duck care

Hi, I am new duck owner and I’d like to get all the advice I can get. This is Frankie he is about 3.5 months old. To be honest I don’t know how to tell the sex yet. But I’ve been calling him a dude. I don’t know what type of breed he is. And I’d like to know more if I am missing something...

Lately, her chest feathers have been messy. Her poop has always been greenish or yellowish, but I’m assuming it’s because of what she eats. It’s been that way for a long time, and she’s very healthy, so I don’t think it’s a problem. She eats very well most of the time, she talks a lot, and she...

So my Pekin duck Sweetpea just layed her very first egg this morning. She is about 7 months old. I keep all my ducks in a big pen. I hadn't noticed her looking for a place to next until about a week ago. Yesterday I noticed she spent a lot of time in the corner if the pen and assumed she wanted...

Sadly my duck Emmy (she's 3) took a tumble and broke her left leg/femer. The vet said I might be able to find a local vet to put a pin in her leg or the other option is amputation. I know birds have a hard time going under for surgery. I'm hoping her leg can be fixed, but is it too risky? Should...

my drake was rough with one of my girls and she seems to have a mild case of foamy eye. It just popped up today and she has no other symptoms besides this. I know exactly the moment he was rough with her too. I separate him 99.9% of the time and when he was having supervised social time i turned...

My almost 2 year old khaki Campbell, Amelia, is having problems with an egg. Looks like she is pushing with now luck. She is eating, drinking, foraging, and pooping. I soaked her in a warm epsom salt bath for 30 min and then let her rest. She does seem tired and hurting. She did lay a good egg...

Hey all! My drake Campbell has what look like callouses on this feet. I've posted the photo below. Should I be soaking him in Epsom salt? Are these even anything to worry about or just normal wear and tear? I dont want to put him through a unnecessary treatment. Thank you!

I am worried about the pet duck I am adopting. We are driving 12 hours from Delaware to Maine and I don't want her to be sick. Is there something I can give her? Is there anything else i can do or should do to make she is comfortable during our travels Abby

I have a single duckling (a few days old), who has completely attached herself to me. I have no problem taking her places with me, but was wondering if that’s safe/how to do that safely. Also, how should I deal with her at night? She doesn’t like being in the temprature controlled, duckproof box...

Hello, Hoping I can get answers regarding Pekin ducklings here - I apologize if I am not supposed to be posting this here, I'm new to BYC. Anyways - this morning around 2 am I had one of our Jumbo Pekin Ducklings hatch. The duckling incubated for almost 30 days and I could tell it was pretty...

I was wondering if anyone knew of any good sites I could purchase some reasonably priced duck diapers from. I’ve heard of sewsammi and I’m planning to get some harnesses from them, but their diapers are just a little out of my price range considering I have 6 ducks and would like to have one for...

I have four cayuga ducklings that are a little over 5 weeks living outside in a refurbished chicken coop. They have a run outside with some cover and small water pools(rubber feeder pans). Inside, I have kept water and food available since they are still growing. I am looking for suggestions on...

I am looking for a creative way to contain all the water that seems spray all over my ducks house. When they drink they just splash all over the place and my shavings get soaked. The ducks have a huge pond to play in but I keep fresh clean water in the house that they drink during mealtime...

Hi! I will be getting two female ducklings May 2nd. I have been getting mixed information on which feed ducklings need and for which weeks. I am mostly hearing this: 0-3 weeks 20 % chick starter/grower 3 weeks -laying maintenance laying- layer, obviously is this accurate? I also wasn't sure...

So the place we got our ducks from suggested we start our ducklings off with chick feed. Well they are getting so big, I was wondering if there is a time im suppose to get them to start eating more mature duck feed, like pellets, or if they are fine eating the chick feed.

Hello! I am seeking inspiration for duck coops. Layout, design, functionality, etc. If you have pictures to share, that would be great! I am curious to know how others keep their ducks. I live in NY and experience moderately cold winters & warm summers. I currently use an old walk in...

Hey yall, My name name is Courtney and I'm a new duck mom... Well I will be in about 56 hrs lol. (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Well not chickens actually, I'm hatching a duck... In like 56hrs so yayyy. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 0, in 56 hrs...

I don't understand my duck Affie just died. She was fine all day long about mid day she started to stand around with her eyes closed. We have seen both the duck & chickens do this so we weren't alarmed. she finally laid down with the rest of the chickens. last night when I checked the coop to...