Does anyone know of any good cordless heated waterers that would work for ducks? It has to be able to survive Wisconsin winters (potentially -40° temps). I'm going need to move my ducks to an area too far from my house and garage to plug in my current heated waterer.
I can’t tell if my duck has some frostbite on her feet or if it's just the color of her feet. I know when she was a duckling she had some black on the webbing but I don't pay close enough attention to her feet to know now.
Does anyone else have a hard time getting their ducks out of their pool at night? Mine are extremely hard to get out of the pool at night when I go to get them in the coop. Would love any advice on how to make this less of a problem
Does anyone filter their ducks' above ground pool? I have one for my ducks, its not huge, but it still takes a while to drain and fill back up. Is it worth it? Where can I find a filter and what's the price range? Anything else I should know about filters?
Does anyone have pictures of 4 week old pastel, splash, and white call ducklings? I'm trying to figure out what color my ducklings and can only find pictures of young ducklings or fully feathered ducks.
One of my call ducklings that's hatching had a deformed beak. The beak is crooked, the tongue is sticking out, and looks too small. It hasn't hatched yet, but what do I need to do to help it once it does?
You can kind of see the tongue sticking out in the picture
I'm wondering why two out of seven of my call duck eggs in the incubator died? I would guess they were somewhere between 8-12 days old when they stopped developing. The rest of the eggs look totally fine and I've hatched two other batches of eggs and no dead embryos. Is it just something that...
My two drakes have been picking on one of my 3 hens. They aren't overmating her but it does look like the feathers on the side of her chest are getting pulled on. They run at her when she gets near and peck at her. I will be getting more ducks to even out my ratio and I ordered a crate for drake...
I can't tell if my call hen has a prolapsed vent? She's about 8 months old and started laying last week. Her vent area looks reddish and possibly like something is protruding. What do I need to do to fix this if it is a prolapse?
How can I keep poop from freezing to my ducks' feathers? There has been 4 times this winter (my first year with ducks and I'm in Wisconsin) that some of my ducks have come out of their coop with poop frozen to their butt feathers. Is this something that can be super harmful?
Does anyone have pictures of what frostbite looks like on ducks as it progresses? I've only been able to find pictures of severe frostbite and I want to know what it looks like before it gets to that point so I can avoid that.
Also is there anyway to prevent frostbite?
I broke my duck waterer trying to break ice up (I kicked the side and a piece of plastic snapped off 😬). Does anyone know of a way to fix it? It's a heated waterer and cost more than I'm willing to spend again to replace it.
Part of the gray bowl broke
What are some fruits/veggies that are safe for ducks to eat? Any that aren't safe? I would love to have a list to reference when I want to give my ducks some treats!