The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: storm35 on August 17, 2010, 10:14:27 pm
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http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=643062690 you will see pics of the babies.
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Don't do facebook, can you pull them up a different way for us stone agers, please?? :&>
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Don't do facebook, can you pull them up a different way for us stone agers, please?? :&>
Ermm ok will try something else.
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(http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g242/storm37/CIMG1452.jpg)
(http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g242/storm37/CIMG1457.jpg)
(http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g242/storm37/CIMG1456.jpg)
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ahhh they are lovely. congratulations
Helen
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Arh cute....I wouldn't mind hatching some eggs one day!!
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Thanks for that and congratulations!
I now want some more... As I said earlier, nothing beats baby ducklings ;D :&>
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They are cute, duck has doubled in size, since we go thim Fri night, he had a wee bath today for a paddle but never really bothered with it, so i brought him out and dried him, he chases flies, soo funny lol but he tends to knock the little chick over a lot, need to watch that, he is soo clumsy, but funny, they are gorgeous all of them, My 5 yr old called the duck Daffy duck lol, chicks little one is Kizzy and other one is Lola 10yr old named them.
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I bet you will soon find them a bit messy, I had a pair of ducks from someone on here that hatched them themselves and they are a very nice pair!!
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I've got six eggs in an incubator now - looks like five have life in them so crossing fingers. Wouldn't hatch chickens in case i got cockerels. Drakes are easier to find homes for than noisy aggressive cockerels!
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We have no idea what sex duck is or chicks, i clean the cage out every 2 days as it dos get a bit smelly, so no idea how it will be outside in coup in winter and summer lol.
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that was not the case for me, Annie! It took me a great deal of effort to rehome one of our drakes - I had to find girls for him and drive him 2 hours north! The other one ended up in the pot, sadly...The cockerel found a home after 4 weeks locally. Nicky (dizzy1pig) said that apparently long pointed eggs are more likely to be boys than rounder ones. Even if it's an old wives tale it's worth trying - what other option is there?? :&>
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Looks like if mines is a drake i will end up keeping him, if i cant rehome him, could not put him in pot, i will have to get female if i want duck eggs, and then it means baby ducks, no idea what to do, dont want loads of ducks :(
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you can always eat and sell all the eggs :yum:. Having him put down was the hardest thing I ever watched...I don't think I'll ever be able to grow birds for meat, although he was tasty and fed the family for 2 days:'(
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Looks like if mines is a drake i will end up keeping him, if i cant rehome him, could not put him in pot, i will have to get female if i want duck eggs, and then it means baby ducks, no idea what to do, dont want loads of ducks :(
You would only get babies if you let her sit on the eggs. Also, very often ducks are not great at sitting on their eggs full term anyway.