I have 3 full grown pekin ducks, 2 female and one male. I want to make sure the younger ones will be able to handle themselves around the Adult male duck, hes kind of aggressive.
Hi everyone! i will be writing on how important it is to raise ducklings properly, including the benefits and reasons to acquire a duckling, along with the consequences of not caring for a duckling properly. This is for a school project so feedback is required and greatly appreciated :)...
Unfortunately, there are more males than females, so they tend to be quite rough. Two of my females have been killed already. I had two females that are constantly being targeted by a group of males; to be safe, i put them in the pen to let the wound on their necks heal. After a few weeks, i...
I was holding my ducking and he jumped out of my hand and landed on his back. he's only a day and a half old :( I picked him up immediately and he seems out of it. it's been 3 hours and he still can't move his head and he curls himself up like this. will he make it?
these duckings are literally two days apart! the bigger one is Tomoe and the smaller is Levi. Levi and his other brothers/sisters are all the same size and even hatched on different days (including the one who hatched with Tomoe.) Tomoe is a week old today and is very big! at least from what...
she has been in for 32 days and when she pipped it's been over 48 hours and I read that if they do these things then help them out so I did, I peeled back the shell and she started pushing out herself and once she did she started bleeding and her lower region is swollen. what do I do? I'm so...
she has been in for 32 days and when she pipped it's been over 48 hours and I read that if they do these things then help them out so I did, I peeled back the shell and she started pushing out herself and once she did she started bleeding and her lower region is swollen. what do I do? I'm so...
I have 4 pekin duck eggs that are on day 31, two have pipped at wrong end and one (let's call him bubbles) of the two has a VERY dry membrane. Humidity is at 79-81% and temperature is at 98-99.5. The other egg, Hazel, (who has pipped through the air sac) membrane also looks tan and dry, it looks...
I candled the eggs and it looks like their beak is at the air sack but then I turned the egg and saw this! what do I do? I e never experienced this before
Hazel has been rocking back and forth for hours so I chipped away a piece of the shell and noticed that the membrane was yellow, what do I do? I quickly placed her back in.
My duckling has Wry Neck, what can I do to help him out? my dad tried to unfold him and he only remained that way for a few seconds and folded back up again. here's a video
I'm new at raising ducks.. and I thought I could sleep with marbles (my fist duckling) because they move a lot. I woke up to find him gone.. I killed him. so PLEASE DONT SLEEP WITH THEM, No matter how cute they are!
rip marbles.. I'm so so so so sorry. I had no idea that this would happen...
is this normal? it's a very small patch of hair on his tail. you can't see it very well because he's wet. is it for a drake feather or is it just random?
this duckling hatched yesterday, she's shaky and one eye won't open and the other is barley open. Anyone know what this means? she was hatched along with another but one of the eggs looked almost dead before hatching, it was all red inside and didn't look normal. this might be her.
Ive come down with a soar throat and stuffy nose, does this mean I need to stop holding my duckling immediately? He usually sleeps with me and cuddles with me during the day.
im looking for tips on what to do and what not to do with a newborn duckling. like:
does he need to be in a brooder 24/7?
can I hold him? how long and if I do it too long how will this affect him?
can I give him food now or wait 2 days?
when will he start pooping? (prob when he starts eating...