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    Soft shelled eggs for a month??

    I have 3 female ducks (2 Pekin, 1 blue Swedish). They are almost 7 months old and have been laying eggs for a month now. One of them has pretty consistently been laying soft shelled eggs every day. The other is mostly hard with the occasional soft shell, and the third lays normal hard shelled...
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    How to keep ducks cool?

    How do you keep your ducks cool? We live in central California where summers are in the 90’s every day. It gets as hot as 105. It’s been in the 90’s this last week and my ducks have been panting every afternoon. They have some shady spots throughout the yard, but their favorite is under the...
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    First night outside! Do ducks need light? Suggestions to get them to go in their house?

    It’s my ducks first night outside! They’re 7 weeks old. Do they need a light out there? And suggestions to get them to go in their house? I’ve been out there a couple times tonight to try and lure them in there with treats, but they can’t seem to see them so they’re not even picking at the...
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    Can I move my ducks outside at 7 weeks old?

    My ducks are 7 weeks old. They spend their days entirely outside and I bring them inside when it gets dark. I’ve been waiting for the low to get to 50 or for them to get fully feathered (which they’re close, but I’m not sure if they are officially fully feathered yet) before they sleep outside...
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    Strange behavior... anyone know why??

    I have three 5 week old ducks. 2 pekins and a blue Swedish. They spend their days outside and still sleep inside. Normally they are in their pond or wandering the yard as happy as can be outside. Yesterday they literally spent ALL day sitting right outside my door and so far today they’ve done...
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    How to get my ducks to like me???

    Get ready for a novel... I have 3 ducks. 2 Pekins and a blue Swedish. They are 5 weeks old. They don’t seem like like me very much. They have been raised inside my living room (in a plastic pool) and ive tried to hold them for at least 30 min a day. As they’ve gotten older and spend more time...
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    Duck house questions- how important is a roof that lifts up and other questions

    My husband and I are planning on building a house for our ducks this weekend. We have a 6x10 dog run for them, and we’re putting the house inside the run. I’m pretty dead set on having one where the entire roof lifts up, but am having a hard time finding plans with one like that. Is this...
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    Is panting related to niacin deficiency?

    After observing some strange behavior, I diagnosed one of my ducklings with a niacin deficiency today. She is just over 3 weeks old. But I also noticed she’s been panting almost all day. when I search this group, it seems everybody says panting is because they’re too hot or because their...
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    Bunch of brooder questions

    So my ducklings are about a week old. I seriously can’t believe how fast they’ve grown! Attached is my set up. I have a bunch of kind of small questions that probably don’t matter much, but I’m curious what other people do. 1. should I be removing all the wet pine shavings or just putting...
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    Ducks, babies, and salmonella??

    I just got our three ducklings and I’m so excited! I also have a 3 year old and a 9 month old (human) baby. Haha. we are going to be diligent about hand washing after handling and my 9 month old won’t have much direct contact with them, but I’m wondering if I need to change my clothes after...
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    Duck enclosure pictures please!

    Trying to decide on a duck enclosure. Show me what you’ve done! I’m also curious to see what a run that started out on grass looks like once the ducks have gotten to it.
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    How big are your run and coop?

    How big is your run and how big is your coop (L x W) and how many ducks do you have?
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    Duck coop/run- what would you do??

    I am getting three female ducklings next week. I’ve raised ducks before as a child/teenager, but my mom did most the logistics for housing! They will be inside for a few months but we’re trying to design their coop/run. We live in a central California neighborhood with a small backyard and we’re...
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    Crazy duck lady here!

    Ducks have always been my favorite animal and I have raised them 6-7 times as a young teenager through young adult years, but would only keep them about 5 months and then take them to a family friend’s farm once they were full grown. I am getting them this time with the hopes of keeping them...
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