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    Help! I have no clue on how to incubate my duck eggs

    Personally I’ve hatched tons of eggs in a home made incubator (chilly bin(cooler?) with a incandescent lightbulb and a temperature controller). I used to just flick some water over the eggs each day, same as if mummy duck went for a swim then got back on the nest wet. Had pretty much 100%...
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    Help Me LEGALLY Import Call Duck Eggs To New Zealand

    I still have miniature ducks available. I sold a lot to a poultry breeder earlier this year, but have a number of ducklings that have hatched this spring.
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    Drakes Killing Eachother

    You need to separate them to keep your victimised drake safe. I have not had this with my flock of hundreds of ducks and rescued ducks. Ive heard of it but the only drake fighting I have encountered is a lot of mean feather pulling. However I have ahd drakes gang rape other drakes which is...
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    A solution to gang raping drakes?

    I agree that when you remove drakes you can upset those bonds. Its been one of the issues I have been struggling with, with my large flock. As some girls will have 1,2 3 or this year one had 4 drakes! Lol. And those drakes will defend their girl, and also wont usually do too much raping of...
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    A solution to gang raping drakes?

    How many drakes do you have? This would be a device, oer drake, and if you just have one randy little sod you need to stop misbehaviour on, then it would cost you less than $50 (I haven't priced it yet, I am still testing it out on my many randy drakes, but i imagine the price point would be...
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    A solution to gang raping drakes?

    Im just curious... What if there was a way to have multiple drakes free ranging or housed with female ducks in spring? Something that did not involve medicating your drakes, separating your drakes from the females,putting the drakes in the freezer or a pot, or any training. Something that...
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    life expectancy for ducks

    Is that in jordan? Does bobo always have his head to the side like that? Maybe its just coincidence the two photos you posted, but if Bobo always holds his head to the side he may have a neurological disorder of some sort. (i had a duck who hatched with a neuro disorder and he used to swing...
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    Review by 'Kimmyh51' in article 'The Myth of the 'Guard' Goose and Why You Should Not Get One'

    This is not always the case. 7 years ago I rescued a gander sitting on the side of the road mourning his dead mate who I am guessing had been hit by a car then eaten by hawks. Anyway that gander decided after about 3 or 4 weeks at most that he was going to 'marry' a Pekin runner X duck who...
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    Support Group for Abused Duck Keepers

    Thank god for this support group! My human friends dont understand the love between me and my ducks as it is.... If i open up and share the full extent of things, they would be horrified... ie the emotional and physical abuse (vicious pecks on a daily basis from mommy ducks, including groups...
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    Conjoined twin duckling

    I had a duckling hatch with an extra pair of legs which went into one foot that then went into two feet, i thught it was a partial twin, however my vet said that it was most likely that germ cells got knocked away from the main embryonic clump of cells and as a result kept growing and...
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    Intentionally scrambling eggs and geriatric incubation

    I still have that leg in a container of formaldehyde if anyone wants to see? Lol
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    Intentionally scrambling eggs and geriatric incubation

    Also I had a duckling hatch a couple of springs ago which had an extra kind of pair of legs (it was a leg ending in two feet) which i thought must have been a twin that didn't develop or something. My avian vet told me that it was highly unlikely to be a twin and most likely because bumps and...
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    Intentionally scrambling eggs and geriatric incubation

    Youd only need to take them to day 4 or so to see if they still start to grow. Unless you are someone with veterinary /veterinary science study and quals, Im not sure what benefit, knowledge wise, you would gain from incubating further than to tell if the egg is still able to start growing? Ie...
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    Condy's Crystals ( Potassium Permanganate ). YES or NO!

    You realise if you put it in your fish tank your fish will be taking it internally? (As well as bathing in it) and unlike ducks who could go find a muddy puddle to swim and drink in, your fish cant do that? Anyway my real life experience with hundreds of ducks is they are fine and never had any...
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    Duckling Having Seizures

    Hi, i had already done all that, it was fed game bird crumble (only duckling feed avail here in NZ), given fluids, and given avian electrolytes, plus additional b vitamins. It died a few mins ago. All of the symptoms and signs pointed to heavy metal toxicity, but its been raised indoors in a...
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