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Best breed of drake for my six female runner ducks
Hello, I've had some great input from folks here regarding my amorous female runners. Based on those discussions and talking with my vet, I have been considering adding a drake to the flock. I have posted in the forums here in search of a young runner male in VA, and I've been looking on Craigs... -
Looking for Runner Duck drake - VA
I have six randy female runner ducks and have been thinking of bringing a drake into the flock possibly. Located in the Shenandoah Valley area of VA.- FNF
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- Forum: Other Poultry - Birds & Hatching Eggs
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Duck run
Hello, duck owners - I have posted about some issues I'm having with my six very horny female runner ducks in a few places, but I'm running out of ideas. Three of them are about 18 months old, and three are about 8 months old. After a long, slow integration process, they were getting along... -
Yard repair! Duck dabbling gone wild!
Anyone else thinking of how to repair their duck-dabbled duck yard this spring? We have melting snow leaving all kinds of tempting swampy areas and the six ducks are having a blast dabbling muddy holes. Ducks are gonna duck, but I was thinking ahead in the hopes of making it green and grassy... -
Ducks and cold temps
I’ve read a lot of posts about cold temperatures and poultry and waterfowl but I’m still a bit nervous with some impending cold weather here in western VA. Our flock has been through overnight temps in the low teens before but we have a few nights of 2-9 degrees F coming up. Neither coop is... -
Coop/run plans - thoughts on this one?
Hello - we have 12 chicks coming in the spring. We have one coop already (long story there), but we'd like to build a coop and run for the new birds to live in once out of the brooder since the pre-fab options seem pretty crummy and/or overpriced. Plans are all over the place, and the options in...- FNF
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- Forum: Coop & Run - Design, Construction, & Maintenance
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What is going on with my ducks?
I have six runner ducks, all females. Three are about 18 months or so, the other three are closer to 6.5 months. After careful introduction, everyone was integrated successfully over a long period of time. They shared their little house and enclosed yard, and pond, pretty much without issue... -
Does anyone move chickens to tractors during day, back to coop at night?
We have 8 chickens (egg layers not meat birds) currently, with a plan to get another 8 or so chicks this spring. Our chickens have a nice coop with a run, and a large fenced "free range" area around a pond. It's a lot of space and they're pretty safe. That aside, we also have acres of pasture...- FNF
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- Forum: Coop & Run - Design, Construction, & Maintenance
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Pin feathers
Hello, hoping someone (@Miss Lydia ?) can assist...of my six runners ladies, three are over a year and three are about six months. They have all integrated pretty well finally though the younger ducks are bossy! Of the older, two of the three seem to be, or have already, molted, one hasn't... -
One weird poo
I keep my duck yard and house pretty clean and each evening hose away obvious poo from the grass. Tonight I spotted one weird poo. Not sure which of my six runners dropped it. All seemed fine today and this evening. Unsure how worried to be. Depending on what you read, it’s bacterial and scary... -
Input on deworming chickens and ducks
Hello - here's some background on my question: I lost a chicken a couple of weeks ago. After a state lab necropsy, it appears to be cancer, but in the process they also included this note in the interim report: “This hen was negative for Avian influenza and two species of Mycoplasma. A...- FNF
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- aquasol chickens & ducks liquid safeguard
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- Forum: Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures
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When it rains it pours
Howdy fellow flock owners, just a small venting of frustration because, well, misery loves company! With all of the joys of small scale hobby farming and owning birds and other animals, sometimes I get overwhelmed by the array of problems that tend to arise all at once. Does this happen to you...- FNF
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- Forum: Managing Your Flock
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Maybe impacted crop...maybe not?
Morning - I turn yet again for a health related question for one of my hens. To preface, she is molting right now and hasn't been laying eggs for at least a week. Last night I noticed her wings looked droopy - not tucked up on her body. It was not hot and no other bird was behaving that way. She...- FNF
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- chicken health advice impacted crop
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- Forum: Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures
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Possible bumblefoot in duck
I have an Indian runner that started limping today. I see a spot that I think is bumblefoot. I have an avian vet but can’t see her til Monday. In the meantime I have her separated in the run while the others free range so she would get picked on or walk too much. She has food and water. I was... -
Runner duck feathers / eggs
Feels like I've been posting questions about my ducks a lot recently :D. I have three ladies, about a year old this month. They've been very reliable layers with three eggs in the duck house each morning, up until the last two or three weeks or so. At first the drop seemed to be because one of... -
Emus - may need home for two young birds
My male emu, Fred, hatched four eggs. The chicks hatched end of January. They were collected at a day old and raised inside until they could go back out with him. He has been raising them with lots of human contact. They're friendly and healthy. They have been sexed by blood. The male is the...- FNF
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- Forum: Ostriches, Emu, Rheas
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Advice on feeding ducks of different ages
I have three 11-mo old runner ducks, all laying. I am adding three more in the next month (still in brooder inside). My first three are eating Mazuri food - mostly layer feed but sometimes mixed with maintenance feed. They free feed throughout the day and usually finish all their food, combined... -
Runner duck egg question
I have three runner ducks that started laying in late January. I get three eggs pretty reliably each day. Today I got three, good shells as always. I went to put them in their house tonight and as I was walking out of the pen I spotted a soft shell egg. I know this happens and can be considered... -
Indian Runner Duck supplements
I have three female runner ducks that I raised as ducklings (born July 2023). They are all laying as of a month or so ago, but I have noticed their bill color changing, one is particularly dramatic. I've read about the xanthophyll/melanin pigmentation and how that can get depleted when they... -
Marking emus
Hello all! I've posted previously about our mating pair of emus laying a clutch and four chicks hatching. I am raising them currently and they're about seven weeks old. Next week we go to the vet (field trip) for vaccinations and blood testing to determine sex (I was not able to match eggshell...- FNF
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- Forum: Ostriches, Emu, Rheas