mark on the egg information. Like date layed & sometimes if they are similar in color , size & shape I will put the letter of the name of that hen on it.. Or your girl could of needed some protein, who knows really.. Can you post photo's?? Glad you joined in..

 

[OldMissionChick]

Check out this blog on duck egg's.. Are your girl's the same age?
http://www.theenglishgroup.co.uk/blog/2012/02/23/duck-eggs/

Yes. All 19 weeks today. This morning was a definite Peking egg, much larger & more oval than the other. Thanks for the link, I am going to check it out

 

[City farm]

Deb got her pool all set up and Opie flew in to check it out

then Debs Flock gets wind of it and heads over to see who is in Their new pool

The flock multiplied Soon they invited their friends

and more friends showed up,

Well he said he was a friend at the end of the day Debs Flock had to go to their room for having a party without asking permission..

Back to the ole Kiddy pool again. The end.

This is great!! e .

 

[City farm]

Check out this blog on duck egg's.. Are your girl's the same age?
http://www.theenglishgroup.co.uk/blog/2012/02/23/duck-eggs/

Yes. All 19 weeks today. This morning was a definite Peking egg, much larger & more oval than the other. Thanks for the link, I am going to check it out

This blog listed mallards having blue egg's.. I thought they had cream colored egg's.. What do I know though, just a newbie.. Although runners have pretty colored blue egg's.. The egg's they have are really pretty.. You can also try some of the hatchery's web site for egg colors..

 

[City farm]

Check out this egg holder
http://www.designboom.com/design/eggwave/