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    My ducks were attacked

    I live near the woods, so foxes, coyotes, owls, hawks, and raccoons are a big problem for me. My ducks occasionally get attacked despite my best efforts to keep them safe at night. I have had some miraculously recover with a little bit of antibiotics despite life-threatening injuries. I have...
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    Breeding In Winter

    I have personally had to deal with several ducklings that hatched with brain damage due to both parents unknowingly carrying the crested trait. In my experience, half of the ducklings that hatch with a crest will suffer for several weeks before dying. The other half will survive. They will die...
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    Hatching in Winter?

    Has anyone had a duck successfully hatch eggs outdoors in the winter? I'm in Louisiana, so the lows are in the upper 30's and the highs are in the lower 50's. I just found a nest of 18 eggs that one of my ducks has obviously been sitting on. I candled the eggs and they appear to be about 14-17...
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    What happened??

    So, I gave a friend 6 ducklings. Today, at 6 days old, they suddenly became very weak and died. All 6 of them. At the same time. Background: The feed store initially sold her non-medicated layer crumbles but I immediately had her switch to non-medicated start & grow. The ducklings spent about...
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    Varied Egg Development Under Broody Duck

    That's what I thought.
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    Varied Egg Development Under Broody Duck

    I have 20+ eggs in my incubator now but they're only 2 weeks developed. I thought about putting the oddball egg in there, but I'd hate to mess up the incubator and not be able to clean it well with the others still having 2 weeks to go.
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    Varied Egg Development Under Broody Duck

    I also wouldn't want her to have only 1 duckling with no siblings.
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    Varied Egg Development Under Broody Duck

    That's what I was worried about.
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    Varied Egg Development Under Broody Duck

    One of my ducks managed to hide an entire nest of 10 eggs from me until she started sitting and I noticed her missing. I jsut candled them and 9 eggs are about 8 days developed but one is about 3 1/2 weeks developed. I have no idea how she managed this, but what is the best way to handle it?
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    Need help finding Welsh Harlequin ducklings

    Definitely want pure, but I was able to find one person who still had some fertile eggs. I ordered 30 yesterday.
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    Need help finding Welsh Harlequin ducklings

    I put him with the mixed flock for now.
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    Need help finding Welsh Harlequin ducklings

    I lost my only female WH yesterday. I am left with only a male. Out of 26 fertile shipped eggs, I ended up with only 2 ducklings: one male and 1 female. I am completely distraught over losing the female at only 3 months old. For my birthday today, I was offered some new ducklings, but I can't...
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    Urgent Incubation Question

    Perfect. That's what I needed to know. :woot
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    Urgent Incubation Question

    Thank you for the advice! I was wanting to wait for the new eggs but just wasn't sure if it would be safe to turn off the incubator after 2 hours. I think it's worth any possible decline in hatchability given the condition of the current eggs anyway. Besides, I recently had a very successful...
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    Urgent Incubation Question

    I received 13 shipped eggs yesterday but most of the air cells were ruptured. I let them sit for 24 hours before putting them in the incubator 2 hours ago (small end down in paper egg carton tops to encourage new air cells). However, the seller just informed me that she is sending 13 more, to...
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    Miniature and Double-Crested Ducks

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    Miniature and Double-Crested Ducks

    Yes, all from my Rouen, except for the black crested duck. It hatched the same day from my Cayuga.
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    Miniature and Double-Crested Ducks

    Updated photo of the babies at nearly 3 weeks. All hatched the same day.
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    Miniature and Double-Crested Ducks

    I've started to get used to it. My flock of 13 quickly dropped to 2 thanks to predators (especially the fox family living behind my house). I am now rebuilding my flock with a new closed-in chain-link pen with a 12" wood border around the base. I've hatched about 80 ducklings this season...
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    Miniature and Double-Crested Ducks

    I guess he wasn't interested in living in a pen with just 3 ducks. I had a female Cayuga, female Rouen, and male Rouen roaming during the day but a coyote stole my cayuga while they were out enjoying the yard.
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