The Duck Thread

[JadeComputerGal]

That's real interesting! Our female turkey, Carlotta, adopted two baby turkeys, so I thought maybe Rambo could do the same

Awesome news though: ANOTHER DUCKLING HATCHED!!! And the door is fixed!

It's ok if they don't have offspring. I love em

I'm not the best to give answers specific to Muscovy. @Miss Lydia , do you know if they're likely to adopt unfamiliar ducklings?

Congratulations on the new one!

 

[blkjak]

That's real interesting! Our female turkey, Carlotta, adopted two baby turkeys, so I thought maybe Rambo could do the same

Awesome news though: ANOTHER DUCKLING HATCHED!!! And the door is fixed!

It's ok if they don't have offspring. I love em

Congrats on the duckling! I lock my mama muscovy up with her ducklings. Muscovy ducklings seem very fragile and I am pretty sure my cats have eaten a few. Mom doesnt seem to be able to keep track of too many.

 

[Frindizzle]

Out ranging for grass, mud or whatever it is they eat.


The roo is going to go soon, he's starting to crow!


The dabbling in mud is a favorite thing. Are they eating bugs and stuff down in the mud?

Cute! They eat bugs and all kinds of stuff down in there.

 

[Frindizzle]

That's real interesting! Our female turkey, Carlotta, adopted two baby turkeys, so I thought maybe Rambo could do the same

Awesome news though: ANOTHER DUCKLING HATCHED!!! And the door is fixed!

It's ok if they don't have offspring. I love em

Congrats on the duckling!

 

[Lynn Manes]

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she is a very cute duck bird.[/quote
She's cute

 

[sryglet]

Egg question!!

Tonight will be night 8 of incubation of our one single pekin egg (dad was a khaki Campbell). I don't have a ridiculously bright light, only the flash option on the camera on my phone, to candle the egg. It's pretty obviously not bright enough, but I can sort of see in the egg - I've very gently candled it a few times. It definitely doesn't look like it did when I first put it in the incubator - the air cell is rather large, and at the opposite end of the egg the yolk or what was the yolk is very dark and takes up *almost* 50% of the egg. The light isn't really bright enough to see completely though it at all, it just looks like a dark spot. It's no longer circular, more of a heart shape. It doesn't move hardly at all when the egg is being turned, just very slightly. The egg is also noticeably heavier than a fresh duck egg. Are these signs that it might be fertile and growing? It does seem to look different than it did a couple days ago, but I'm worried that the reason that it looks different could be because it's rotting..... Hopefully not!! Thank you!

 

[jtn42248]

Egg question!!

Tonight will be night 8 of incubation of our one single pekin egg (dad was a khaki Campbell). I don't have a ridiculously bright light, only the flash option on the camera on my phone, to candle the egg. It's pretty obviously not bright enough, but I can sort of see in the egg - I've very gently candled it a few times. It definitely doesn't look like it did when I first put it in the incubator - the air cell is rather large, and at the opposite end of the egg the yolk or what was the yolk is very dark and takes up *almost* 50% of the egg. The light isn't really bright enough to see completely though it at all, it just looks like a dark spot. It's no longer circular, more of a heart shape. It doesn't move hardly at all when the egg is being turned, just very slightly. The egg is also noticeably heavier than a fresh duck egg. Are these signs that it might be fertile and growing? It does seem to look different than it did a couple days ago, but I'm worried that the reason that it looks different could be because it's rotting..... Hopefully not!! Thank you!

Try this. Go to the Dollar Store or some place like that. Get a cheap LED flashlight with fresh batteries. Then, at night, go in a dark room. Hold your hand around the end of the flashlight and place the egg against your hand so that the light can only shine through it. Not the best solution but it works like a dream.

 

[sryglet]

At the moment I've used the continuous flash on my phone and put a toilet paper tube over it. Haha. Will the LED light be a ton brighter?

 

[newduckmom2015]

So we are thinking about adding peacocks to our little family. I was just wondering if anyone knows anything about them and if they live well with ducks

 

[Blue Godz]

I have a turkey that loves the ducks! Peacocks are similar

I'm looking into getting some Peacocks too