Hello, I am enchanted by your film on regenerative agriculture. Currently, I also want to invest in ducks first rather than chickens, as they are cheaper in the initial stage and have more advantages than chickens. But I have one question: you let them out in the blueberry fields, but don't they eat the blueberries? Or do you only let them out between harvests?
Good question. Once the bushes are tall enough the ducks can not reach the blueberries, but we the ducks can damage the young blueberry canes. So you do need to control and limit access. We will be doing a video about this in the future
I've got 5 Khakis, one that's about 18 months old and the others are about 8 months old. The young ones have begun laying recently. Sometimes I find eggs with very thin shells. It's that because they're still new to laying or am I missing something in their diet? I'm not sure why.
Yes that's because they are young. 16 weeks is very early. They will start laying proper eggs soon but do make sure you have enough oyster shell or calcium in their diet
@@chaoticdriver You should offer oyster shells as free choice. Most important is to make sure they are on a feed designed for laying poultry (which includes extra calcium).
Thank you this was very helpful,im new at raising ducks and i really love them they are super loveable and fun to watch in the water
Glad to help!
Does that apply to pekin ducks too?
Yes it does!
Hello, I am enchanted by your film on regenerative agriculture. Currently, I also want to invest in ducks first rather than chickens, as they are cheaper in the initial stage and have more advantages than chickens. But I have one question: you let them out in the blueberry fields, but don't they eat the blueberries? Or do you only let them out between harvests?
Good question. Once the bushes are tall enough the ducks can not reach the blueberries, but we the ducks can damage the young blueberry canes. So you do need to control and limit access. We will be doing a video about this in the future
I've got 5 Khakis, one that's about 18 months old and the others are about 8 months old. The young ones have begun laying recently. Sometimes I find eggs with very thin shells. It's that because they're still new to laying or am I missing something in their diet? I'm not sure why.
Yes that's because they are young. 16 weeks is very early. They will start laying proper eggs soon but do make sure you have enough oyster shell or calcium in their diet
@@parccarreg thank you very much
@@parccarregdo you mix your egg shells in with the feed? What's the best way to feed them the shells?
@@chaoticdriver You should offer oyster shells as free choice. Most important is to make sure they are on a feed designed for laying poultry (which includes extra calcium).