I have an A-frame duck coop currently housing 3 ducks, I want to get more ducks because I have only males and want females. I wanted to extend my coop upwards by opening the A-frame and adding a second floor, would the ducks utilize it the way chickens do? I'm trying to build up because the base...
So one of my ducks recently was ambushed by the other ducks. And he can't walk well or practically at all. He falls over and I took him to the vet and she didn't do an xray but we did determine nothing was broken, its been about 3 weeks and he is still not better and I honestly don't know if I...
Do I need to be concerned? I mean I just today lost the runt of the clutch because he apparently was picked on (we didn't know until it was too late), I just want to know if I should be more attentive to certain things or if I can leave them be
So I have 4 ducks and they are all turning 1yr old in June, they are all male from what I can tell bc they all have the male tail curl, they are just farm ducks no specific breed, but when in the kiddie pool one keeps like trying to I think breed(climb and bite the neck of another) with one...
My duck (breed unknown, just farm ducks), the runt of the clutch (they are all turning 1yr old this June. We have started to notice some missing feathers and irritated skin showing but we never saw any of the others attacking him, now it is really bad, he is weak and we see dried blood, we have...
So I have had my ducks for less then a year now, I got them lat July and all threw the summer we never had a problem with bees or bugs, but now its April and the weather is getting warmer (I live in upstate NY) and all of a sudden the past few days when we've reached 60° we have had swarms, and...
my ducks are at most 3 months old, I have no idea what like breed they are (I am a new duck owner, like since july new) I have 5 ducks, as far as I can tell at least one is a male. I noticed them all digging in the grass and dirt, even the male. I was just curious if this is normal, and is this...
Hi so I have five ducklings and they are maybe a little over a month old, they are growing nicely and its only day 2 of them in their new home. One of them is the runt, he/she is a little guy and I notice while the others are eating, quacking, and swimming in their water dish the little one is...
Hello, so I am new to having ducks, and I had some random questions if anyone could help that be very much appreciated. So my ducks are very young, still adolescents. I was curious about like the eggs, we want to collect the eggs for baking however at the moment I am not sure which are female...