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Need feeding advice.
Hi everyone. =) This is our 2nd year with ducks now. Each time we bought additional ducklings to add, we kept them indoors and went through the food stages, etc. Now we have a broody girl and we have decided to let her try out motherhood. My question is, how will we handle feeding them with them... -
Duck egg safety?
Hi everyone. Ok, so thanksgiving is coming up and i have been put in charge of deviled eggs. Knowing that we now have ducks, my family wants them to be made with duck eggs. Now, we have been bringing in our eggs each day and storing them in a basket on the counter unwashed. It just occured to me... -
Are dogwood tree berries toxic to ducks?
Hi there everyone. We built our duck run near a bunch of trees in our yard. It turned out that one of them is a beautiful dogwood tree. Now that fall has arrived, it's developing a lot of bright red berries. I keep trying to find out if they are toxic to ducks, but I can't seem to find any info... -
Duck egg allergy/intolerance???
Hi everyone. I have had ducks since March of this year. I personally am not a huge egg eater, but I've eaten about a dozen duck eggs myself so far this year. I never had any problems until the last 2 times I ate them. Both times, I got sick within an hour of eating them. I had a burning... -
Can ducks eat their own eggshells?
Hi there everyone. I have been surfing the net, but can't seem to find the answer to this question. My ducks don't seem to care for oyster shell, but they do enjoy crushed up eggshells. So far, I have used chicken eggs, saved the shells in a bowl, microwaved them for about 30 seconds to kill... -
Terramycin for Ducks.
Hi everyone. You may have seen my other post about the inured drake I'm trying to save. My question is is whether or not it is actually safe to use terramycin antibiotic eye ointment on ducks. I've heard mixed responses. Some recommend it, while others say it can harm ducks. The paper insert... -
HELP! Drake injured from fighting. =(
Hi everyone. We have 6 straight run ducks that turned out to be 4 ducks and 2 drakes. Everything was great until one of our girls started laying last week. Shortly after, our drakes started fighting almost non stop. I was trying to find another home for the one because we can't afford to build a... -
Breed favorites
For those who raise multiple breeds: What is your favorite duck breed and why? =) -
Niacin dosing help.
Hi everyone. We are still pretty new to duck raising. We have purchased 6 ducklings this spring. One pair is 7 weeks, another pair is 6, and the youngest are 3. We've had them on basic chick starter and have been using a vitamin and electrolyte powder in their water. Since we've gotten the... -
Duck safe plants
Hi there everyone. We are almost finished our new duck run, which is fairly large. Such a large amount of chicken wire can be quite an eye sore. I am trying to figure out what I can safely plant around the run to improve the look. I am really curious about climbing roses. Does anyone know if... -
Khaki bully
Hi everyone. My husband and I are new to ducks. We purchased 6 ducklings and 4 of them will be ready to move outside soon, 2 Rouens and 2 Khaki Campbells. The khakis are both girls as is 1 of the rouens. When they were very little, they all shared the same space, but we had to separate them... -
Duck safe plants for the run
Hi there everyone. We are almost finished our new duck run, which is fairly large. Such a large amount of chicken wire can be quite an eye sore. I am trying to figure out what I can safely plant around the run to impute the look. I am really curious about climbing roses. Does anyone know if they...- KLoudon81
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