Recent content by Carcajou

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Will do. Been looking on Craigslist for ducks. seems people either want to get rid of their drakes or a whole flock. Don't want anymore drakes here. So I will keep looking.

I would need to get a friend for her, it is just the proper thing to do.

ML, maybe she will, and maybe she won't. I have never had a duck stay away more than one night. She was strong willed and the now deceased (from natural causes) drake's fave. Maybe she is looking for him? (He passed 7 weeks ago)

Thanks for all your replies. She has not exhibited any noticeable signs of illness or injury. She has been going to a nest (too old to lay eggs anymore) every morning for a couple of months and sitting there for a few hours, which a couple of my other ducks historically have done. The last...

Thanks, ML. Guess I have been absent for a while!

Will an older duck wander off to die alone?

Welcome to BYC!! Didn't get straight run from TSC but did, at my first try with ducks, get them from another local feed store. Ended up with 9 males and one female. Of course, I gave most of them away. The second time I ordered all females from a reputable hatchery, it was worth the extra...

1.5 inches of rain and still coming. My four Khakis are loving it! Foraging around in the vegetable gardens. Far cry from a year ago when their pond was surrounded by 3 feet of snow.

Enjoy them!

Very nice!

Neat. Any photos?

Send pics of the hatchlings - I'll bet the colors will be interesting!

@Robeenop , please let us know how the KC-Rouen cross birds lay. I have Khakis that lay well though they take Jan and Feb off.

Yep!!! Ducks are definitely yakkity, gossipy, very entertaining clowns!! Love mine immensely. Do you have a "spokesduck" in your flock? I certainly do!