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She's sitting on her empty nest (I collect eggs every day, dunno how on earth she got broody). She's not supposed to have a nest there, I fenced that area out long ago. This is how she returns from her nest to her friends, by jumping and crossing the deck.

I'm trying to find out what's wrong. She suddenly can't walk and just scoots around when she tries to move. Her feet are folded to the back and she just puts weight on the ankles when she tries to get up to reach the big water bowl. additional information : She and her 2 clutch-mates have...

I'm quite worried about my almost 6 months old duck. She already started laying on 31st July, but on this Tuesday she didn't lay in the morning, and when I checked later at noon she was limping, was putting her weight on her left leg and skipping the right. I thought she had a leg injury from...

So..., my ducks have learned they can jump in and out of the pond by themselves. That was not a problem a week ago, but now a week later, they've also taken to staying in the pond overnight. I'm concerned that they might start laying in the pond, especially the new layers (2 of 4 ducks...

So... my runner girls are 5 months and 1 week old. They haven't laid any egg yet. They haven't ever laid flat either. I remember before my pekin started laying she'd already been laying flat periodically for 3 weeks, so... Can I expect my runners to start laying any time now? Or will they...

The heavy monsoon rain have flooded the lawn and my ducks are as happy as can be. Sorry I took the video from somewhat farther away because I needed to avoid the rain. The sound has to be removed because raindrops sound in slow-motion became an unbearable noise.

So my pekin that started laying 2 weeks ago have been laying almost every day. Problem is she's only laid 4 eggs that are duck-egg-sized. The rest are smaller than chicken eggs. Sounds like not that big of a problem and she should soon start laying duck-sized eggs on a regular basis right...

She gets like this now whenever I pet or even just touch her on the back... :eek: I can't hug her anymore... :hit In fact, if you look at her backside when I pet her you'll even see her flexing her vent. :oops:

Hello, So my pekin girl will be laying soon, these past few days she's been making submissive mating posture to me, which I read means she's very close to laying. (she'll be 5 months in early May) I read that many of you supplement oyster shell grit free choice for laying ducks to take as they...

Hello, I know it's still too early to tell, but I'm concerned I might end up with 4 drakes as among my 5 runners only 1 has a distinctly female sound at 29 days old. The other 4 still don't sound anywhere like females at all, and 1 even sounds like drakeling if I'm correct. However, I noticed...

So, as promised to Miss Lydia, I'll keep a chronicles of my 5 runners here as they grow up. So here's one of the two whiteys at 2 days old And here's the two of them following me at 2 days old. And the non-white gang. And the three of them following me, still 2 days old. The whole...

Hello, I just hatched out this runner duckling. It's a color I haven't seen before. I'm guessing it will become a fawn&white. Which color will it become? In addition, is that a crest I'm seeing? It can only be seen on one side, but I know crests can be off-center. I really hope it's not as I...

Hello, I'm halfway through day 24 (so it's 23 1/2 days have passed) of duck egg incubation. Usually duck eggs are supposed to enter lockdown after 25 days, i.e., on day 26. But upon candling, I found that all 3 eggs with non-detached air cell have had their air cells dipped down already. I...

Hello, I happened to come across this meme yesterday. I think this is the 'phobia' that most of us here suffer from. Our ducks are always looking for us, watching us when they see us, and follow us around, lol. Nowadays I can't even enter my house through the front porch and have to wait for my...

Hello, I need some advice on my current (indian runner eggs) incubation, and have posted a thread in the hatching section. If anyone here has some advice to give, please have a look and leave me a comment...

Hello, 11 days ago, I received 12 hatching eggs by post, 9 of the eggs arrived with detached, floating air cells, only 3 were in good condition. I let them rest for 1/2 day, not more considering their air cells looked large enough already and we have a very warm climate, before setting them in...

So... I'm incubating Indian runner eggs with detached air cells, not sure any will hatch yet, but I'd rather prepare for this in advance... Will domestic cats be able to kill my Indian runners once they're full-grown? I currently have 54 days-old Pekins, and they're big enough I'm confident...

Hello, Turns out one of the two ducklings I decided to keep is a drakeling. So I'm thinking of getting one more female, I'll get her as hatching eggs, maybe 10 eggs and then keep 3 that hatch until I can voice-sex. I'm debating between layer breeds as I already have the beautiful white pekin...

Hello, Is this duckling a female? The actual sound is a little different from what my phone could record. I've watched tens of duck voice sexing clips and this fella's voice sound more like a female than the other 5, but I'm still not sure. She/he's 22 days old. I really hope some of my 6 are...

Hello, I've just developed skin hives since yesterday. I'm suspecting an allergic reaction to something. It couldn't be the food since I didn't eat anything unusual and I've never had food allergy before. It could be one certain medication that I've upped the dosage since 6 weeks ago, but it's...