snailsandchickens Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Hello Duck fans! Not really been here much. We got ducklings on the 8th June they were four days old we thought we had two females as it turns out we have a male and female! Thats fine i don't mind. They are Khaki Cambels, beautiful ducks as they are now five going on six months I thought I would have had at least the starting of egg production from Pink-a-bell but not a sight or sound what should I be looking for they do a little dance and Bernard tries to get his wicked way but falls off!! Quite funny really! Poor boy. So anyway what is the normal for these ducks am I going to have to wait till spring to get eggs or ??? How do they work Much Duckyness Rach x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miller30 Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Should be anytime soon my khaki laid her first ever egg on boxing day one year it was freezing they are very good at laying them right under the straw so they hide them i few times i have missed eggs until i clean them out and then find a stash leanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken shack Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 I have two lady ducks and Charlie Drake, Daisy is still laying however not everyday and Tonto stopped laying weeks ago. They never laid an egg last winter so you may not get any untill about February. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snailsandchickens Posted November 25, 2012 Author Share Posted November 25, 2012 Ok cool so maybe she will and maybe she won't, hehe Ducks a? ok so another question do you think I will get her to hatch out her eggs or are Khakis like hybrid hens not to bright when it comes to sitting on their eggs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snailsandchickens Posted November 25, 2012 Author Share Posted November 25, 2012 We havent ever seen our going into their duckhouse we have shavings down for them, wondering if it is wrong for them I will try to pop a picture up so you can see the house maybe the house is wrong so she has crossed her legs no nice house no eggs type thing?? copy and past this URL into your address bar to see the pic please. This is them at 12 weeks and since then we have removed the two side panels from the front of the house so it is not so enclosed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miller30 Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 I would be very surprised if she goes broody and wants to sit on eggs ducks dont make very good mums if you want to hatch some ducklings stick some of their eggs under a chicken if you get one go broody and i had a hybrid that went broody and hatched me babies leanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 Are you sure you haven't missed her eggs as ducks are not very good at laying in one, convenient place. I found a wee egg from my little Call Duck in the chicken poop cleaning bucket which lives under the chicken house Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snailsandchickens Posted November 27, 2012 Author Share Posted November 27, 2012 Yeah I had a rumage through the beding and didn't see anything I check it every day for eggs going to get three more chickens next month so I should get more eggs by March would you recomend getting a bantam for being broody and could I put it in with the ducks at the mo I have them separate as the chickens disperse with pleasantries when it comes to the poor ducks and attack them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollyripkim Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 My two call ducks are six months and just had two beautiful pale green eggs, really wasn't expecting any until the spring and Daffy the male hasn't shown any mating behaviour. Don't know about your breed but call ducks aren't good at nesting so often get hatched under broody chickens which I have in abundance in the summer with nine silkies. Mine all share a WIR with no problems so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snailsandchickens Posted November 29, 2012 Author Share Posted November 29, 2012 i guess i just have chickens with issues then i will keep checking to see if there are any eggs but i dont hold out much hope till spring Glad you have got some eggs its exciting to go to the coup and find eggs in it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Your eggs are beautiful Mollyripkim (as seen on facebook) but I still can't get used to the fact that they are greenish which to me looks a bit unhealthy so I have yet to eat one from my pair snailsandchickens I don't know what breed of chickens you have but like Mollyripkim my call ducks range about with my chickens all day. (My chickens are bantams - Silkies, Polands and Frizzles). I did notice when I first introduced a pair of call ducks that the chickens seemed to push them about rather and even ganged up a bit if one of the ducks got separated. However quickly the tables turned and now my chickens are rather scared of my ducks and keep out of their way. I think it is because of their loud quack I also had a little call duck who had been raised under a chicken and missed her chicken family so much that she kept on calling and calling for them and eventually went back home to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
