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    “So lucky, you get free eggs”

    Anyone else shaking their heads and rolling their eyes as people say “you are so lucky you get free eggs” as the price of eggs is rising. If I add up what I have spent on their coop, bedding, food, treats, and medicines, not to mention time and energy, I suspect my eggs cost way more than the...
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    No frozen eggs

    It may not be necessary, but, I installed 2 plant seedling heat mats under my duck’s nest boxes. The heat mats are attached to a timer which turns them on at dusk and off at dawn. The boxes, which are food storage tubs, are filled with pine shavings and hay. I have used this setup for the past...
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    Pool Party! Perfect baby pool.

    I had three Hookbill’s hatch ten days ago (my first babies from my pair). I had purchased a marble tower last year and it came with this blow up mat to keep the marbles from rolling away. It looked like a perfect baby pool to me! They have used it for a couple of days now and are loving it...
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    You know you have gone quackers for ducks when . . .

    I was thinking, you know you have gone quackers for ducks when. . . •your favorite Christmas gift is new mud boots. •you plan your garden around what your ducks like. •your friends and family know not to phone you around sunset since that is “ducky bedtime”. •you get excited when you find...
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    Jerusalem artichokes with ducks?

    I have 5 Jerusalem artichoke/sunchoke tubers arriving today. I was planning on putting them in the very back of my garden which is also where my ducks live. Do I need to protect the young plants. My ducks currently let Verbena Bonariensis and Boneset grow in peace but I know the whole...
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    Finally, two ducklings hatch instead of one.

    As many of you know, I have been trying to add Dutch Hookbills to my flock. Unfortunately, my previous two attempts at hatching eggs ended up having lone drake ducklings hatch. So, I purchased a 5 month old wild type/mallard colored Hookbill female last month. She immediately started laying...
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    Summer of Drakes

    @Miss Lydia was right, this has turned out to be the summer of drakes. I tried to hatch 12 Dutch Hookbill eggs in June. Unfortunately, only one hatched. He turned out to be a sweet drake, Pickles. I searched for a friend for him. The breeder I got the eggs from also had a single duckling...
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    New Dutch Hookbill duckling

    When I picked up a friend for my lone Hookbill duckling last month, the breeder also gave me 5 more eggs. Only one egg made it to lockdown. This little duckling hatched on Wednesday. They get their Hookbill as they grow, if they are going to get one, they don’t all. I believe this duckling...
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    Help, wing injury 5 1/2 week old duckling.

    I came home to find my 5 1/2 week old duckling with one wing hanging limp, straight down at her side. We had a bad storm while I was at work and she was with the older, female ducks, (has been since last week) but I am not sure what happened. It do not see or feel any broken bones. If I had to...
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    Help, injured 5 1/2 week old duckling.

    I came home to find my 5 1/2 week old duckling with one wing hanging limp, straight down at her side. We had a bad storm while I was at work and she was with the older, female ducks, (has been since last week) but I am not sure what happened. It do not see or feel any broken bones. If I had...
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    This is a quack, right?

    I currently have two Hookbill ducklings (as well as my other adult ducks). One is 7 1/2 weeks old and definitely a male. The other, is only 5 weeks old and I am thinking she is a girl but I am hoping for confirmation. She (or he) started making slight honking sounds, a week and a half ago, so...
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    Early angel wing?

    My youngest Hookbill duckling, Noodles, looks like he might be developing angel wing on the left side. His wing tips are white so it is easy to see. I am not worried about the old feathers which are sticking out. I am worried about the way the left wing tip points up and not under the other...
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    Do I get Pickles a friend?

    Ok my wise friends, I need your advice. As some of you know, I had a bad hatch which resulted in a lone Hookbill duckling hatching. We named him/her Pickles. Pickles is 12 days old today and doing well. I started searching for another Hookbill duckling right after he hatched with little...
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    Day 27 egg discoloration

    I have six Hookbill eggs in lockdown since yesterday. One egg is internally pipped and moving but the whole airsac area of the egg is discolored. I have hatched many eggs but not seen this before. Any ideas? Note: the eggs were driven over 100 miles but not shipped. The other five are...
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    The “Kwack Howse” is finally finished!

    It took 7 months to build, but my new duck house is finally finished! Complete with heated nest boxes, insulation, storage, preditor protection, rodent deterrent, cedar siding, and old fashioned homemade whitewash. I am a 57 year old woman who has never built anything like this before. I...
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    Brown liquid oozing out during hatch??

    I set 18 chicken eggs 21 days ago. One pipped yesterday afternoon and hatched this morning. Two others, just hatched. A fourth has been trying to hatch all day. I noticed brown liquid coming out of the egg an hour or so ago. I turned the egg because he seemed to be getting the liquid in his...
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    Bumblefoot vs ankle sprain HELP

    My 3 month old drake was limping when I came home from being gone for 3 days (last night). My 23 year old son was caring for them and never noticed 🙄. Anyway, his ankle is swollen and warm. The pad of his foot is swollen but soft. I do not see a scab. I gave him a ling Epsom salt bath soak last...
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    How do I tell bumblefoot and an ankle sprain apart (duck)?

    My 3 month old drake was limping when I came home from being gone for 3 days (last night). My 23 year old son was caring for them and never noticed 🙄. Anyway, his ankle is swollen and warm. The pad of his foot is swollen but soft. I do not see a scab. I gave him a ling Epsom salt bath soak...
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    Drake limping, heel of foot warm and swollen

    I came home from being out of town for a couple days and my 3 month old drake is limping. When I checked him, the heel of his foot is warm, soft and swollen. I do not see any scabs, so am I right to think it is not bumblefoot? A sprain? I am about to fill the tub for an Epsom salt bath...
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    Beautiful drake needs new home (Memphis to St.Louis)

    My beautiful 4 year old 1/2 Khaki, 1/2 Appleyard drake needs a new home ASAP. I love him but he does not get along with one of my females who was his former rival’s mate. Because he is a mixed breed he creates a variety of beautiful offspring. I posted in my state page several days ago...
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