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HELP!!!!! SICK DUCK! PLEASE
My female pekin is acting really sick. I came home from work this afternoon and she was not acting well. I went out to feed them, and I couldnt find her. She is three years old. She was hiding under my cargo trailer. It is super hot here so I wasnt concerned, but She didnt come for food, and... -
3 ducks need new home in New Orleans
I have 2 pekins ( 1 drake, 1 hen) and a black swedish hen. We just sold our house and are moving, and no place will allow them plus our dogs. The 2 hens lay an egg a day, and the black swedish is a very good mommy, she has sucessfully hatched 2 clutches. The male is very tame and loving. The all...- Kmoreau
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New to hatching... Now what?
My husband and I are usually very good about picking up the eggs in the yard, but these past 2 weeks have been crazy. One of my female ducks was attacked by my new puppy...it was my faul for not make sure the pen was locked... She is ok now and has since rejoined th flock. My other female... -
Ducks sharing nest?
I have a Pekin and a black Swedish hen. The black Swedish just started laying about 3 months ago, the Pekin has been laying for over a year. I also have one Pekin drake. Well I haven't been collecting eggs as often as I did... And I guess my girls found a place they liked to nest at together... -
North Alabama owners available for boarding???
I am reaching out to anyone who has advice or can help. Hurricane season is upon us and it looks like we might be in the real thick of it. I live in New Orleans, and my husband is in the coast guard... that fact alone makes hurricane evacuations very stressful. Now add the fact that we have... -
Confused about ducks color
My black Swedish pekin mix is only 3 months old. She had just gotten her adult feathers in. I know she is a mix but I was just wondering if it is normal on a black Swedish to have the beetle green sheen. I have heard it mentioned in reference to cayugas, black east indies, and Muscovies, but... -
Hatching Black Swedish from Blue
I know that it is possible to get black swedish from blue swedish parents, but what is the probability? I am wanting a black swedish duckling really badly, just as a pet (not show). I have been looking around and no one here has them local. My friend was going to place a chick order with ideal... -
advice on ordering more and selling the rest?
I finally got the approval from my husband to get one maybe 2 more ducklings. YAY. I am probably going to go with metzer's unless I can find them local (which no one seems to have). I want a black swedish. We a few months ago, I won the black duck contest with metzer and I have a $40 gift... -
Blue/Black Swedish Ducks
I really need another hen to add to my flock. I am wanting a black swedish. If anyone has a duckling, or anyone looking to split an order in the New Orleans area (up to 60 miles) who might be interested in splitting an order please let me know. I would be ready the begining of Feb. I wouldnt...- Kmoreau
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Sprained/Broken Duck Leg... Please Help
We have an above ground pool, and occassionally when the weather has been nice, I let my ducks swim in it... since I wont be until alteast next spring anyway. Well the other night, I put them in the big pool and I went to run so errands. They have never tried to jump out on their own and are...- Kmoreau
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Broken or Sprained???? Help Please
We have an above ground pool, and occassionally when the weather has been nice, I let my ducks swim in it... since I wont be until alteast next spring anyway. Well the other night, I put them in the big pool and I went to run so errands. They have never tried to jump out on their own and are... -
OK to feed drake layena?
I have 1 drake and 1 hen...( i know, i know... he needs atleast 3 hens to keep them all safe, but he is really easy with her, and only breeds when she wants too...i.e. if he head bobs and she head bobs, its game on. If he head bobs and she doesnt he will wait. (plus I want to get ducklings in... -
Duck hiding nest
Any advice on keeping a duck from hiding a nest. Last week I found her hiden nest of 16 eggs under my shed... I didnt even know she had started laying. Well now she wont lay in the same nest if i take her eggs... now she has anoter nest under my shed that I cant yet get to. I am asking for any... -
Duck sounds like Donkey
my peklin drake lately has been making a donkey "hee haw" sound. Mostly only when he is swimming. I have listened to his lungs with a stethescope and it all sounds clear and there is no discharge or drainage. Is his just making weird noises, or could something be wrong? anyone else's duck make... -
Eggs, Eggs, Eggs and More Eggs!!!!! YAy
I have been waiting for my little Grace to lay eggs for months now. I wasnt sure if she was even going to start laying til the spring. She just turned 6 months, and I was kind of wanting to speed up the egg process. She eats layena crumbles and free ranges with my drake. Lately she has been... -
Depressed dogs+ Mean duck=bruised momma
I am so sad and disappointed in my Pekin drake Goose. He was the sweetest duck ever. He just made 8 months. I have never seen him try to mate my female, and in fact he very gentle with her. Ever since he was a baby, he has been around my dogs and vice versa. He acts like a dog. They all played... -
Duck house out of brick?
I am renovating my house and we took down and interior brick wall. we have a lot of extra brick. I am going to be building my duck pen, by next month. We are putting in up a wrought iron fence around it, and were thinking about what kind of house we could build. I had the idea to build it using... -
Underweight pekin
I have had my little girl vet checked, and he said everything seems great but she may be a little underweight. She is now 4 months old, and weighs about 4 pounds, also going through her first molt. My drake is six months old and weighs 8. He is double her size. I know that males are suppose to... -
Safe herbs And plants for duckies
I am looking at building a new duck pen at my new house, it's going to be black iron fencing, and they will have a pool, and a dog house inside. I dont have any predator issues, My entire backyard is fenced, and my dogs tend to keep any predators away, not to mention my Pekins are huge!!! They... -
Good luck with lee
All of you on the gulf coast are in my thoughts and prayers. I know here in new orleans we are preparing for the worst, it looks like a wet and flooding week ahead. My duckies are being locked up in the shed because of the heavy winds and downpours. Tonight, I figured they would put up a fight...