I had previously posted concerns about blue spots on a duck and a couple of you said they were just sun spots. I wanted to show how dark these spots have become to be sure it isn't something to worry about. My husband was concerned it is mildew but they don't wash off.
I have searched and found that it is best not to clean duck eggs but I currently have 3 out of 7 girls laying eggs and out of the 12 ducks in the house the eggs become a toy and are always in a pile of poop. I have thrown the ones they crack away. I want to be safe but I also want to eat healthy...
I understand the whole drake-to-hen ratio issues but has anyone had success from having too high of a drake ratio? I am asking because we bought and raised eleven Pekin ducklings together then inherited a neighbor's older female Pekin with apparently no issues several weeks ago. That left us...
Our eleven Pekin Ducks just turned eleven weeks old! We have read all on the real food treats but we were wondering what brands of commercial feed people like once they reach 18 weeks or older. One has a drake feather already so we don't know the ratio on male / female but it seams like feed...
Hello. My husband and I bought a house 6 months ago that has a shared irrigation spring-fed freshwater pond that goes out to a two block narrow lake. Just before we moved in there became an envasion of duckweed and two types of grasses. Several people have mentioned getting ducks since we use...