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Duckling walking in circles and bump on beak. Update: He's okay :)
Just gone in to the ducklings (they're now out with the big ducks but separate with fencing) and found Calli walking backwards in circles. He also has quite a big lump on his beak that seems soft. He has done the turning thing twice since. Really worried, help please! -
Ducklings Breathing Issue?
I have noticed I can sometimes hear my ducklings breathing through their nostrils and I'm wondering if its normal and if I should be worried? They get a bath every day so have the chance to clear their nostrils then and I clean their brooder out every day. I don't know if I'm just noticing it... -
Egg incubating fiasco - advice please! *New Pictures!*
It's been an eventful few weeks so here goes! On the 12th June, I collected the eggs from the girls' nest as usual but noticed that when Honey came back inside she went over to the nest and seemed to be looking for her eggs! I told my mum because we always tell each other interesting duck... -
Help! Slight prolapse? *UPDATE*
I was out with the ducks and noticed something looked wrong with Pheoebe's backside. It looked like part of her was sticking out, so I managed to pick her up and it does look like some sort of slight prolapse I also noticed one of the other girls has pecked at it a couple of times. They all... -
First Ever Eggs!
It's finally happened, this morning we found not one but two eggs! The girls are now 11 months old and we've been waiting for so long that it was getting hard to keep hoping every morning, but now we're so happy. We have no idea who's laid them, we're assuming its two starting miraculously on... -
Mating vs Drowning
Today my girls were in the pool and one mounted the other and had her head under the water for about 10 seconds, then I panicked and broke them up - I know that during mating/mounting it is possible for the mounter to drown the mountee, so I was wondering: How common is this? Have you ever had... -
Will they ever start laying!?
So my 4 runner girls were hatched some time in April this year, making them 7-8 months old now and they still haven't started laying yet! I would have thought at least one of them would have started by now...? I'm assuming the odds of having 4 girls who don't lay is extremely miniscule and am... -
Selling Ducks/Eggs in the UK
I was wondering if anyone knew what the rules/regulations are for selling ducks/duck eggs in the UK? My friend's calls were breeding and she tried to sell some back to the farm that we got them from but was told she needed a licence to do that. Is that true and if so, what is it and how do you... -
My Runners (Lots of Pics & Video)
Since everyone else seems to be making topics to show off their ducks, I thought I would too I was also wondering if anyone knew what colour varieties the young ones are... I got my first two in April '09, we originally hoped for a male and a female and called them Olive and Toby, but both... -
Bumblefoot?
I picked up one of my 1 year old runners earlier to have a look at his feet, since I'd heard about bumblefoot a while ago and thought it might be a possibility for my ducks as they were on fairly rough/uneven concrete for a while. A couple of months ago I covered to concrete with straw to try...