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I have 3 pens now with 5 Igloos. The entire pen area is fenced. I let them free range during the day. We haven't lost any when we weren't around. We were in the backyard and 2 buzzards came down from the trees and attacked my female Campbell. It was just horrible. The girl we lost the other...

Trying to keep up with a ratio is just impossible. I was just raising Pekins then I couldn't find any last year. I had 1, just one drake. I found 5 unknowns and I wound up with an Indian Runner, two Khaki Campbells and two Rouens. And then a brooder I swear has been sitting for a year hatched...

Five new girls on the mix....

I'm following this one closely .... I just got some for feed and some for water.

I just watch for that drake feather to show up. That's about the only way I can tell with the Pekins. I thought the other Rouen was a drake, his tail feathers separated but it never curled. Did a name change from Roy to Roxie on that one. I just started with ducks in 2019 and I knew nothing...

I got 2 Khakis from TSC. I just got home... been driving around trying to find them. They have a run without a roof, we put them in it early this morning before we let the Pekins out. Looked out and saw them fly over the fence and fly into the woods at about 30 to 40 feet altitude. I kept...

It became a case of just let nature take its course. We lost the most aggressive drake. He got some kind of respiratory problem. The vet gave him some Baytril. That gave him a few peaceful days but he didn't make it. We're down to one, the one I said wasn't as aggressive and took the winter off...

I have 3 that I try to keep clean and full. I am expecting an award from the water company for customer of the year. We're not going to talk about the pond we have. I have absolutely no doubt that my ducks have an intuition and they know when there is something in there that shouldn't be. I have...

There certainly is a need. I also need an animal trainer to round this 6 pound duck up. I haven't found any avian vets and I couldn't get her in there if I could. Anybody found an virtual online duck vet? I tried Vitamin B, I have increased her Rooster Booster Poultry Supplement but nothing is...

I took a look and get the general idea. My mother and my grandmother could sew anything. They made a lot of costumes for me when I had tap and ballet recitals, they even made some of my formals in high school and I couldn't sew a handkerchief. I have all their sewing machines. I keep them nice...

I'm not a handyman but I will take a look and see if I can figure it out. Our duck can get to a spot in the yard but she doesn't let us near her. She's just too scared and she starts trying to get away then she winds up walking on her wings. But she gets away because I am more scared than her. I...

Was she able to move around in the grass with it? Looks like a nice way for her to have some mobility. I was on the hunt for one of the wheelchairs when I saw them. I can get one for a dog for $175 but the one for the duck was $350. I just told them I had no idea it would be that expensive...

Mine is a duck who probably was the victim of an overly aggressive drake. Breaks my heart and makes me want to hit him with a stick.

I got it off finally. She is on her third day. I was surprised that she came out of her pen this morning and was sitting about half way up the yard. I didn't see her when she got there. She came the rest of the way and again I didn't see her getting there. She is laying under one of my above...

Miss Lydia... I got the Durvet Vitamin B complex. Can you give me a suggestion on getting the cap off. I don't have any syringes and was planning on just using an eye dropper to try to give it to her orally.