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    Possibly sick duck

    Thankfully this is an anomaly. Temps rarely get below 20 and their house is elevated and they have several inches of pine shavings on cement board to nest in. I added the heat lamp which they all seem to love because of the ice we were getting, plus a heated water bucket so they have heat, food...
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    Possibly sick duck

    It’s snowing and icing outside right now, and she and the others are trying to sit under the heat lamp. I’ll set up a place inside and see about the b complex. Overall she’s eati by and drinking normally from what I’ve seen, but I’m a little worried. And yes, I have a camera in my duck house…
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    Possibly sick duck

    So, I have a hybrid layer and she’s struggling my. When she was young and before we got her, she was the sole survivor of a coyote attack and apparently a major niacin diffeciency. She walks pigeon toed, and was doing really well, but in the last week or so it’s gotten cold here and she’s...
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    Trouble with new ducks

    Final update and I'll let this thread die: I kept the ducks in the pen for a few days, which they weren't thrilled about, but everyone except the drake (Beast) eventually dealt with. I've found if I go and get them before dark and put them up they are pretty responsive, especially if I give some...
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    New pool for the ducks

    I'm looking at redoing the duck pool (I currently have 4 cayugas and 1 white layer hybrid as well as 4 neighborhood ducks that play and visit) because the liner I used has been shredded and is leaking. I'm looking at building the frame out of OSB and sealing it with a fiberglass DIY kit. My...
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    Trouble with new ducks

    So, yet another update: I was putting compost in the bins and feeding some bell pepper scraps to the ducks (everyone was happy to see me except beast/the drake), and out she popped from under my trailer and stole a piece of pepper. I was able to catch her and return her to her hutch safe and...
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    Trouble with new ducks

    Yeah, we searched for her, but can't find any sign of her. She's bright white and the cameras didnt catch her so she went off, but as much as I hate to say it, we have some big barn owls so it's possible she hit the ground and was picked up...
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    Pet ducks released on my lake

    We have a small group that were released here, 2 Pekins (Drake and a Hen). Some of the local ducks have joined their little flock and they have even bred and the hen from the mallard and the pekin is part of the flock. According to neighbors, they've been there for years, and there were...
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    Trouble with new ducks

    Quick update: I came out to collect eggs this morning and to release the quacken and my cayugas were sleeping outside the duck house. Needless to say, they are in the pen and wont be coming out for a while. Down side is the door to the rabbit hutch popped open in the night and our bunny is gone...
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    Trouble with new ducks

    Two of them are Pekins, one is a allayed I think, and one is a hybrid of the two. They stay pretty consistently at my neighbors house (she feeds them) and sleep either under a tree in her yard or just off the shore in the lake. As far as predator proof, it’s a little 5 acre lake. Populations of...
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    Tomatotux Introduction

    Hi everyone! I’m tomatotux and I live on a mini farm with my family in central North Carolina, USA. We currently have 4 Cayugas around 16 weeks old (Ariel, Cinderella, Beauty and The Beast), and a 2 ish year old white layer Hybrid (DJ).we also have a cat (Lilo) and a rabbit (White Queen/Sea...
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    Trouble with new ducks

    As a reference, here are some pics of the pen and house we have for them
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    Trouble with new ducks

    I’ve been hitting this forum researching for a while but now I have questions that I can’t find answers to. About 6 1/2 months ago we were given a white layer hybrid to watch “for a few days”. She’s now a member of the family but we got 4 9 week old cayugas to keep her company. Things have been...
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