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    How to catch a duck

    I haven't been on in a while, but the duckling I hatched in December is outside now with my other 2 ducks! The problem: he turned out to be a drake. So now I have a duck and 2 drakes. I have them separated for now, but that can't be a permanent solution. I posted a thing on Craigslist saying...
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    Is this egg bad?

    Good grief, it's hard to candle an egg with one hand and operate the camera on the phone with the other. The pictures still didn't come out well, but hopefully they're ok enough to see. There is a dark spot next to the air sac (close to my hand) about the size of a nickel. The pictures look like...
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    Floating waterfowl feed...confused!!

    I've been giving my ducks chicken feed the entire time I've owned them (about 2.5 years). I just found out *this week* that our local farm store carries food specifically for ducks and geese! *facepalm* When I got the bag home, I looked at the tag to see what all it has in it (yay niacin!), and...
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    Sitting duck

    I have a Pekin duck who's been consistently sitting for about 3 weeks. When she gets out to eat and drink, I notice that her belly hangs down a bit in the middle, almost like her belly/chest area is indented from the shape of the nest. I don't know if this is normal, I'm just worried that she...
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    Candling Eggs

    I have a mama Pekin that's been sitting for about a week and a half to 2 weeks. I want to candle the eggs, or at least some of them, to find out if they're fertilized or not so that I can throw out any bad ones that may be in there. I don't want to bother her though...I had a duck that stopped...
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    Duck is sitting!!

    Ok, apparently someone forgot to tell my darling Pekin that domesticated ducks generally don't go broody (at least from what I read). I went out there earlier to check, and saw that she was sitting on her nest (ok, ok, yes, I'm horrible about collecting eggs every day). I don't have a problem...
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    Very aggressive drake

    We had limited space when we got our ducks, so we only have 2, a make and a female Pekin. My drake has gotten more and more aggressive with her lately, and I'm very concerned for her safety. He seems to try to mate with her (or mating behavior at least...he doesn't strike me as a particularly...
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    New to duck eggs

    I've got some questions about duck eggs. I searched in the forum, but sifting through all the results was making my head spin! I've never owned ducks before, I've 2 Pekins (one male, one female). My darling girl has decided she doesn't want to lay in her nest box anymore, she has actually made...
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    My duck has a limp (and a couple other questions)

    I'm a new duck mommy, I just got 2 Pekins on June 18; they were hatched on May 28. Anyway, one of them has developed a limp over the past few days, and I'm not sure what to do or if I should be overly concerned. She (I'm pretty sure it's a she anyway!) won't put much weight on it and is a bit...
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