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Also I will add that the nights have been pretty chilly here in central IL like 28 degrees and damp usually when its rainy or cool they like the comfort of their covered enclosure.

He is roughly 7 months old i have him and 3 females one of which he does not get along with so they are in pairs and alternate letting them free range. Yesterday was his day along with his mate, there were 30 or so Geese on our lake/pond and i thought it might have been a territorial thing. Him...

I have a male Rouen that is refusing to come off the lake, they usually come in on their own about sundown. Yesterday he refused to get off the lake we found the female waiting about an acre away at the pen. Initially I was concerned that something had got him, but found him in the lake swimming...

Thanks for your reassurance, I did find a nest with 4-5 eggs behind the brick house and she is adamant about being outside in the pen.

This was the evening we got her out of the lake, they have a predator proof enclosure, a dog run(with1/4 hardware wire in ground up side 4ft) with brick dog house and the enclosure is on concrete slab where we put straw down. I let them out every morning and put up about 6:30pm. The only reason...

Her name is Maverick and she is about 1.5yrs old and the male we got this spring as a duckling. She laid an egg the night it happened but has not since, she is not happy about her living arrangements as of right now so that could be it I suppose. She has supervised "play time" with the others...

My Rouen has lost quite a bit of feathers due to our male, she stopped laying eggs the day after the incident. Could it be due to her growing new feathers? Also we had to separate her from the flock due to the others constantly pecking her and she had an open wound.

My young male rouen has injured my 1.5 yr old female. Found her in the lake pretty water logged and having trouble swimming/standing. Once we got her out and was able to look her over she had quite a few feathers pulled from her back and had 1 puncture wound underneath her wing which of course i...

Hello, My name is monica. I am not not necessarily new to ducks I have 4 Rouens 1 male 3 Females, 3 are 5 months old.