Recent content by Indyrun

Do you have a photo? Would love to see what you have described.

Thanks guys, that helps. I will ask those questions Amiga, good advice

Need more advice. I haves drake and duck pair that I may have to give away. I have two people interested but they have an established flock and some chickens. What will the established flock and chickens do/ react to my pair? I don't want to give them to these people if my pair will be beat...

I have to most likely sell my drake and duck pair who have been inseparable since they were born and are now just over a year old. Someone is very keen to buy them off me, but he has quite a few of his own. I'm concerned my pair will get picked on or beaten up. Is it ok to introduce a pair that...

Sadly all the eggs died. We have been having extreme heat here in Brisbane. I think they were over cooked

Checked her nest this morning. Rain came through the coop and her nest was soaked. I found a dead ducking in a deflated egg.

I attempted candling them. I couldn't really see anything other tha dark shadows, not resembling a duckling. I cleaned and changed her nest, she seems fine with the changes. The eggs smell, they smell like a bunch of rotten eggs ready to explode. Is it normal? I'm such a novice, I wish I had...

I'll let you know the circles. Also one of the eggs has a crack in it. Should I toss it? The stink is bringing so many flies to her nest. I'll give it a good clean today. I hope she doesn't abandon the nest. She lets me pat her while she is sitting on it, so hopefully she'll be ok with my...

Thanks, will do

Hi guys, My indian runner girl has been broody and tirelessly sitting on her nest. It's now a couple of days over 28. 2 eggs thus far have been broken, one look deflated and the smell horrendous! I've checked (not candled) and there doesn't appear to be any sign of a duckling. I have a drake...

Thanks guys... I'll go and count them this morning. So if there is still the same number of eggs and she's not sitting on them I guess I better either throw them or attempt incubator. Someone also mentioned to put plastic eggs in place... ???

Ok my girl has laid 15 eggs. She tends to her nest only at night when she is forcefully locked in. It's been 3 weeks and she is not broody. What am I going to do with these eggs! Someone told me they are viable for up to 3 weeks. Tomorrow is 3 weeks.

So, 8 days later 8 eggs. She is not broody yet, but fairly protective of her nest, when I clean out their house, she keeps an eye on me. The drake doesn't like me going in there at all. Next question: if she sits on the nest and her babies hatch, should I seperate them? I'm not home all the...

Ok, she is laying daily now. If in 8/10 days she doesn't sit on them, will the eggs have gone off to eat, or shoukd I put the eggs in an incubator after this time?