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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 [...]
sara | January 18, 2010
I am often asked about mixing different set of ducks and thought that this was a particularly interesting question about mixing call ducks.
“Hi, I have just been given two females and a male call duck, literally with out any notice! I couldnt say no but am I going to upset my pair of call ducks [...]
sara | January 10, 2010
If you have a duck who has become dependent on humans, say if you incubate some duck eggs and only one duckling hatches out then the duckling may become dependent on the human who is caring for the duckling as the bird doesn’t have any other ducks to interact with.
So what can you do if [...]
sara | January 2, 2010
I have just been reading about Edwina the mallard duck that was rescued by a family 22 years ago when the duckling was being attacked by other ducklings.The family from Hampshire, rescued the duckling and when they tried to return her to the wild she followed them home, so it sounds like she enjoyed living [...]
sara | December 21, 2009
Well for the past few days with snow on the ground the ducks have been ground in their hut. I didn’t want them to come out of their hut onto the snow if it was going to damage their feet or legs. I wouldn’t fancy running about on snow in my bare feet so couldn’t [...]
sara | November 30, 2009
I was recently emailed and asked about where to get a license to sell duck eggs in Northern Indiana.
“I have a small flock of Khaki Campbell ducks. I am wanting to sell the eggs. I know that I will need a license to sell them. I live in Northern Indiana, U.S. How do I obtain [...]
sara | November 29, 2009
I am often asked if you can keep all drakes together. My answer to this would be no if you are just keeping drakes unless they are separated from each other.
If you are going to keep drakes then you will need to get some ducks to satisfy their breeding urges. At least 2 ducks per [...]
