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i saw that one too, but was hoping that there might be data specifically for ducks. i found something that said that geese can digest the barley and it's commonly given to fatten them up. http://www.millerhatcheries.com/information/Miscellaneous/duck_goose_feeding.htm i know anecdotally...

can ducks digest crushed barley properly, or do they need enzymes with it, like chickens?

Love the pictures of your ponds, and how they're dug out. We have a seasonal pond in the back that dries up in the summer--i think if we dug it out, it would stay wet year round. It's a big project though, and low on the priority list. :)

We have a flock of runner ducks right now, and i love them, they're beautiful and hilarious. But, they're so skittish! We also did a batch of pekins for meat ducks, but they were so noisy and poopy and ate like pigs! I'd love to get a couple or 4 ducks that are really calm and friendly, will...

just wondering what you're doing? ducklings can be soo messy with their water

In late summer, our honeybees kick out all the drones and the worker bees get replaced every 40 days or so, so they're always dropping the deads off the 'front porch'. Anyways, last summer we only had the 2 runner ducks and they had the run of the place...they'd hang out right by the beehives...

Any tips for helping ducks with anxiety? We have bad neighbours who are always yelling and screaming and fighting and unfortunately the pond where our ducks live, on our property, borders on the bad neighbours. :( The neighbours had settled down for a couple of weeks in July and actually went...

any tricks for identifying which ducks are laying? i had extra eggs in the coop today, so my new runners that we hatched this spring are laying. we have a few too many ducks right now and i need to rehome some, but i'd like to keep the early layers if i can figure out who they are! :) :) :)

Thank you so much for the picture! The visuals really help a lot. :)

we're building a new duck house this weekend, loosely based on these plans. http://www.flytesofancy.co.uk/chickenhouses/Classic_Duck_Houses.html How high up off the ground would you make the house? i'm worried that if we just do little stilts as pictured, that rats will set up shop under the...

Thank you i will give it a try. We have all the babies close to the house so that we can watch them when they're outside. We recently had a raven try to get at my son's 4H banties, so have been babysitting when they're outside. We moved the runner's house up close to the house too so we can...

We just lost our adult male runner to a racoon yesterday afternoon. :( I just have the one adult female, and she's upset and lonely having just lost her mate. I can hear her crying for him and it's heartbreaking. I have a dozen 3 week old runner ducklings (they're off heat during the day and...

I'm not sure, i'd also like to know the answer to this question. i've been incubating our runner's eggs, and will have ducks that are about 2weeks apart in age that i'd like to put all in together. There's a point in their development when you need to keep their protein levels down a bit so that...

that sounds like good advice. :) we just got in new piglets that haven't been dewormed, so deworming is on my mind right now. i havent seen any sign of worms in our adult ducks. ducks seem so much hardier than chickens in so many ways! if i can get my son to eat duck eggs, we might just phase...

Here's a pic of our cuties! Pekins and Runners. :) Just wondering what everyone does for a deworming schedule for their ducks? What do you use, how often.

yes, food and water 24/7. i think the novelty is worn off now. they're not eating the bedding anymore that i can see.

They're a couple of weeks old now. We have runners that hatched on the 4th and 5th and Pekins that we got as dayolds on the 10th. I'm put them all in together today in a bigger pen, they've outgrown the rabbit crates that i had them in. They're all getting along together anyways! My husband...

i tried vent sexing our hatchlings and couldn't see a thing, they all looked the same! @Miss Lydia Thanks for all the info about how your feed your ducks! I will give it a try and see how it goes. My ducklings all love peas, so i think if i sprinkle some peas on top, they'll probably try it...

Just wondering if anyone has their ducks on fermented feed? I have a couple of adult runners, and tried them with FF when i switched our pigs and chickens over. They didn't take to it right away like the other animals on our hobby farm, so i just kept them on pellets. We have 27 ducklings right...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1099126/air-sac-is-way-too-small-need-advice-please/10#post_16934515 I wonder if any duck hatching people could have a look. I have eggs due to go into the hatcher on Sunday, and just wondering how they look to you and how much humidity you would give them in...