I have both magpies, and Pekins along with a khaki Campbell. They magpies took a little longer to feather out than the khaki or Pekins. I would separate her for a day or two with a similar sized duckling and make sure she’s eating well.
Is the americauna spelt this way when you bought her? If so you will get Easter eggers. Hatcheries do this to get people to buy americaunas thinking they are ameruacanas which have beards and put blue eggs.
No no no! Shot gun will destroy that chicken! What I do is get a box that will fit the chicken, cut a hole in the box for the head, put a thing of twine like rope around the head to stretch it, and then the morbid part. Get an axe and another person, one person, usually the more squimish person...
But because I try to be sensitive to other people’s options on culling birds, I use alternative approaches. But if it was me and just me… the bullies will have a field trip inside the pot. Get some real life experience of what it feels like to be boiled
nope I wouldn’t rehome id get it a friend keep the injured one and try to rehabilitate her because id say 80% of the time the injured ducks gets neglected, euthanized, or “free range at night” which is just feeding her to the coons. As for the bullies they go to OCS out of coop suspension, in...
But if one is whiter that means it’s older. They look identical to my Patoduck (which is half Spanish half English, means duck duck.) and gimpy, who had a birth defect and has a permanent limp. They are soo sweet