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sara | May 1, 2010
I have been asked about the size of housing reuired for keeping a number of ducks. The size of the housing will depend on the number of ducks kept and the size of the duck breed.
Large breeds such as Aylesbury ducks need a good two-foot square area per bird and two foot high.
The medium breeds [...]
sara | April 18, 2010
Had an email on Friday night letting me know that a duckling was hatching early and then this morning I heard that the yolk sac hadn’t been absorbed.
Hi Sara, just to update you on our eggs. It is not due to hatch until Wednesday next week but it actually started to break the shell yesterday [...]
sara | April 16, 2010
I have 6 ducks and a drake.
3 of the ducks are completely a khaki colour and slightly smaller than the others. The other 3 ducks have some other colours on their wing, a dark blueand white colour and also have yellow stripes near their eyes as if they are wearing a zorro mask. They are [...]
sara | April 15, 2010
It is difficult to guess what gender a duckling is just by looking at the duckling but my ‘farmingfriends’ friend Maureen has challenged me to take a guess at the gender of her three ducklings named Treacle, Toffee and Fudge.
‘Hi Sara, as someone far more knowlegable than me, how do you fancy taking a guess [...]
sara | March 30, 2010
On occasions a duckling can hatch out with toes that are curled up into a fist shape. Sometimes they may straighten out on their own in the first day or so but if they don’t you can make a cardboard or pipe cleaner shoe for the duckling to wear which will help to straighten out [...]
sara | March 17, 2010
Caroline is one of the farmingfriends forum members and she has three khaki campbell ducks which she bought at the rare breed market at Skipton the other weekend.
Caroline doesn’t know the age of the ducks but she thinks that they are not older than 2 years.
She says, “I must admit that they certainly have different [...]
sara | February 18, 2010
I have just received an email about muscovy ducklings struggling to hatch out.
Hi Sara I have a muscovy duck that hatched out two of her babies, she still had alot of eggs but did not sit on them for a day so i took them away as they were ice cold. Just before i wanted [...]
sara | February 16, 2010
Day 2 – Still have one duck that won’t come out of the hut it’s been two days now, getting abit worried about her, she is drinking but won’t eat the layers pellets.
She moves about ok if I get close but she seems to want to sit or hide in the straw and she [...]
sara | February 15, 2010
My 6 ducks and 1 drake always dash out of the hut every morning as if shot out of a cannon. They love to get out and go splash in their pool or nibble the grass or find fresh snails!
This morning I counted 6 come out of the hut. Had I mis-counted or could it [...]
sara | February 9, 2010
I have been asked if a drake will attack new born ducklings by Cristine who has emailed about her pekin duck who is now sitting on some eggs and Cristine is concerned about the weather and how the drake will react.
Hi Sara:
Awhile back I wrote to you about my Pekins first egg. Well, I [...]
