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Rehoming 2 drakes near Pittsburgh PA
Hello everyone, I have 2 drakes Pie and Potato (Pekin and Khaki Campbell) that I need to re home, they are great ducks and Pie is a sweetheart, but I don't have enough female ducks to have a healthy balance for them so they need to go to a better home. I don't want them to go on to a dinner...- Ducketts
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Re feather in time?
Hey everyone, Finally all my new ducklings are old enough to take the stress from mating off my less mobile duck. But she was over mated for a while and her feathers took a good bit of the burnt. Her wings are pretty bare and it's October. I was wondering if she would be able to feather up in... -
Drakes picky maters
I was wondering if anyone had some insight on the mating habits of drakes or lack there of. I have a small flock of 8 fluffy ones 2 are drakes(Pie-pekin, Potato-khaki 10mo) and 6 are ducks(Quackster and Socks-pekin 1y4mo, Cinnamon-Rouen 10mo, Millebee-buff-13w, Maggie-magpie 13w and Hazel-silver... -
Silver apple yard not weighting foot
So I went out to give my girls a treat bowl. To notice Hazel my silver apple yard limping pretty bad, to the point she would barely weight her foot. But she hobbled over for her peas, berries kale, mealworms and tomato bowl spiked with some brewers yeast and b complex with the rest of the flock... -
Thin shelled eggs from laying duck in coop with 11 week old ducklings
So I got quite the odd situation. I have one duck that lays eggs and they keep getting eaten. I am seeing that it's because the shells are thin and easily break. The flock as oyster shell and is getting Purina Duck feed. The logical answer in my thinking is to give them layer feed. The only... -
Yarrow and ducks
Hey everyone, I like to plant a decent sized herb garden that my ducks have free range over as well as myself. I usually plant run of the mill herbs but I put ecenacia in it this year and I was thinking of adding yarrow. Is yarrow duck safe? -
Rouen targeting one Pekin ducks eggs
So it seems my Rouen (cinnamon) is eating my one Perkins (Quackster) eggs. I'm not sure why, they get Purina duck feed and have 2 bowls of oyster shells in their coop. I put wooden eggs in their coop to try to remedy the situation to no avail. She was raised with the 2 boys who share a divided... -
Wide stance silver appleyard
Hey everyone, I got me 3 new babies from Metzers 1 magpie, one buff and one silver appleyard. The magpie and buff are doing really well and the silver a is healthy, but she has a wide stance compared to the other 2. She seems to be moving around just fine but she does seem to plop down for a... -
Eye injury from drake
Hey everyone, My largest Pekin duck got a little too much attention from my khaki and he but her eye, it's swollen pretty good and is now starting to get a little foamy. It didn't have foam last night, just the swelling. I have been irritating it since I noticed it swelling with home made... -
Fighting, mating or molting?
Hey y'all, First and foremost Merry Christmas! I just let my flock out and I noticed on my one pekin duck, her feathers are missing in spots one each side of her shoulders. I do see feathers in their coop as well so it is happening inside the coop, which has plenty of space. They all get along... -
Pink bill divots?
I just noticed these divots on my one pekins bill. I am not sure where they came from, but they were not there the last time I had them out in the yard free ranging, which was 2 days ago, but they have been out all day today .Their coop is all sealed with cage wire so I don't think anything got... -
Uh oh, drake
So odd situation. I get my ducks from straight rubs and I ended up getting a drake in my last batch. I prominently have ducks for eggs for myself, and I give the spare eggs to friends and co workers. Now that I have a drake in the flock, are the eggs going to be fertilized? And if so , what is... -
Bullying new ducklings
Hello everyone! New member and recent duck owner. I got 2 pekins back in March and a little over a month I got 3 more ducklings, 1 pekin, one khaki and one rouen. I gave them a little over 4 weeks to introduce them like I was recommended, but the issue is my one larger lady pekin is chasing the...