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    Hen is biting my hand and stomping her feet

    My Rouen duck is biting my hand (not too hard) and stomping her foot while making some kind of squealing noise. I've no idea what she's doing but doesn't seem to actually want to hurt me. She's pretty tame and does not mind being picked up (if you can catch her lol).
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    Is this what molting looks like?

    My drake is just over two months old now. Is this what typical molting looks like?
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    Molting ducklings

    1. Vent sexing (within a few days of hatching) 2. Fluff color (lighter color generally female) 3. Voice sexing (around 6 weeks old, females quack, males have low raspy voice) 4. Bill sexing (khaki drakes have yellow bills, females can too) 5. Feathers (at roughly 4-5 months of age. drakes have a...
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    Molting ducklings

    Looking more closely the bill is light in color. And from what I know could actually be male. Some females have them too. Only thing I can say for sure is listen to their quacks.
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    Molting ducklings

    I want to say female since it looks on the small side. Bill also says female but bill sexing isn't too reliable, I think.
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    Molting ducklings

    Somewhere around 4-5 months. At about this time you should be able to tell by their quacks. Females make the quacking we're all familiar with. Males have a quiet raspy voice.
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    Molting ducklings

    No, they'll molt a few more times. As far as I know you won't be able to tell until mating season. My experience is based off my Rouens. I know I have a boy and girl but they both have brown feathers. You can voice sex them at around six weeks
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    Black poop. Is this normal?

    A few days ago my 3.5 week (I said 4.5 in an earlier post. Haven't been keeping good track of their age) old Rouens ate some plastic (I know for sure one did). I gave them some mineral oil and some grit the day after since it was the end of the day. I gave them some minnows as treats that day...
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    Floating bubbly poop. Should I be worried?

    This was from locking them up for the night. Their poop is now back to a light brown as of this morning.
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    Ducks ate plastic. Need recommendations

    Went back down to check on them and found some black poop with white. Some wet and in this case dried. They also knocked down their waterer. Those light brown specks are just spilled feed.
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    Ducks ate plastic. Need recommendations

    Light brown with little black flecks which I assume are what's left of the feathers they ate. And the occasional white poop. Edit: one brownish green poop on their coop door. Not as dark as yesterday.
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    Ducks ate plastic. Need recommendations

    Update: Gave them some mineral oil and some grit. They all still seem pretty normal. And just sitting and chatting in front of their waterer per usual.
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    Floating bubbly poop. Should I be worried?

    Thank goodness. Was worried because I've never seen that even when I'm looking at Mallards at my local park.
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    Floating bubbly poop. Should I be worried?

    Should I be worried about this? I know one of my two 4.5 week old Rouens ate some plastic yesterday day if not both did. I've already given them grit and mineral oil laxatives.
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    Ducks ate plastic. Need recommendations

    I own two Rouens. I think they should be about the same as a Pekin give or take a bit.
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