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    Duck Cam

    So my boyfriend was awesome and got me the coolest Christmas gift...a wireless cam for our duck coop! Our coop is a decent drive from where we live and I always worry about them so now I can check on them any time. Plus I'm currently out of town for the month and I can still see them! He also...
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    Ducks enjoying a winter day

    Our ducks had their first big snow day the other day too! Silly things. We let them out and Nut walked a few feet, decided it was too cold, laid down and tucked up her feet hehe We convinced them to follow us into the shop with some meal worms.
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    Female ducks breeding?

    I have problems with this as well lol Every time I take my two girls to the creek, they get excited, bob heads, and go to town. It's slightly embarrassing to watch. They do it every time and sometimes more than once. Then they get even MORE excited and take off flying down the creek haha. It's...
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    They did it! I guess we hold off on cooking duck!

    Hope I'm doing things right then. My two Rouens started laying about 2 or 3 weeks ago I believe and I have a heat lamp I will turn on for them if it gets below freezing...and it has been a lot lately. I wouldn't want to overwork them but I don't want them to freeze either.
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    CAN I TELL IF MY MALLARD DUCKLING IS A MALE OR FEMALE?

    Good luck trying to sex them. I gave up on my two Rouens and had to wait until they both started laying in order to feel 100% confident what their sexes were LOL Both of them were quite vocal but had different sounding quacks. Then I read that you can start seeing a little green sheen in the...
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    When do ducks start laying and how long?

    Our Rouen's just had their first egg today! :D Well...at least one of them did. They are about 6 months. It's been around freezing temps, but not as cold as usual for Colorado, and I've been turning on a heat lamp for them if the temperature gets below freezing. I figured they would wait till...
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    Egg Help

    Omg! Our first egg! :D My babies are growing up *tear* It's a little tiny and long, I'm assuming it's the correct length but just didn't get wide, but otherwise pretty hard. It has (what I'm assuming) that protective layer around it...makes it look a little greenish/dirty. I left it as is...
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    Mice Control in Duck Pen?

    I keep food in the coop 24/7 just cause it's easier for me. It piles up sometimes but I won't refill it until they eat it down a little. I do have it propped up on a brick but some mice still manage to get at it. I have a tilt trap in the coop: It works really well. I put a little duck food...
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    For all who name their ducks Daffy, Donald, Daisy, Huey, Duey, Louie or origional duck names

    Our ducks are named... Nut and Bolt lol My boyfriend and I are also into trucks so it makes sense. Bolt got the name cause she likes to run from us but we can eventually catch her (she's improving lately) and we decided that Nut goes with Bolt (obviously) and she's kind of a Nut anyway! Both...
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    Share youtube videos of your ducks

    Here's my page: https://www.youtube.com/user/broodmare25?feature=mhee I have too many to post haha. I'm always posting new ones as well.
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    Egg Help

    I think we've finally decided that are two Rouens are girls! Since they are our first ducks we've ever owned I'm still in the learning stage. A friend of ours who bought some Pekin ducks about the same age have now started laying so I feel ours are not too far behind. So I need to know...
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    Coop insulation ideas

    So winter is quickly approaching and I'm a first time duck owner who needs to insulate the coop. I have two Rouens in a coop about the size of a horse stall (they have lots of space LOL). It's made of a single layer of wood and a concrete floor. I have a wire dog crate and some nest boxes that I...
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    When to give them swimming water?

    I gave mine like a tiny cereal bowl with about an inch of water pretty much since the first day. I would put it in their cage every few hours with supervision. I would towel dry when they are finished. As they got older I would make their water bigger and more deep and eventually up to a kiddie...
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    how to tell how old a rouen is

    Like the last person has said, just count back to when you got it when it was little. My Rouen's look about the same as yours right now and they're almost 3 months. But really it's pretty hard to tell.
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    Limping and gapeworm

    I noticed today that one of my ducks seems to have a slight limp. I'm not sure what is causing it exactly but once the boyfriend gets off of work we can check his feet. It'd be a little hard to check him with one person. I'm a little worried that he might have a little sore on his foot. The...
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    Duck Toy Idea

    Lol...I have a small blue rubber ball that mine are terrified of. So I'm not sure if a rubber duck would go over well. I found a plastic egg in the coop and they love pushing it around in the pool and try to eat it all the time.
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    Duck Toy Idea

    I have a large duck coop that has a concrete floor so the molding wouldn't be an issue. There's only two ducks and they have plenty of space. I set their water jug inside of a tin pan, one you would use to cook a turkey, which helps to catch most of what they shoot out of their mouths when they...
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    Duck Toy Idea

    I thought of this idea and just wanted to be sure it wasn't dumb or would hurt my ducks in any way, but I don't think it would lol. I was thinking about making a block of ice filled with peas. I'd just keep layering and freezing it repeatedly. They love peas and I was thinking they might be...
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    Coughing

    How do they get it? And what can I do to fix it?
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    Coughing

    I'm sure this has been asked many times before so sorry if it's a repeat. One of my Rouens has been starting to cough on occasion lately. It's not very often but sometimes it'll be one or two or he'll have a mini cough fit. I took a video but I'll need a better connection to upload it on. He...
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