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Found this in the coop tonight. Is this a lash egg? I think it must be. I wish I knew who laid it but I don’t. Firm, waxy outside.

Hey all, Last night as I was putting my two female ducks away in their house for the evening I found this on the ground in the straw. I think the white spots/'crust' around the edges were mould?—it was near a spot where they'd been doing a lot of digging and kicking up, and we've just had a...

Hi everyone, I live in upstate NY (as in really upstate), so it gets very very cold here. My drakes in particular have had peeling skin on their bills for a few months, but it always looked very normal to me so I didn't worry about it very much -- just normal shedding dead skin-cells type of...

Hey all. Wondering if anyone has good suggestions for what kind of lights they use in their duck houses. Mine are small -- two 4x3 (I think) dog-house-style structures. The reason I want lighting is actually because I want them to feel comfortable going inside during the day if they want to...

Hey everyone, I just wondered what everyone's strategies were to keeping their duck pens/runs clean. I keep my ducks in pens rather than free-ranging them because they're pets and I don't want to worry about predators, etc. etc. The pens are smaller than I'd like because of space...

Hi everyone,' One of my hens was acting very odd and lethargic tonight and when I saw her poop was unhealthy looking I grew pretty concerned. Note in these pictures her tail feathers are unusually thin - there was a duck who was bullying the hens and pulling their feathers, but she's been...

Hi all, This is sort of a two-part question... Laid an egg yolk? I have four female ducks housed together and today I found a perfectly formed egg yolk laid on the ground with tiny blood spots (though I have seen the blood spots in chicken eggs and I know it is usually not a cause for...

Hello everyone, Yesterday I noticed my Welsh Harlequin drake was acting a bit off -- not as active, laying down when his friends were up and about. Then I noticed he was standing on one leg, and finally I actually saw him limping. He can still walk, and is still putting weight on it, but he is...

Hey all, I’ve been noticing my three drakes have been “sneezing” like this. I can’t confirm all three are doing it for certain because it’s tough for me to tell the pekins apart, but at least one of the pekins and the welsh harlequin have been doing it. I’ve noticed it very occasionally for...

Hi everyone, Here are two beautiful 12-week-ish old girls that I got from Metzer. I ordered a Welsh Harlequin and a Silver Appleyard. The feather patterns are spot on, but funnily enough their bills are BOTH the “wrong” color! Every picture I see shows Appleyards with yellow/orange bills, and...

Hey all, I have three young drakes in this video - the one in question is my Welsh Harlequin. He was making normal drakey noises yesterday but now whenever he “talks” it comes out squeaky like this. Does this sound normal or is this an indication of a respiratory problem? I know there are three...

Hey all, I know it’s ok to keep drakes together and females together, or both together with a 1:5 (or more) ratio. I have four females and three males. However, we’ve grown to love the males and while we were originally going to rehome two of them, I’d like to keep them all. My plan is to...

Hey all, I'm just a bit paranoid that my 7 week old welsh harlequin might be a drake, but I'm very new to raising ducks -- and I've never had a drake -- so I don't know how to tell that well. Here are a few videos I took to showcase the sounds she makes and what she looks like. (There are also...

Hey all, I have five ducklings of various ages -- they're separated into two groups, one group of 3 (7weeks/7weeks/4weeks) that get along well and the two youngest (both about 2weeks) in their own group. All five have been on Mazuri waterfowl starter the entire time I've had them, and all five...

EDIT: Problem solved — see my later post — they actually called me back about 15 min. after I posted this and are shipping me two replacements. Hi all, Hearing basically nothing but positivity about Metzer farms I ordered a small order of 3 ducklings to upstate NY. I knew the journey was long...

Hi all, One of my little ISA browns has these bloody/sticky feathers around her vent. The vent itself looks fine -- I don't see any prolapse or anything -- but you can see there is dark blood stuck around the vent and on the feathers, with some of the feathers hanging down and bloody. My first...

Hi all, We've recently had a bit of an issue with mites; our buff orpington and one of our brahmas seem to have had them. They were acting down/sleepy/puffed up and uncomfortable, very lethargic, etc. We treated them and they seem to have been improving. We also treated the entire coop/run with...

Hi all, I got three chicks from Meyer hatchery about a week and a half ago - I was actually supposed to get four, but one was dead in the box...I don't know that it's related (guessing probably not) but I figured it would be worth mentioning. Other three chicks (blue/black splash orp, lavender...

Hey all, I can’t have roosters and we’re scheduled to give our other roosters to a new home soon, so I’m trying to figure out of this one is more likely male or female. I know it is early to tell. Leaning male but not sure?

Hi all, Earlier today I posted on the gendering board because we were wondering about our easter egger (definitely male, it seems). We have two five-week olds - said easter egger, and a buff orpington, both most definitely roosters. Then we have three eight week olds - a light brahma bantam...