minichick Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 hello all! i have many questions! i would love an eglu (pink, of course) for my ducklings but how do i order one online: do i buy the chicken version and take out the roosting bars? also, would they be able to eat the chicken feed that comes with it when they grow bigger? any help would be gratefully received! thankyou Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 Phone Omlet HQ on 0845 4502056 and I'm sure they'll make arrangements for you to have a proper Duck Eglu. They'll be able to tell you where to get suitable feed for them too, I'd expect. Good luck! Let us know how you get on ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minichick Posted September 8, 2006 Author Share Posted September 8, 2006 will do, thankyou for your help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 As far as I was aware, there isn't a 'proper' Ducklu - it is the chicken Eglu but without the roosting bars. We had the Eglu as it comes and then just removed the roosting bars and added a thick layer of straw. It must be straw and not hay. Ducks will eat the same food as chickens. Layers Mash or Pellets if you have any laying ducks or Growers Mash or Pellets if you have ducks which you are raising for meat. Here's our blue Eglu and a White Campbell duck.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 They ARE lovely Lesley And (& Paul) was impressed about the apparent lack of real mess You never know, I might persuade him to get a "ducklu" yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 I think 'apparent' lack of mess is the point - they do make more mess and more smell than chickens - especially in a small space. Ours are in quite a large run area now. If using just the Eglu run - even with the extension - it needed moving around, and the grass hosing down, quite frequently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minichick Posted September 9, 2006 Author Share Posted September 9, 2006 thankyou for your help lesley, will order my eglu online right now, am v. excited. we are going to build an area where the eglu can be placed on woodchippings so we can replace them frequently instead of moving it around the lawn (we dont have much lawn), do you put keep yours on grass all the time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Yes, ours are on grass - but we have a lot of land. If you give them as big an area as you can manage they should be fine. You will need to change their water at least once a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 I think the ducks will have to wait until we get our dream of lots more land. I do have a real hankering after Indian Runners though I cant remember Lesley - are your ducks for the eggs or the table Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Both. We bought a pair and Mindy lays eggs. We were quite happy with that but then Mindy went broody and sat on 4 eggs. We have 3 surviving ducklings. We may keep one if there is a duck but all three will be for the table it they are drakes. We can't tell yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triphazard99 Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 Brilliant....ducks are our next ambition, and I've been wondering if there were a specific ducklu or not.....now I know!! We already have a little pond waiting to be put in the garden....but it's at the rear end of a lot of other projects, so it will probably be the spring before we get a couple of ducks. I love the Indian Runners, but my husband has spotted a very dark green sort of duck..almost black....and I've got to go find out what it was now. All I can remember is that it was a bantam breed....time to hit the library. Sophie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
