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Today I had a text saying I have a new friend. Seems Hei Hei here escaped from somewhere and my husband picked her up and put her in our old chicken coop. By the time I got home she was settled in. She's very friendly, eating well, and I set up a new nest box with extra hay for her. She even...

Hi. I recently adopted a female diamond dove with a foot that is deformed and will never open. I only know she's a female because she had 2 eggs in her little nest when I brought her home. My question is if it is safe to put another dove with her. Will a second dove pick on her or will they live...

So my crested duck decided she was going to nest and I was unsure if all of her efforts were wasted. She decided that the best place to nest would be in the fire pit under the Christmas tree. All sorts of oil has been poured there and yard trash burned over the years. We kept moving the eggs and...

My Mo turned out to be the broody duck. She's my 1st brooder. I have 3 other ducks, a drake, and a 1/2 grown drake. Then a barred hen, Jersey pair, and RIR pair. Of all the ducks I had hoped Mo would be the last to lay, knowing the statistics on crested hatches and all. But I placed a few eggs...

Is my Daisy Mae really a dude? I just can't tell. She's not quite brightly colored or dull. Any ideas? She was in the pullet bin and is around 4-5 weeks I believe.

Can I give the chicks some kind of bath? They were fine for a while but today these guys must have had a food fight Can I put them in the bathtub with a tiny bit of water (like just enough to cover their feet)? I hate seeing them so filthy.

So last year I go the cutest 6 ducklings. I was excited about watching them grow, seeing what they would look like as adults, collecting the eggs, and just watching them be ducks. I ended up with 2 pekin drakes, and the rest were 2 rouens, a black runner (mix?), and a crested (mix?). We still...

So, my ducks will be a year old March 28th. I have one drake, a pekin, the ducks consist of a white crested, 2 rouens, and a runner mix of some sort. My girls have been laying since the fall but none seem interested in hatching the next generation. I'm in Georgia so its not nearly as cold as...

So, I've been a bit disappointed the last few weeks. One of my male ducks was eaten (slightly) by an owl and my females have stopped laying all together for over a week now. I have put so much time and effort into raising these little guys. Then today it came to me. I make about 30-50...

I love watching these guys. Its showing all different kinds of ducks on the public broadcasting channel

So, I've been checking the pen everyday with no luck. My husband decides letting them run around the yard when he cut the grass was a good idea so they've been out for 2 days. I went to feed them this morning and out in the middle the back yard is the 1st egg! I pick it up, put it to the side...

I came home from work the other day and did the usual looking to the back fence and counting ducks. I counted 5 and got worried b/c I had seen a hawk that morning watching my rabbits. I walked around the usual spots but found no Duckie. I noticed Moe was being a bit sluggish as well, which as...

I have 6 ducks- 2 male Pekins and 4 females- 2 Rouens, a Cayuga (maybe), and a crested (something). I've had them since the day after they hatched in mid-late March. So far I've seen no eggs but the pekins have curly tail feathers. They also haven't shown any "adult" behaviors yet either. Maybe...

So my ducks are almost 4 weeks old now. They have their space in the pen and take daily walks around the yard with me. We have a small pond we made ourselves (they're in it on my profile pic) that they have gotten in every few days since they were about 4 days old. But this week every time I've...

So, I'm running out of the starter feed and I'm wondering what the best feed is for my ducks. They'll be 4 wks old Thursday and the ppl who work at the TSC here are about clueless on anything but taking money at the register. What do you guys use? My ducks are also a mix of Pekin, Rouen, and...

I want to find a way to tell my pekins apart but the bands I have found online seem more for collectables than actual use. Is there something else I can use or is there a website anyone recommends?

So, I have had this crested duckling (we call him Moe-short for Mohawk) 1 week tomorrow. He (or she) has gotten increasingly dark every day and has a "dirty" look in its head and back. It was in with the "assorted" unsexed ducklings at Tractor Supply Company. I assumed it was just a white...