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Puking Ducks??
try garbing them around the torso just in front of the legs - this keeps the wings still, keeps the flip flaps from clawing and keeps pressure off the crop -
I planned for this day!
what are you using for you duck TV I need one O.O -
How to catch my ducks
I agree herding works great - and a light pole with a flag on the end makes it even easier if they want to scatter plus maybe a warm mash with banana or other treats mixed in waiting inside (yeah my idiots aren't spoiled at all) combine it with a time to go in phase and they will eventually... -
Two females mating?? Is this normal?
That looks like a girl duck butt. the mounting is normal - I have 6 girls and they all do this. -
Can I use a reptile heat bulb for my duck brooder? Recommendations please!!
I used a ceramic infrared reptile heater for my runners it worked great and they don't emit and light just lovely lovely warmth - DO make sure if you use one of these that the fixture the bulb screws into is a ceramic socket made for heat lights. -
After raising poultry are eggs ruined for you guys?( I raise ducks but this occurs to anybody)
I extra like the eggs now, it's store eggs the weird me out now.- I know the girls are happy and doing all the dumb things they want and I have yelled "I feed you I this is rent" more then once when one of them gives me the side eye when I'm getting eggs. No one give side eye better then duck... -
Runner duck
She could be reading what your doing as establishing dominance and going totally passive? Or she did it once just by chance and the thing she didn't like stopped so now she's going to do it all the time! -
Duck Bedding/Waterers
deep litter- oak leaves with pine shaving as the back up when I run out of oak and 4 inches of wood chips under. water is now on a platform topped with hardware cloth to contain the splash zone with the underneath shoveled out weekly. This year I will stock pile way more leaves. I may take my... -
Domestic Breeds Of Ducks that are Endangered in Australia
Pink headed ducks look like they are ornamental non-domestic bird like swans (also 10,000 a pair for some breeds), the ducks on that list all look like domestic ducks. "rare" or "threatened" for them isn't the same as rare for a non-domestic bird. Domestic ducks over all are not in danger of... -
Female Duck on Female Duck Dominance or Should I Worry?
The mounting is normal girl behavior, my girls do it in the pool, a lot, I've stepped in a time or two when one of the bigger girls is playing a bit to rough with the smaller ones and shoed them off. -
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How do I make new runner ducks follow me?
I trained mine to come to "here kitty kitty" for peas - just make your "get over here call" and offer treats right by them, after a few goes up close do it from further away, they will catch on quick and then come running when you call. Ducks are very food motivated. -
Do crows pose a threat to ducks
Crows would totally snatch a young duckling (or a stray egg) if opportunity presented itself but I encourage them to hang around to ward off the hawks from my adult ducks. Our hawks are sassy and will sit in the tree right by the coop and discus recipes. -
Traumatized Ducks
Once you have an coop herding is really painless- Try walking behind them slowly to herd them into the enclosure - a stick or broom handle waved to stop them scattering helps, when they are in the pen scatter some special treats or a quarter cabbage in after them, if you feed the sprouted grains... -
Indian Runners won't drink from new waterer
Try tossing peas in it every once and while while they are watching - but mostly time someone will try it and then is will be the thing all the cool duckies are doing. -
How smart are ducks?
Selectively smart; if all but one duck leaves - the last one will run back and forth quaking instead of going around the water bucket and out the door but smart enough that having learned that if I see them with Styrofoam or hear their victorious "I have Styrofoam" quacks I will take it away... -
Preparing ducks for winter
will the durks eat the hay or just play in it? -
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Bowling Pin... or not so much
Mine don't go into penguin mode unless they are excited, scared, begging or running - they are also hatchery birds. -
Dwarf Hadrosourus herd doing well, soon we will take over the world
Dwarf Hadrosourus herd doing well, soon we will take over the world- Blue Crow
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