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    Egg Laying Issues -- Stress or Lack of Daylight?

    This is my first year with ducks and so far it's been *pretty* smooth sailing, knock on wood! My girls just turned 7 months old and have been laying since they were about 5-6 months. At first a few of them had some kinks to work out with their egg laying systems, and switching them over from...
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    • egg laying problems shell-less eggs
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    9 gauge vs 11.5 gauge chain link... and bears?

    Hey everyone! I've got 6 ducks that just turned 8 weeks old and I'm about to start building their run. We're making it larger than originally planned because my dreams of letting them free range during the day (while I'm outside) have been dashed by a few pesky and persistent neighborhood cats...
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    Video of Honking Duckling

    Cinnamon (Minnie) is my two week old Golden 300 duckling. The past few days I've heard her voice change from a little peep like her friends into more of a honk. I'm not sure if this is normal or something to be concerned about. I just took a video tonight (she's the duckling underneath the heat...
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    • #honking sound sneezing duckling
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    Video of Honking Duckling

    Cinnamon (Minnie) is my two week old Golden 300 duckling. The past few days I've heard her voice change from a little peep like her friends into more of a honk. I'm not sure if this is normal or something to be concerned about. I just took a video tonight (she's the duckling underneath the heat...
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    • #honking sound sneezing duckling
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    • Forum: Ducks
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    Duckling Behavior & Health Questions

    I have six ducklings that are just over two weeks old. I've read countless posts on here, articles online and multiple books (Storey's Guide &; The Ultimate Pet Duck Guidebook are my definite go-to's) but I've still got a few questions about their health & behavior that I haven't been able to...
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    Duckling Barely Able to Walk

    Hey everybody -- I was hoping to never have to make a post in the emergencies part of the forum, but unfortunately here I am... 1. My Duclair duckling, Pippi, will be two weeks old on Tuesday. She is 202 grams as of around 5pm tonight (up 22g from when I weighed her this morning). She has...
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    Too Young for Chick Grit?

    Hi guys! I have a quick question about chick grit I hope someone can answer for me... My babies are five days old today. I let them "swim" in a tiny tub with about an inch or two of warm water for a few minutes this afternoon. I floated some dandelion heads in the water with them but didn't...
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    Duckling Electrolyte Water

    Hi everybody! I'm excited to say that I'm officially a proud mama to six adorable ducklings who arrived in Connecticut today after being shipped on Tuesday morning from Metzer Farms in California! I've been dreaming of this for years + today my dreams finally came true! I had bought the...
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    Heat Plate Suggestions for Ducklings

    Two part question... Feel free to skip down to the bottom & avoid the whole backstory if you'd like, I'm a bit of a nervous soon-to-be first-time duck mama and looking back now I realize that I rambled on and on about my heat plate conundrum for a while 😅 Anyway, after reading a bunch of posts...
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    After YEARS of creeping, I finally signed up!

    Hey everybody! I hope I do this introduction thing right! After literally OVER SIX YEARS of constantly creeping on this site from the shadows (aka not signing up for an account) and spending countless hours reading everything I could possibly get my hands on (well, within reason — I haven't...
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