Recent content by Yapstan

Thanks for that, I haven’t seen any ferrets around where I live but I’ll keep that in mind

Ok, thank you so much. Do you advise that I keep the ducks separate?

I’ve just checked it again and it seems a bit whiteish, Ive attached some photos below

I’m going to reinforce it with hardware cloth soon, but is there anything you can recommend for the bare skin. I gave her a warm bath, but the area seems quite clean. I’m also not sure if I should separate my ducks, as they seem to get distressed when they’re not together.

Also this is quite an old image, I think from a few weeks back, as it’s night so I can’t take any photos right now.

I have a rough photo of what it looks like, the door is on the side that hasn’t be imaged, but it’s got two locks one at the bottom and top, they’ve also got one side of the rough covered, and the other side on top of the pool is the chicken wire. We dug under the ground, and also added...

No feathers anywhere, even in the pond

I’ve built a predator proof run, and I live in England where we usually only get foxes at night, and if I’m not around I always lock their run, but thank you for the advice, I also thought it could be a predator but my drake was left untouched.

I left my ducks in their run for the day, and when I returned I found my female pekin (about 15 weeks old) was missing some feathers on the back of her neck (I have attached some photos below), I also have an Indian runner duck who I believe is a drake by his quack, who is only 11 weeks old. I...

Ok, thanks so much for your help, it’s greatly appreciated 😁

Thanks so much for this information, she does like to eat A LOT, so this could potentially be the issue.

I am based in the UK so the feed I have is Dodson and Horrell chick starter crumb, and it contains 19% protein. She doesn’t really have many treats, but does like to free range in the garden where she eats slugs, and probably other bugs.

I’m not sure how much protein is in the feed, but I do know it’s suitable for ducklings. I only started mixing in oats at about 3 and a half weeks, as I read that they need less protein and that was one way to do it. I provide extra niacin to my duck by adding brewers yeast to her food...

The starter crumb I have is for both chick and duckling

Thank you 😊