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We have - 2 adult KC drakes - 3 growing up SA drakes (not miniature) ... two of which started bobbing their heads at each other at 3 months old ... those are really big, like small geese, stocky body like a barrel, when you pick one up you automatically think "mmm roast duck" even if that was... -
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Sooo if you separate your drakes .... but there is only a wire fence between them and the ladies (there's not a duck-free space in between) -- does that work? Or are they constantly frustrated trying to cross the fence? -
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Oh man. OK, I'll think I'll put the 2 adult drakes in drake jail. This will also enable us to bring the grown-up Khaki ladies and all the 2025 kids together. Well, until the young drakes start feeling like drakes :) -
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We lost a duck yesterday.... Or so we thought. I came back in the evening from the regular dog patrol and everyduck was OK. An hour later one was missing. We packed up the others and went looking... With a flashlight... Calling duck-duck-duck... Nothing in the orchard. Nothing in the outside... -
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My only real experience so far was when we merged the previous young group at 3 months, there was 1 young drake vs. 1 adult one, 6 young hens vs. 9 adult ones. Separate houses but common daily grazing area. There were no problems whatsoever. Right now we have 2 adult drakes, 10 hens; and in the... -
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It is now June, in July we're merging the adult Khakis and our current generation of Welshies and Appleyards when they turn 3 months old. We're a bit worried about the small Welshie that's about 2/3 size of a regular one ... One of our Khaki drakes is really a bully. However -- I've noticed... -
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Ew OK :) throw some osage orange and gleditsia in there as well (honey locust I think is the popular name for gleditsia... Good magic plant for anti tractor tires spells) -
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If I was a trash panda I'd go and live in a deadwood hedge... -
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Sooo this is how it went... A week ago a guy came in and bought one of our WH drakes. We talked for a while, found out he's still on the lookout for WH and Cayuga hens, I told him we're also looking for more, etc etc... Today he messages me: hey I found somebody who has our kind of ducks near... -
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Ahem... I almost fell for a Facebook duck selling scam :)) of all things... details later :) For now, just steer clear of Timothy’s Backyard Livestock. -
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Well you shouldn't be so inconveniently located, you're worse than me :) -
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Happy for you for having got the job! And sad about your having to turn your life around to such a degree. Hopefully things will stabilize and you'll find a way to continue doing the things you love in the time that's available. -
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Sorry to hear that :( Lower protein food would maybe help in a brute-force way? Since there would simply not be enough "raw materials" to form the egg. -
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Haha :) Le duck! Are you happy with your Appleyards as layers?