hello everyone, got a quick question.
okay can ducks have leafs (like fallen leafs) we give them to the chickens to play in but am wondering if the ducks are allowed to have them as well?
thank you itsasmallfarm out.
okay got a quick duck question, now that my ducks are starting to lay, do i feed them oyster shells like chickens or is just a layer ration good enough for them?
update on my ducks,
they are starting to come around to like me. now when ever i go over to see them (and the chickens) they quack non-stop till they get there treats and wait at the fence for them. at the moment only lettuce and cucumbers are the ones they like every thing else sucks to them lol.
oh also as we where quite hot here yesterday (like 31C) i sprayed and had a water fight with my ducks (just took the hose and sprayed them off) and they love it, they try to eat the water stream, love to play in the mud and just flap there wings when the water is on them.
Finally got BYC on my phone so i can upload pictures so here are my two ducks quackers and nibbles the bottom picture is of them when they where ducklings.
well just a quick update on my ducks.
they finally are coming around and letting me pet them (a month ago they ran from me) now they just stand still and let me pet them and then they run off and quack and want treats.
today was a big step for my ducks they went outside :) we have had there door open to go out side in the run open for about 4 days now and every day they never went out, but today when i went in to visit them (and as usual they ran away from me) so i got down to there level and they ran out the...
hello every one a quick question
right now i have a a coop maybe 45 sq feet, with two blue Swedish ducks in it. i planned on getting 3 more ducks and 3 geese i know think that it is to small. should also note they have maybe a 150-200 sq ft run. but what would the maximum amount of ducks/geese...
anyone else's ducklings have a tantrum we you take there water away?
i have two Swedish ducklings and they freak out when every i take the water away to clean and re-fill the water. is this normal i mean they run around at top speed screaming there heads off, and once the water returns...
hello every one i have a quick question,
i have two Swedish ducklings about 2 weeks old and have not given them any niacin or brewers yeast (have not been able to get to my local city) but how much do i give them and which way in there water or in there food. thanks as am going in tomorrow...
right now i have two blue Swedish ducklings, and wondering are the females good parents (are they good at going broody?) kinda hoping for a male and female.
ya i really enjoy my fowl :)
and thank you i plan on making pets out of the ducks and plan on giving them supervised swims when they are the right age.
okay a have a question for you duck owners, i hope to get a few blue Swedish ducklings in the coming week, and hoping for them to be young, but the question is how old can they be for there first swim (i know it takes like 8 weeks before they can be left un-supervised in the water) but how old...