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    Ducks in the snow

    Will my ducks be fine in the snow? We haven’t had snow in years, and were not supposed to get any today, but here we are. They have been out for about 30 minutes, but I wanted to know if they could stay out all day. They do have access to their house, which has a heat lamp, although they don’t...
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    Egg production??

    I beleive I have a blue Swedish duck, who has somewhat recently started laying eggs. So far, the egg production has been at the minimum every other night, but some are back to back, and other days she lays two. I know all of that is normal, but twice now she has had three eggs in one night, and...
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    Tossing ducks?

    Is it bad for ducks to toss them so they can try to fly? I have two Swedish ducks, and one Khaki Campbell (not worried about him he can actually fly.) Is it bad to do this? They never seem to have an issue landing but I was told it was bad for them? I have seen them even get off the ground just...
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    Missing mallard?

    Although I have ducks at home, there is a friendly pair of mallards at a lake we go to, which we feed and see almost every day (it is a large lake and they are wild ducks,) but when we came back after a couple of weeks, the male mallard was gone for a few days, and then reappeared yesterday...
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    Call duck mess?

    Are there any call duck owners out there? If they were to live outside how messy are they?
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    Best run materials?

    To put it simply, my three ducks have torn apart their run into a muddy mess. Although I don’t plan on keeping them in the run constantly, due to many hawks being in our area, I have been keeping them outside with access to their house and aerially covered run sunce 4 weeks of age. Now that they...
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    Separating feed

    I was just wondering what the best way to separate feed between drakes and hens is? I am a first time duck owner, so I have no clue how I should do that. Any suggestions? Thanks!
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    Grit?

    Recently I picked up this new grit, and have given it to my ducks once a while ago, so nothing has gone wrong, although it was given in moderation. I was wondering if it is okay to give them this type of grit, because it says it is medicated.
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    Duck identification attempt #2

    Earlier on, I posted about the types of ducks I had, and was able to identify one of three (Blue Swedish,) and the other was already known. Now that they are a bit older, I am trying to figure out what the last one is. I am 99% sure it is a female, and I can provide additional information and...
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    Duck dilemma(?)

    So as you can tell, I am a first time duck owner of three. Currently I am pretty sure on 2 of the ducks genders, having one hen and one drake which is the issue. I have one Khaki Campbell, who is our drake, and two Swedish ducks (one is blue, the other one is either blue/silver.) If our other...
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    Duckling wing issue?

    Recently I was out of town for a week, and my ducklings were fed by a neighbor while I was gone. They are now 6 weeks old today, and one of my Swedish ducks seems to have a bit of feathers sticking out as seen in this image. I was wondering if it is okay for the wing to be like that, or if it...
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    Grit alternatives

    Currently I have three 3 week old ducks (exactly 3 weeks old) and we have run out of grit for them. The ducks are 1 Khaki Campbell, and 2 Swedes. TSC is out of chick grit, and I am not sure if it would be safe to give them poultry grit yet. Are there any alternatives? I heard sand might work?
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    Determining duck breed

    So recently our family picked up 3 ducks from Tractor Supply, and they were supposedly Khaki Campbell’s, although some mallards were mixed in. We got the alleged Khaki Campbell’s, but two of the three don’t look like typical ducklings of that breed. Here are some pictures and I was wondering if...
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    Identifying species

    So recently our family got three ducks from Tractor Supply, and they are supposedly Khaki Campbell’s. After seeing pictures of Khaki Campbell ducklings I got curious if we really do have 3, or maybe 3 separate species. I know that at least one should be a khaki Campbell based on coloring, but I...
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    I need supplement duckling food

    So today I went out of town, and our family recently adopted 3 day old khaki Campbell’s. They are now a week and a half old, and we had to take them out of town with us as no one could take care of them. Unfortunately, we underestimated their food consumption, and we are running low on their...
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