Re: Wintertime issues
From: ex WGS Hamm (alpha.bitch_at_virgin.net)
Date: 01/23/05
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Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 23:01:54 GMT
<mlowry3@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> My two ducks (White Pekins) seem to be coping with our freezing temps
> and snow, but I have a couple questions:
>
> 1) They stopped laying eggs when the days turned short, but a friend
> of mine says his chickens have continued to lay eggs, and they're kept
> in an unheated, unlit barn. Do chickens and ducks follow different
> laying schedules?
Some younger hens which only started to lay late in the year may well lay
eggs throughout the winter.
>
> 2) I put out a big pile of soft hay for the girls in hopes that they
> might want to make a nest or something. So far, they still seem
> content to just hunker down out in the (relative) open areas. Do you
> suppose they just don't need/want a nest? I'm a little surprised,
> since the weather has turned rather foul with temps in the teens and 40
> mph winds...
Ducks seem to cope better with cold. They do after all have a nice thick
duck down vest :0)
Hoestly, try poking your finger between their feathers, it is really thick
and waterproof. A bit like you or I wearing a really thick padded and
quilted coat.
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