Welcome to the Our Ducks' First Year thread, where I'll (try to) post daily updates on the status of our ducklings as they grow up during their first year. Our ducks arrived today, which means this thread has begun. I'm doing this in the form of videos on my youtube channel called "The Quack...
So, our ducklings arrived today, and they're so cute! All 12 (3 males and 9 females) of them were alive when we picked up the box from the post office, so that was great as well! They've only been in the brooder for a few hours, and it already seems that they love their new home. Here's some...
Not sure where to put this, so I'm posting it here. I have a spare 10 gallon glass aquarium tank which has never been used before that I've been trying to think of uses for with poultry. The dimensions of the tank are roughly 20" L x 12.5" H x 10.5" W so I've thought that maybe it can be used...
Hello. I'm wondering what is a good protein percentage to start day-old chicks and ducklings on? I know they have different protein requirements, but would like to know what is a good percentage for each of them. My family has bought a 22% protein starter/grower for the ducklings and a 19%...
For our family's day-old poultry (some chicks and ducklings), which are going to be arriving soon, we have bought some chick grit (this one specifically) for them. On the bag it says not to start feeding them the grit until they are at least two weeks old. But I've also read that chicks need...
Hello everyone, I'm John. I'm new to this site, and my family is going to start raising their first chickens and ducks in just a few weeks from now. We are getting them as day-olds from Metzer Farms and My Pet Chicken. For the chickens, we've decided on getting some bantams and standard size...