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Half-baked eggs
I had a call duck setting on a nest of eggs, for probably about 10-14 days. I let them out each day to free range in my yard while I garden/mow and a hawk came in aiming for the pigeons next door and spooked the call duck and she took off flying. And I searched all day and couldn't find her. I... -
Angelwing fix
I have a duckling that appears to have angelwing. We are currently having 90+ degree weather and I want to wrap her wings up, but wonder about her getting too hot. I was thinking of wrapping her in a tube sock (like a sleeve) and then taping it around her for tightness. I have a couple of... -
2015 Hatch
Who would have thought a Home Depot bucket would work for a nest! She hatched 4 ducklings this year. I had another mother who hatched three, but them kicked them out of the nest and wouldn't let them back under her to keep warm, so I moved those three into the house for a week waiting for this... -
Frazzled looking duck
I have call ducks and one of the males I have (last year's hatch) has always looked frazzled. I don't know why. His feathers are always ragged. I see him preening like the other ducks, but he just looks bad all the time. Ideas as to why this would happen? Here you can see the ragged male in... -
Should have hatched
I have a call duck who has been setting on a nest of eggs for "long enough". According to my calculations, she's been on them at least 28 days. I took a look at some of the eggs under her while she was off getting a drink, and a few of the eggs have a definite air pocket, and the eggs have... -
Call Duck "Man" parts
I have a male call duck, about 4-5 years old. Today I noticed his "manhood" hanging out (which isn't unsual), but upon closer inspection, when I picked him up, I notice that the last 1/4-3/4 inches of his penis was black, scabby looking, and crusty to the touch. Almost looks like frostbite... -
Mice!
Now that it's winter, I seem to have a problem with mice in the duck's food. Or maybe the problem was there all along, but now I am noticing it. I keep the duck food in a sealed metal trashcan, but have the food in a hanging feeder in their pen. And the mice seem to really enjoy it, as I've... -
Water Buckets in Winter
This summer I bought some "chicken nipples" and attached them to a 5 gallon bucket to hold my ducks drinking water. They took to it immediately and all of them use it for drinking (and man do I LOVE that the water stays clean!) They have a little garden pond for swimming also, so I mostly use... -
Bucket Waterers
Has anyone tried the nipple waterer in the 5 gallon bucket, for watering their ducks? If so, did you have to "teach" them to use them, or did they figure it out themselves. Currently I just have a big black outdoor pond setup for both swimming and watering, but thought I'd try this in an... -
They just keep coming!
Went out this morning to check on my female call duck with 14 eggs, and low and behold: And then a little later this afternoon: So far, I think there are 3 white (some pure white, some with little spots of gray or black), 1 black bibbed, 3 grey bibbed and 1 snowy. Not a bad mix since... -
Calls Vs. Black East Indies
I have two pairs of calls, and a lone female wood duck. I'm looking to get some more females, but the neighbors already don't like the noise my two girls make. How are BEI females noise-wise? Anyone know? -
Wood Duck question
I could have sworn that when looking in on my female wood duck, when she was quacking, her bottom bill looked like it was split. It had a definite ^ shape, like it had the start of a split right down the middle. It could only be seen for the split second she had her mouth open to quack. She is... -
Too late for eggs?
I have a pair of wood ducks in a large pen with a pair of call ducks. I have a next box for the wood ducks, and I check it every so often in the box for eggs. It seems that she has been in the next box because she has made a nice little "hollow" in the straw, but no eggs yet. Is it too late... -
Lady Amherst question
I was given a female lady amherst, and she's laid an egg every other day for the past week. The eggs are never in the same place twice, so I don't think she was planning on setting on them. Do they lay eggs like chickens, or is this a seasonal thing? Or could they be fertile (she hasn't been...- seaneduck
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Broody Call Duck
I have a call duck hen that is currently sitting on about 8 eggs. She'll get off them for a few minutes at a time to take a quick swim, but then will go back and sit again. If/when the eggs hatch, do I need to take the ducklings away and put them under a heat lamp inside, or will she keep them... -
What were they thinking?
So I went out to the duck pen today (2 call ducks, and 2 wood ducks) and saw what I thought was a nest in the corner. It has been consistently 0 degrees around here for weeks, and I thought surely there wouldn't be eggs (especially without someone sitting on them) and low and behold 10 TEN... -
Freezing Ponds
I have a plastic pond that I bought at Home Depot that I'm using for my call duck and wood duck pairs. It's about 60 gallons, and as the weather starts to get colder I wonder if the ducks are smart enough to not be in the pond all night and get frozen in, when the pond freezes over. Surely... -
When will it end?
I have had a pair of grey call ducks for about 6 months now, and last weekend I got a pair of wood ducks. I put them all in the same pen (8ft by 12ft), and the poor wood ducks have been mercilessly chased and when they could catch them, feathers pulled by the calls. At first it was just the... -
What would I get?
Is is possible to breed white call ducks with Black East Indies? And if so, what would the offspring look like? Anyone with pictures of the offspring? Thanks -
Freezing Ponds
Do you think the ducks are smart enough to not sleep in their pool when it's cold enough to freeze? Will they get frozen in?