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    need some advice

    I'm having the same problem, my ducks stink up their pen something awful. When I move them I'm going to add a layer of construction sand, I think, to help keep the pen from getting mucky and nasty. Also, I'm moving them to a new part of my yard and turning over the gross area. This might be...
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    Old fashioned Broody Thread for Ducks

    For now they seem to be fine. Dudley is small (call duck) and has a deformed foot and Quackers, the mama, seemed to adopt her when they first moved in together. I did take Frick out and he's in a large pet crate for a few days until I can cobble together a pen for him. The pen is probably 90...
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    HELP!! MY BABY DUCK COULD BE HUNTED FOR SPORT BEHIND MY BACK!!!!!

    She should be caged because in addition to hunters, there are fox, coyotes, neighbor's dogs, owls, hawks and other predators that could eat her. If she's a beloved pet, you might want to consider building her a large enclosure. Ours seem content to roam our fenced-in yard during the day and...
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    Old fashioned Broody Thread for Ducks

    We have babies!! Our black female, Quackers, has been sitting on 11 eggs very patiently. Today I took the dogs out and when glancing in her pen saw a little black duckling run up and over her! We counted five or six and one was hatching as we watched! Couple of questions--she shared a pen...
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    Recycling old duck water?

    Our house and property is on a gentle slope with the goose and duck pens at the top (beside the house) and the flower gardens and grassy yard just below. I tip the pools/containers and let the water run down into the grass. We have grass where for years there was nothing but stubborn bald ground...
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    Finally Got Some Muscovies!

    I actually got my muscovies from Craigslist. Someone was giving away a male and we've wanted one ever since my partner saw one crossing the road nearby (looked it up, realized it was a pet, and we went back to see if we could find it but it was long gone). His name is Pongo, he's black and...
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    Emden Goose Laying

    You keep mentioning stray dogs...do you have a fence for your birds? I live about a mile from our town in what's classified as a rural/farm area and folk out here let their dogs run loose. I wouldn't dream of not having a fence around the yard to keep my animals in and theirs out. Sometimes...
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    A little goose help

    Thanks for the help! I'm not hopeful about the eggs. Last year she laid some later in the year and failed to hatch them, and this year she's been rolling them out of her nest, rolling them back in, broke one and ate it...spends less and less time with them--you get the picture. Maybe next year...
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    Ducks decapitated and bodies left?

    I'd actually guess owl. This happened to one of my ducks a little over a year ago. It was awful, I feel terrible for you :( Now we keep the ducks in an A-Frame style pen with netting over the top inside of a fenced yard and so far, so good.
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    A little goose help

    Hi everyone! I have some questions that I'm not able to find answers for doing a forum search, so here goes: I have four embden geese, two males and two females. Three of them arrived last fall--two males and one female. Two of those are bonded (Fred and Belle) and after Fred kicked the...
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    Why Aren't They Laying?

    My girls tend to lay in spurts...so we'll get eggs for a few days, then nothing. Have you checked everywhere? Mine were fond of laying in tight/odd places. Now Charlotte has hers in a barrel she likes and Quackers is sitting on about 11.
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    So, chickens and muscovy ducks can get along?

    Well, she didn't have a mark on her, and he likes to pull feathers, so I don't know.
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    So, chickens and muscovy ducks can get along?

    Gosh, I'd hate to think Pongo accidentally killed her. He's never shown interest in Dot, only a couple of my younger RIRs and they usually squirm away from him and hide.
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    So, chickens and muscovy ducks can get along?

    Hi all, I was just reading through posts about muscovy ducks and chickens all living together with no problems. The reason I'm posting is that we lost one of our hens last night, a little bantam-sized silver-laced Wyandotte. She seemed a little woozy this morning and passed away shortly...
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    How many BYC members have other avian pets?

    I just posted a list of birds I have in another thread...but if you're thinking of getting some inside birds that need the least attention for the most entertainment, I'd say finches. I started with an older pair of Zebra finches, Peter and Lois. Lois passed away and we tried introducing a new...
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