It’s looking and sounding like the cayuga’s are all males. Only one of them has serious curls but I’ve seen/heard their voices. The Ancona’s keep them away and they seem content to do their own thing. We tried having everyone in together at night and it was peaceful for a min but we had to...
Just as an update…
Let drakes out to mingle with everyone and the first thing they did was mob one of our Black Swedish and fight off the other one when she protested. I can only guess that with them being kept separate for so long, the Black Swedish have changed the pecking order and the...
We’ve sectioned them off within their new set up so the larger two can’t get to the little one (Macha). I had hoped to get them outside earlier like the twins but the weather keeps getting chilly and not if they’re going to pick at her when i can’t be around. Maybe it would work if they’re in...
I hope so too… i just noticed some bleeding so I now I need to keep her safe but not alone while she grows. :/ oh boy. None of other flock has ever been this picky! Always an adventure with these birds.
Good point about the babies. I may reconsider any more ducks.
A little bit by voice. They’re all still pretty squeaky but that’s a good test idea. I feel like I’ve heard a couple more honks but hard to tell who.
The largest one has really started picking on the little one and her incoming...
Our Ancona drakes have been really into our Black Swedish ladies…to the point that they will pursue them through the whole garden. It’s happened a few times that one of the ladies will be separated from the flock and I recently spied one who had been sitting alone for quite a long time and was...