I buy (on amazon) powdered calcium citrate and sprinkle it over their food every morning. You can get the pills at Walmart but they are a pain to crush. I do not put it on the oyster shells. I still get a few soft-shell eggs but I think it's helping.
I used a dog fence around the pool but had to place cardboard or something along the inside between the pool and the fence because the ducklings were so small they could get through the dog fence. Quite simple. I went to Sam's Club and got the big pieces of cardboard that they have on the...
I'm sorry about your little chicken. I don't know if I missed it in this thread but when my ducks have egg-bound problems I give them calcium gluconate. It's a liquid that you can buy at Tractor Supply which is much easier to give than a pill and in my experience it works fast. Also, you can buy...
I'm in North Georgia. When I know we are going to have a big freeze like you are talking about I'll just drain the pool and wait until it warms up before I clean and fill it again. We used 4" PVC pipe going out of the back of the pool. I've never had an issue with the water inside the pipe...
I know nothing about geese but I do know about building a shallow pond. I sheet of plywood, and 2" x 12" for around the sides, then fiberglass and resin it. One thing we didn't think to do it sink the drain so now I have to sweep the excess water into the drain before I can clean it. We've got a...
thank you for your kind comments. Their big pool was made from 1 sheet of plywood which is 4' x 8'. the sides are 2"x 12" boards. They were put together and then fiberglassed just like they do with boats. Many layers of fiberglass and resin. We used to own a big fishing boat so my husband knows...
I've got 13 runners and will soon have a Rhode Island red rooster! Don't know how that is going to go but I'll give it a try. @Miss Lydia keeps her ducks, chickens, and goose together so I know it can be done.
I'm not sure what that is but hopefully it's the yolk. I think the best thing you can do is put it in a small Tupperware bowl on a DRY paper towel and leave it in the incubator.
I make my own feed with a recipe of red wheat, barley, alfalfa, millet, sunflower seeds, kelp, nutritional yeast, rye, soybean meal, flax, oats, split peas, lentils. It's 19% protein the way I mix it. I do put in 4 cups of Nature wise pellets too.
Never used a leash. My dogs are HORRID on leashes. When I was hatching my ducklings I had the dogs around the incubator so they could see the eggs and once they started hatching they were right there watching. I let them be around the tiny ones when they were first hatched and they were very...
I have 3 border collies who are very smart. 2 of them grew up with the ducks and they know it's their responsibility to not hurt them and to watch over them. My 2-year-old girl really takes it seriously and honestly, I didn't have to do any training. They were just told what to do and not do and...