The last few weeks a wild duck has been coming around swimming in the pond with my domestic ducks. This morning she was waiting for me to let them out of their pen so she could hang out with them. Anyone ever have this happen before? Maybe her mate was killed and she's lonely? My ducks don't...
Hello. I recently went on vacation and came home to find that my duck sitter was not removing the eggs. I now have two very broody ducks and decided to allow them to try and hatch the eggs. I had numbered them so any new ones could be removed.
I have a few questions. One is they are different...
It was hard to get a good video but here are two of them. I have given her sav-a-chick. You can see her eyes just start closing and she almost looks like she's in a trance.
I have a 6 week old khaki Campbell duckling. 3 days ago I noticed she was not running around and playing with the other ducklings. I believe she is having mild seizures. Her eyes twitch and will close and then she pops out of it. I have given her niacin and charcoal. She had some molasses mixed...
I had a fox take 3 of my ducks early this morning. Caught him coming back for round four and shot him. I have not had any predator issues in 2 years! He of course got my three favorite ducks. So devastating. My question is what are the odds he(it was a male I checked) has a family in the...
One of my ducks has been limping for close to a month now. When it first started I noticed she was missing her back toe nail. It never bled or anything. I keep checking her foot. There are no signs of bumblefoot or infection. She has been eating normally and continued to lay eggs until about 2...
I just went and checked across the street and all 6 of them were there casually swimming in what is not normally a pond but is right now. I can't believe it. What a bunch of jerks!!
It's mostly just seasonal for snow run off. It has been raining though. It flows across the street into the woods. There it just kind of collects into little swamps