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    As a kid i raised two ducklings with my sister in 2nd grade, my enjoyment with ducks then grew when i began hatching them. I love how ducks get attatched to you if they think your mum. My duck Piper thinks hes human as I was the first thing he saw in the new world. He'll always come to me when i...
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    Pls help! lost my flock except 1, looking to rehome near rhode island

    last night a fox or small animal broke into my coop and ate three of my four ducks, leaving thier morbid remains for me to find in the coop. I have a single duck left now, her name is Eve's and shes a female black indian runner, she is all alone, highly in distress and squacking nonstop. I am...
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    our new mallards

    cute mallards! advice i can give is make sure you give ducks a water source thats at least a few inches deep as they need to be able to get thier eyes wet to stay healthy. From my own past experience of keeping a duck temporarily on a metal cage, make sure you put hay down over the wire or get...
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    Look what the Easter Bunny brought me!!! (pics w/ color questions) !!

    my fawn and white runner had ducklings last spring with either my chocolate drake or my gray runner. Supposedly, from what i've heard and learned, the chocolate is the father. \\\\ I have more pictures on my BYC page. but heres the brood as babies and teens,but they look similar to your bunch...
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    Runner Ducks

    I hope you find your duck!
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    Beautiful Feathered wild bird killed, what the heck is it!?

    hey thanks so much everyone! im pretty positive it was a wood duck drake.. It makes sense considering i live in sight of a pond down the street. I found the feathers near my ducks kiddie pool, we've had mallard visitors before to the kiddie pool, but never a wood-duck. such a shame poor duck...
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    Bad luck...

    try www.petfinder.com maybe a local shelter has a duck (or a few) in need of a good home.
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    Beautiful Feathered wild bird killed, what the heck is it!?

    today I came home to a red tailed hawk consuming what i assume to be a smallish bird, maybe a pheasant?? i assume it was small because the hawk was able to take flight with the carcass as i walked near. I didnt even notice him till he took flight, i was astonished by the mass of feathers for...
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    Anyone in Rhode island Going to be looking for ducklings? Come spring?

    Hello there My name is Jill! Im not planning on hatching eggs intentionally with an incubator, this is not a planned "hatch" Simply: My Runner duck cricket is very broody (usually) , i love ducklings and dont have the heart sometimes to stop her from sitting on eggs. Im posting this because...
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    Do you have Duckie toys *UPdate PICS***Post 1

    not sure if this has been mentioned yet. but i have a large eye-screw attached to string in thier pen. the eye hook screw is about 3 inches long. i twist it into the base/root of a cabbage or lettuce head, they have a ball literally. its like cabbage tether ball they peck it back n forth. the...
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    hawk killed my runner

    thanks aussiedude248 for the information, im currently reading through the posts. my ducks are safe and secure when they are caged up in thier 12X22 run, i covered it with chickenwire, top to bottom, even buried 2 feet in the ground.. hawks from above and coyotes digging below have been problems...
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    hawk killed my runner

    thanks sourland, yeah he's a regular to the yard and tries to get an easy meal once and a while. when im around and i see him, i can get him to easily leave my yard by clapping very loud and fast. the noise seems to deter him away.. i always listen to the crows as welll, they always tell ya when...
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    hawk killed my runner

    after a close call earlier this year with a hawk.. and many times coming in contact, one managed to kill my blue runner duck when i wasnt around. i feel terrible that if maybe i had checked on them sooner i would have maybe saved her. The scene was not that bad actually considering what else ive...
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    fencing material

    dave krista you can probably special order different size hardware cloth at your local feed store, maybe even local hardware if you ask they may be able to special order. thats what i did for my chicken wire so it was high enough to my liking.
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    5 free juvenile ducks to good home (in rhode island) pick up only

    thanks gofasterstripe they are super cute, i never expected them to look the way they do.. desertdarlene your post made me regret my choice of picky wording! i didnt want to make it like some people wouldnt qualify ! i just would prefer someone who had experience with ducks rather than someone...
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