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    How many duck eggs did you get today?

    Just getting one each day for now. Not sure who's been laying them, though! They're all so... different! Here's a photo: My Cayuga, Sunshine, is two years old and has never laid a black egg before! Hers are always dusty grayish (like the one from Jan 12th in the picture). She was laying thin...
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    Niacin Deficiency in Waterfowl

    I had to leave for a trip for five days and upon return found one of my four 2-week olds sitting down/scooting/not walking a lot and generally acting like the early stages of niacin deficiency. The other 3 girls are fine. I'm feeding them MannaPro Duckling & Gosling Starter Grower which includes...
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    Checking-In On Peeps - Post Here To Say Hello!

    Hi everybody! I'm here to check in with you all after a while. Right now I'm chilling with my cayuga duck and blue swedish drake (who has recently become obsessed with his own reflection after he discovered it in a ground-level window!) I'm hoping to dig a pond soon and add some more members to...
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    Should I separate my drake?

    I have four eight month old ducks right now and a single six 1/2 month old drake (Bugs). Bugs has been targeting one of my ducks more often (she's got a bald spot on the back of her head) but mostly ignoring the others. For now they all hang out together during the day and in the duck house at...
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    How many duck eggs did you get today?

    From 5 ducks, 4 eggs all sitting together in a little "nest" in the shavings (And one egg was still warm!). :-) Been getting 4 eggs regularly since the end of Dec. Not sure who they're from though, out of two khakis, two cayugas, and one rouen, I'd guess it's the rouen who hasn't been laying...
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    Ducks baffle me sometimes

    My mother and I decided to embark on the experiment of raising our own mealworms, seeing as how our ducks loved the dried mealworms from the store. We had success, so we harvested our first batch, filtered the wormies out from all the frass, and excitedly went to offer this gourmet treat of live...
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    Introducing Single Duckling to Young Flock

    Update as of September 10th. Bugs is hanging out with the flock during the day. The others will occasionally chase him away from the food bowl and kiddie pool, but they otherwise get along fine. No one is getting hurt anyway. And Bugs is persistent, he's clearly nervous around the others, but he...
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    Introducing Single Duckling to Young Flock

    Here's a picture.
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    Introducing Single Duckling to Young Flock

    Sorry if this post ends up a bit long, there's a bit of a backstory involved that I'm still a little sad about. Three weeks ago, I got two blue Swedish ducklings from the farm supply store. Unfortunately, within about two days, the larger of the pair started showing leg problems. I increased the...
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