The Duck Thread

[caesargirl]

I just noticed that you live in Unity Maine and I live in Unity NH!

Small world! I hope your Unity is as nice as mine!

 

[Bronson]

They look like chocolate Muscovy's.. You'll love them they are the quietest duck breed..our still make some noise, soft chirps .. If you have a drake he will have more of a hoarse noise.. Will they eat out of your hand? Well, if you don't have duck's already and you decide to keep them you just became one blessed family.. Duck egg's are exquisite, better than our chicken egg's..your rooster did not bother them?? They are beautiful..

I do have other 2 ducks, a khaki and a swedish. The girls have adopted these two and are teaching them proper duck stuff and important life skills. These two are definitely more social and friendly then my two older girls. I'm glad they are going to be quiet, my other two are mouthy and loud!

Can you put ducks and baby chickens together or no cause I have ducks and I wants some chickens.?.?.

My ducks and my chickens are together. They have a 4x6 coop, in an enclosed 12x12 run. They are let out every afternoon to run around the yard and forage for a few hours every day. I do not have a pool in the run to keep it dry since ducks are super messy and love to splash. The ducks have a rubber feed pan full of water to play in every day. I move it around to keep a mud puddle from forming. The chickens have a nipple water bucket so that they always have fresh water that the ducks can't contaminate. My roosters deal with the ducks and are not aggressive toward the ducklings, they all get along like one happy little flock.

 

[Ducky1324]

I do have other 2 ducks, a khaki and a swedish. The girls have adopted these two and are teaching them proper duck stuff and important life skills. These two are definitely more social and friendly then my two older girls. I'm glad they are going to be quiet, my other two are mouthy and loud! 

My ducks and my chickens are together. They have a 4x6 coop, in an enclosed 12x12 run. They are let out every afternoon to run around the yard and forage for a few hours every day. I do not have a pool in the run to keep it dry since ducks are super messy and love to splash. The ducks have a rubber feed pan full of water to play in every day. I move it around to keep a mud puddle from forming. The chickens have a nipple water bucket so that they always have fresh water that the ducks can't contaminate. My roosters deal with the ducks and are not aggressive toward the ducklings, they all get along like one happy little flock. 

Thank you but do you think my female will treat the baby chicks like her own or will the drake try to attack them???

 

[Miss Lydia]

Thank you but do you think my female will treat the baby chicks like her own or will the drake try to attack them???

Please do not have a drake in with baby chicks or ducklings things can go wrong fast. mama and babies need their own space for at least 3 weeks longer if all penned.

 

[caesargirl]

Ok, any ideas?!?!? The yellow one is pekin x mallard, it's the browns IDK?!?!?

That's momma (molting) Dad looked similar!

 

[Debs Flock]

I'm not very good at this game, but right away the brown ones seemed KC/Rouen crosses...?

 

[caesargirl]

I'm not very good at this game, but right away the brown ones seemed KC/Rouen crosses...?

I'm not any better! Ok... Stupid question... Differences between Rouen and mallard?

 

[Miss Lydia]

I'm not any better! Ok... Stupid question... Differences between Rouen and mallard?

Size. lol

 

[Ducky1324]

So how old does the male and female have to be when the female duck starts to lay eggs???

 

[Miss Lydia]

So how old does the male and female have to be when the female duck starts to lay eggs???

Mating can start as young as 5 months eggs usually come with in the month, every duck is different though. I have Muscovy's so those that say hatched in spring or summer of 2015 won't begin mating and laying till spring 2016