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One of my males had a broken blood feather a few months ago. I gave him a bath and put neosporin on it but didn't pull it because it had stopped bleeding. About a month or so later, he started bleeding again in that same spot (maybe same feather?) I again gave him a bath and this time tried to...

One of my ducks has been religiously sitting for almost the full 4 weeks. Yesterday, one egg had a pip. Today, I came home to find empty shell pieces scattered throughout the pen, but no sign of a dead or alive duckling. I looked everywhere and figured the mom ate it (eww...) When I took one...

I have a cayuga duck sitting on four eggs, and from my best guess they're due this weekend. She started with 6 eggs and has tossed out two so far, one of which was infertile and one which died (I think). When I candled this morning there were two that looked almost all opaque except a small air...

I have two ducklings that are 3 and a half weeks old. It's really hot here today, temp of close to 100 with a heat index of 105+. They are in the garage. I just took the heat lamp away a couple of days ago because they weren't sitting under it and it has been getting steadily warmer outside. Now...

I was just holding my two ducklings and I noticed that both of them had very hot legs. They were sitting next to my arms and I was surprised by how hot their legs were. Are they too hot? It's pretty warm here, with highs in the 80s and lows in the upper 60s or low 70s. They were sleeping pretty...

These are my new little girls. The blue runner is Dolly because she is such a sweetheart. She loves to sit down and is content to nap in your lap all day. The black one is the one I'm having trouble naming. She looks really cute, right? Well she's crazy too... She loves biting anything and...

My new ducklings arrived today from Murray McMurray! The post office called at 4:30 in the morning, but I was happy to get up to get them. I've never had ducks shipped before and I was worried that they'd all arrive dead, but they are both very lively and actually won't shut up I have to work...

I was out with the ducks tonights and I noticed all 3 of them have these little black and grey insects on them, from what I could tell mostly around their faces. I would say 2-4 bugs per duck that I could see. These are small flying insects. They are not fleas or ticks (I think. Have never seen...

I have ducks that dirty the pool. A few times a week, the dirty pool water is pumped to a hose which waters and fertilizes the veggie garden. The ducks will (hopefully) eat the buggies from the garden (well probably some of the garden too ). The bees pollinate the veggie garden. The bees also...

I have an idea, but I would like an outside opinion because this is my first time trying to voice-sex ducks. Thanks in advance for any input!

I've been reading posts about "duck space" but it gets confusing with the differences between a sleeping coop, free-ranging, daytime coop... This is my set-up: I have a 12ftx6ft kennel with a half-covered top (all covered with fencing, half tarped). Inside is a plastic kiddie pool and a dog...

I'd like to know what you think of my duck enclosure and if I should add more protection. The current setup is a fence dog kennel (12x6) with chicken wire over the top (zip-tied every few inches). There is a tarp over part of it for them to have some shade, and a kiddie pool. There is also a...

Here's a couple pics of my duckies- Gus and Henry (pekins) are about 4 weeks old and Pebbles (rouen) is just a little over 3 weeks. This was their first time in the outside pen. Don't worry, we're going to put small fencing around the pen before moving them in full time.

Last night my duckies escaped from their temporary brooder so after I tightened security I decided they needed something to do to keep them busy... I took a ziploc bag and cut a bunch of holes in it, put a handful of peas in there and gave it to the ducks. The went crazy and did pretty good...

I would like to have a plastic kiddie pool for my ducks, but if possible I would like one with a drain at the bottom. It would work great if I could attach a hose and run it straight to the garden for some free fertilizer Does anyone know where to get one of these, or if it would be possible to...

I have three ducklings, two pekins and a rouen. They are about 2 weeks old. I would like to eventually get them to accept a diaper harness (the ones from indoorducks.com look really nice). I would assume it is better to get them used to it when they are little, but I don't really want to spend...

I got two Pekins (I'm pretty sure) last Saturday, but wanted one Rouen as well and they didn't get those in until Wednesday so I picked one up yesterday. Once I got it home, I realized that it is quite a bit smaller than my Pekins (they grow way too fast!). I'm realizing that it was probably a...