I have a pekin duck that is sitting on eggs. We found a dead duckling a couple of days ago and then found an alive one today that she seems to have no interest in. I have it inside now in a make shift nest on a heating pad on low. It has a small sore on its head but is alive and moving. Seems...
I just got my ducks this summer so I haven't had them yet over a winter. They have currently just been staying in my chicken run at night and have covered shelter under my chicken coop inside the run. I know they will need more cover over winter but I'm curious how much cover will be enough. I...
I got 4 pekin ducks and as I suspected I have 2 females and 2 males. We are prepared to rehome a male but I was curious how much of a problem this usually is? Will this make them more likely to try to mate with our chickens? I know that it has potential to be a problem, but was curious if it was...
New to ducks here 😊. I know they say you can't tell sex by tail feathers till they are older but the ducklings I have had since 1 week old till now at almost 3 weeks old have had tail feathers that either point distinctly upward with a curve or down. I was just curious if anyone has found this...
Still new to everything chicken. My adult chicken has stopped laying eggs for about 2 weeks now I noticed last week before we went out of town that she had started losing a few feathers. Got back in town yesterday and noticed she has lost quite a few feathers. She is still eating just fine and...
Not sure if this is normal because I'm very new to chickens. I just recently got my first ever chicks and am definitely learning new things every day from them. I wanted to get a couple hens that were already producing though as well so that I wouldn't have to wait so long to start having eggs...