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Feeding up this morning and looked around to find a Muscovy Duck with five newly hatched ducklings. Put them in a pen as the mother doesn't seem very sensible. Two remaining eggs put in the incubator just in case ! Meant to throw the eggs away before she had a chance to get too settled on them.

White Embden type gander wanted for breeding. East Surrey or surrounding areas.

Just thought I'd share this with you which may help us understand why there is so much confusion over vaccinations and why they apparently fail to provide the protection we expect. I bought some well grown growers for laying, Hy-Lines in fact, at 12 weeks old. The people who I bought them...

A Muscovy last week hatched eggs after 38 days. I know that ducks and geese can 'cover' their eggs for a few days before the actual incubation starts. I now have some eggs in the incubator, how long should they take to hatch ?

Not having hatched ducks for many years, I am picking up that chick crumb is OK for them as long as it has no coccidiostat - is this correct. Any other feeds suitable for them in the early days/weeks ?

Two or three Muscovy ducks wanted as I have inheritied a nice blue & white male ! Any colour but would prefer not totally black. Southern counties.

Follow up from another thread really. I have access locally to three makes of feed and I list the protein levels of the following: Layers: Marriages 17% Haygates 16% Humphries 17.4% Growers: Marriages 15% Chick: Marriages 18% Haygates 19% Haven't looked into any of the other...

Very, very useful information on preparing birds for the table by Jubilee under 'At What Age to Slaughter'. That thread is now closed but just thought I'd like to make this comment.

Hello. Just joined. Not new to chickens and mainly interested in utility but also keep some rares.