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Later this week I'm buying two more drakes to bring home. The problem is, my flock currently consists of only one 2 year-old drake (his last buddies disappeared). He's free-range but comes home for daily fresh food and water. We don't have a pen or cage or anything. I don't want him to be alone...

Thank you for your advice :) I did not get a new duckling that day, however one of my friend's two ducklings was killed by some predator later on, so I adopted in her other duck so it wouldn't be alone. I believe my ducks were around 5 weeks old when this happened. They seemed to accept him...

One of my three five week old ducklings keeps opening and closing their mouth. They'll yawn now and then between those times, too. Like every 3 seconds, it opens it's mouth, closes it. Thinking it was choking or dehydrated, I picked them up and took them to their water, but it refused to eat or...

Some of my friends are getting their ducklings today, and, one of the four I had bought recently had died. They're encouraging me to get a new replacement duckling, but I'm not sure the other 3 with accept them. The three I have are almost 2 weeks old, and they are all different breeds (1...

Gah, I don't know what they are, Magpie or Ancona. They seem fairly similar, both being good egg producers and excellent foragers. After reading about crests more, I don't plan to breed them, as it seems cruel. None the less, they're certainly a cute one! Thank you guys for the help, I truly...

Good advice! I'll make sure to try this and let you know how it works. :)

To handle or not to handle? That is the question. I purchased week old ducks from a feed store recently,and they don't like it when I pick them up. They chirp and squirm in my hands when I try to hold them (not as much with my Khaki Campbell than with my Black Swedish and Ancona, which act...

Ancona might be it... looking at this picture here of Ancona chicks, mine sure looks a lot like the one on the far right!

I bought 4 ducklings today, and identified one as Mallard, one Black Swedish, and one as a Khaki Campbell. However, the fourth one I haven't figured out yet. I was thinking maybe Muscovy, but all my chicks have crests, and I don't know if Muscovy can have crests. Can anyone identify this little...