My male duck, March, started to sound weird as of today. I can tell you without a doubt he’s male. ever since he grew up he had the curly feathers, raspy quack, mated with the females, etc. But he sounds weird all of a sudden, like a female duck. I’ll attach a youtube link to a video of him. In...
My fully grown hen dissapeared last night and I have no idea if she’s alive or not. I found feathers and a tiny bit of blood near the coop and some more a little further but no body and no body parts. I’ve dealt with raccoons before and usually they leave a mess! But it’s like she disappeared...
Newly laid eggs keep coming up with holes in them, and I’m worried! I had a rat problem due to a hole in my duck’s coop and I am thinking maybe they found another way in again? The holes all are the same shape each time. I’m just hoping it isn’t another duck poking holes. The yolk doesn’t seem...
This was a hidden nest one of my ducks made without me knowing so most of the eggs in it were old and that one was presumably rotten. I collect eggs maybe twice a week depending on how much they have laid. when I pushed away the eggs with a stick there was no holes underneath so whatever bug it...
While collecting eggs, I found this egg that has a weird abundance of bug egg(?) looking stuff on it. The egg was rotten anyways so I didn’t mind throwing it away but it was pretty gross. Just out of curiosity, anyone know what it is? Image below (it’s kinda nasty)
I got sick with covid so recently, I haven’t been very on top of it with bonding. But before I would sit near their cage, feed them treats, and do the technique where i’d slowly make my hand go closer to them while feeding a treat. I’d spend most my day with them because I’m in my room (the room...
Hi, a bit of context;
I’ve had Maui, the bird on the right, for a year now. He’s from petco so he was mistreated and is very shy and aggressive. I’ve been working with him since I got him and have had tiny progress. He hisses/bites when I get too close, or sometimes flies away. I already accept...
My khaki campbell duckling has been doing this stomping motion occasionally after getting in the water. None of the other ducklings do it though. It’s SUPER cute and I’m wondering if she’s doing this because she’s excited, trying to swim, etc? Or maybe there’s no reason? Just curious. Thanks...
thanks everyone for the advice! I agree the situation is kind of silly but I just don’t want her to have any health complications due to never being in water. She is still pretty young (I think you can tell in the photo, she doesn’t have all her feathers) so maybe it’ll change with age. And...
Okay, first let me give some much needed context. My duck March was a surprise after we had given away all of our drakes. We had no clue they had fertilized an egg and she hatched soon after they left. She was all alone, we tried our absolute best to spend as much time with her as we could but...
Hey, thanks for your advice. She unfortunately passed away today after being syringe fed water with electrolyte and food. I think it was too late for her, I’m really sad about it. I got a new baby and I’ve learned from my mistakes now. Thanks again :(
So I got all these chicks from Wilco, and they’re all different breeds. I’ve raised baby ducks many times but never chicks.. this is my first time. This tiny baby was very healthy the first day or 2 but slowly started getting more tired, doesn’t eat as much, and just stays in the same spot all...
Thank you for the reply and concern, shes starting to scab and eating and drinking normally. We have hope that she's gonna be okay, as she's acting completely normal:)
Another duck post.. they just keep getting into trouble. anyways, I have a duckling that’s just almost 4 weeks old, today i left their door open for a little too long and I believe an animal went into their area to seek warmth (it was snowing a bit.) A duckling that had just hatched that day got...
Hi! Thank you everyone who helped me, I really do appreciate it. A little, well BIG update. Maui recently flew onto my bed and climbed onto my leg and sat there grinding his beak for about 5 minutes. It was so hard to contain my excitement! He rarley hisses at me, but still definitely has...
hi! actually he gets both lol, he gets zupreem pellets everyday and broccoli almost every morning, except when we dont have it then he gets other fruits/vegetables. i love the zupreem brand, it's the only one i buy
i used to give him it a lot since it’s his favorite treat but i don’t do it so much anymore. when i do it’s from my hand, and he reluctantly takes it after i sit still for 5 minutes. but i do leave it in his cage from time-to-time