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We brought her inside, and keep her in the garage at night. So she is safe from flies. As for antibiotics, I have not been using any. I have been using antiseptic to clean the wound, and a nutritive spray to ease discomfort. The feathers were torn away on the main part of the larger wound, and...

On Friday, a raccoon got to my ducks. We lost one, and another is injured. It has a cut on its wing and neck. Neither of the cuts are too bad, and we have been cleaning them to prevent infection. But, the injured wing isn't tucking in completely. I was wondering if I should tape it into...

I agree! Here is a pic of one of my Cayugas as a duckling if that helps you decide!

Does she have yellow on her chest? Do you know if she is a pure breed? She could be a Cayuga, black Swedish, a black runner, or a mix. Try to add more pics of different angles of the duckling. That might help people decide

I put mine out during nice days in a run at about 4 weeks old, and outside all the time with a heat lamp around 6 weeks. I removed the heat lamp when they were about fully feathered. If you can't have a heat lamp out there, I would just put them in a run on warm sunny days, and bring them in...

We bought these individual ones: http://www.arcatapet.com/item.cfm?cat=17536 I used size 9 for my Khakis, and size 12 for my Cayugas

Hi! I just leg-banded my ducks, and was wonder who here leg bands theirs? What do you use to leg band yours? I tagged mine because I am going to show them, and was a bit curious!

I have heard of giving them cat food for good feather condition during their molt if you are showing. Even so, it was to be given in small amounts.

Yep! It just happened to my Campbells too! It may take a while for the feathers to grow in, so a curled tail feather may show up. My ducks voice their opinions loudly to me , so I noticed a voice change in a few. The females loudly protest if I upset them!

Congrats with your ducklings! There could be a slight plumage difference in genders because they are a cross. But, I would wait until they are older to be sure. Then you could tell by their voice and plumage. Unless if you need to know right away.

Hi from Ohio! Good luck with your hatchings!

Sure!

Maybe! I have seen him displaying to the ducks This is a pic of him on our deck. I have also seen him on the neighbor's roof!

I'm not sure about having the ducklings and adults together. If the biting continues; you may want to separate them until the little ones are bigger.

So, I was aware that one of our neighbors had a peacock. We've seen him roaming around. Well, recently he has been visiting our ducks! It usually happens when they are waiting to be let out in the morning. We have even seen him show his tail to them! Neither seem bothered by this, but I am glad...

You can tell gender in a few ways. First is by their voice. Female ducks have the distinct quack that ducks are known for, males have a softer, rougher voice. Also, drakes have a curled feather on the tail when they are adults, female ducks do not. Hope that helps!