It’s been a while since I have posted; I reduced my flock to 3 drakes a few years ago and haven’t had any trouble with them, until recently. One of my drakes, Chocolate (Khaki Campbell, 5.5-6 years old), started limping last week. Last time this happened and we took him to the vet there wasn’t...
My husband and I have been raising ducks for the past few years. We’re down to an all male flock, they were being too aggressive with one or two females only, so we decided to rehome the 4 females and 1 male (Jack & the Uh-Uh’s, lol). We’re down to 3 drakes: Khaki Campbell- “Chocolate,” and 2...
I haven’t posted for quite some time. My mother is and mentally challenged niece have come to live with us a little bit as my mom recovers from a stroke she had in July, and over the holidays, we found out she has cancer. My ducks have been my happy place when I feel overwhelmed, which is often...
I have an all drake flock. I lost my female, and didn’t realize how badly losing her would hurt. My drakes were overly aggressively mating the other females, who were too young, therefore, I rehomed the females and the one male they were with and I had 5 drakes but one disappeared in the middle...
I had a flock of 5 drakes, each a different breed. Three stayed outside and 2 inside, the 2 inside-Frankie & Johnny just never integrated outside well. Outside I had a beautiful black iridescent Cayuga, Midnight and the largest of the three; Mallard, Half-pint, the smallest of the three; Khaki...
One of my female ducks has been constantly being attacked by 3 of my males, it’s always one leading the other two, he’s the fastest and chases the females and once he catches one the other two join in, sadly the female that’s the slowest is always the same one. We kept her in the kitchen...
My name is Bridget, and I’ve posted on BYC many times and have ALWAYS been grateful for any and all advice I’ve received. If it’s advice you think a pet owner may not want to hear, that’s not me. Since she passed so suddenly before we even had the chance to bring her to the Emergency Vet @ LSU...
We have 11 ducks currently, well 13 but 2 of those are still in the house, waiting to be introduced to the others; they’re 7 weeks old and half Pekin, half Cayuga. My husband went to put them in their bathtub this morning and Loco (the male) fell out of my husband’s arms onto the floor. Later, I...
I’m hoping someone can help me with this issue. When I put two of my drakes in their house for the night, one will start bobbing his head, wanting to mount the other. He’s begun biting him on the back of the neck leaving scabbing and now balding. Is there any type of spray or anything I can use...
I need some advice. My female, Goldie has finished laying her first clutch; she has 20 in her nest, which is a little doggie bed, and she’s laid every one in there. She removed 7 of them, so she laid a total of 27 eggs. I placed my grandbabies video camera monitor in the Quack House for a few...
First, Merry Christmas to all. My Cayuga, Midnight had a slight limp yesterday. This morning it’s much worse. I can’t call a vet since it’s the holiday and I’m not even sure if our regular vet for the dog sees ducks. I’m almost positive he hurt his leg getting out of the small pool in the duck...
Hello, my name is Bridget, and I live in a small town in Louisiana, Ponchatoula. I have a shih-tzu, Maxx (10 years old), and while we don’t have chickens we have ducks. Whenever I enter a question about them on google, often times I’m sent to this site. My ducks are a few months old:
Midnight -...
I have four ducks:
Midnight (Cayuga), Male
Chocolate (Khaki Campbell) Male
Goldie (Pekin) Female
Half-pint (Mallard) Male (for sure thought it was a female till last weekend)
I have 3 males and a female, poor Goldie has had both Chocolate & Midnight bobbing their heads in front of her trying to...