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Lethargic Cockerel, losing weight! help please.
So I have two cockerels that currently roost together in a kennel inside my house to keep them warm and safe from the hens till they're old enough, and our blue birchen boy has lost a LOT of weight in the two months since we got him, where as his brother is pretty heavy already. He sleeps a lot...- Kaala
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- chick cockerel help rooster sick
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Asserting dominance or mating behavior?
I have three indoor pet ducks, all of which are very healthy and are drakes, the two twin sweedish black ducks have only just begun to get their tail curls :) However one of them, who is a Rouen, has gotten his tail curl about a month and a half ago. As I did when they were babies, I take them... -
Indoor duck tips?
NOTE: I am not and never will be considering putting them outside, not unless staying inside starts to become detrimental to their health, it hasn't thus far, but I need help to prevent things getting that way. So here is the situation, I hatched my ducklings with the full intent of keeping... -
Pet ducks and shaky legs (story and asking for advice)
So I've had these ducklings for a near 3 weeks. I love them with all my heart, hatched them myself,they imprinted on me, but I made a mistake. You see I didn't and don't have a cheater heater (funny way of calling a professional incubator) when I hatched them, no, I made one myself out of an old... -
Piddle Pad/ pupy pad question
I know I've seen a lot of people on this forum, using piddle pads for their ducks, they're disposable, hold a lot of moisture, and tend to be a lot easier to handle than laying out towel after towel for baby ducks, I've also noted that hardly anyone has any problem with this method of temporary... -
New duck owner, some questions!!
Hello! I recently hatched three baby ducks (Two Swedish Blacks and one Rouen) as of the 21st of this month. So far everything has been going well, they're growing fast, a lot faster than I had expected. However, I have some questions that seemed to be in need of answering, or maybe some...