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Title: wanted.....2 female ducks
Post by: tazbabe on March 31, 2012, 11:38:59 am
 :&> could be doing with a couple of ladies to keep our boys out of mischief. ideal would be a campbell and a runner, but any breed/crossbreed will be great!

anyone got any girls to spare me?


i'm in ayrshire
Title: Re: wanted.....2 female ducks
Post by: doganjo on March 31, 2012, 11:45:45 am
:&> could be doing with a couple of ladies to keep our boys out of mischief. ideal would be a campbell and a runner, but any breed/crossbreed will be great!

anyone got any girls to spare me?


i'm in ayrshire
Got plenty fertile eggs if you want them?  Cross Swedish Blue/Khaki Campbells
Title: Re: wanted.....2 female ducks
Post by: tazbabe on March 31, 2012, 10:52:12 pm
thanks for that!

i suppose i could hatch a couple of our own.....but i don't really want the 'bother' of ending up with more boys.
Title: Re: wanted.....2 female ducks
Post by: doganjo on March 31, 2012, 11:44:18 pm
thanks for that!

i suppose i could hatch a couple of our own.....but i don't really want the 'bother' of ending up with more boys.
At least more drakes isn't quite the same problem as more cockerels (noise level a lot less  ;)) and easier to sell on/give away than those too.  I was lucky and hatched four out of five of which three were girls, and the boy had splayed leg and died overnight.
Title: Re: wanted.....2 female ducks
Post by: tazbabe on April 01, 2012, 04:39:09 am
you have given me an idea!

my local animal feed place offers an incubation service.....i could offer them a batch of fertile eggs to hatch, take a couple of the females and they could sell the rest. might speak to them about that during the week.