Recent content by ZandriaB

quick update: I just got him out of the bath tub and noticed his beak in green (I don't think it has been this green before) and noticed some of his dropping in the cage are I would say rather bright green. We had our road redone in the fall and they came through 4 weeks ago or so and sprayed...

I have a 2 year old drake that I thought was injured, now I am thinking he is sick instead. 2 nights ago I lost another drake from a predator. Everyone went to bed healthy, but when I got them out of their house the next morning this drake was very lethargic and holding its neck back which...

thanks everyone... I am trying with the extra lettuce and higher protein and will look at vitamins (didnt even know they had them for ducks!) He is still about the same right now, acts great... looks funny. Unfortunately I am having a predator problem. I was very sad to lose "mama" duck last...

does the protein help the males molt correctly? My males are half brown and half grey and they seem to be stuck in the middle of the molt cycle. My brother's ducks did the same though they had turned a beautiful green grey when they were 6-8 months old. Come spring they turned 1/2 and 1/2 and...

yes, he can swim... I am guessing he just gets cold. He is starting to grow in his long wing feathers, but they are sooo skinny. Not at all like the other ducks, more like 1/4 inch wide.

I hatched some mallards last year and love them. This year they decided to expand their family again and I had 6 new little babies on July 1st. At hatching, 2 were noticeably smaller than the other 5, but after a few weeks one of them caught up to the others leaving just 1 runt. I thought he...