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Take or leave the eggs? Advice and Opinions needed!
I have a bit of a dilemma and I could use your advice. I've had Cayuga and Pekin in the past, both great layers but not brooding so it was easy to just scoop the eggs. Now I have two Muscovy. We were unsure of either sex but assumed the bigger to be male and the smaller female. Well, the bigger... -
Ducks in turtle pond??
Question..... we have 4 Cayugas and one of them got smart and realized we have a backyard pond! It's a raised pond and about 7' x 7'. My question is... can the fact that it is a small turtle pond have any ill effect on their eggs when they start producing? Salmonella etc... Thank you for any... -
New member-duck owner
Hello there! We first became fowl owner a little over a year ago when we got two Pekin ducklings (hatchlings really) from a local farm. Our hope/intent was to have two females (which we did!) to lay eggs and then when they stopped laying eggs, they would be slaughtered for meat. We've used...- mysgyn
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Starting again... advise on genders please?
Hello there! We had two pekins, unfortunately one was attacked and killed by something earlier this week. Our other is lonely (that's a separate issue, the quacking is painful... I feel for her! Not sure what to do...) and my daughter is sad so time to get a few more! We had talked before...