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Hello! I've found this site is wonderful and full of helpful people. I was wondering if anyone could please help me with my newest duck problem. I noticed a couple of weeks ago my 2year old Campbell's wing feathers looked a little ratty on the ends. But, when I looked closer I saw that it wasn't...

hello, I have loved BYC ever since the day I found it! I have found lots of help and I hope I can find some again. My 1-year old Cayuga, belle has recently been acting strange. She is normally happy and forages with the flock. But she has been acting different for about a week. It started with...

Hello fellow duck lovers. I have read soooo many stories on here about how many people built their house and run for their ducks. So I thought I would share my progress. I started building the home for my four ducks awhile back with my mother. We had to build this because I have four ducks now...

My 6-month old duck is sick i think. Her name is tilly and she is a khaki campbell. I have never had experience with this issue before. I have searched the stickies and all other forums and the only thing I found was that mostly sounded like her was eggbound. Let me explain what is happening...

Hello, I know a lot of things about ducks . The other day I realized I know nothing about eggs and ducks. So here are my questions: Do ducks lay every day? Do they benefit from egg shell hardening supplements? *I don't even care if they don't lay,they are my pets* does one duck egg...

Hello. I will have up to four ducks soon. I am not sure how many I will really have because one might die during or after shipping. So if everything goes alright, I will have four ducks. I have a plan for an outside pen: Next to my garage there is a GIANT bush and a tree with other debris. I...

I just picjked up my two little ducklings from the post off ice , One is lively and the other one seems sickly,. She is a cayuga and she took a drink in tge bath tub and has ben throwing her back into the air. Like she has a hard time getting it down. She also has a really small squishy lump...

Hello. I am expecting two ducklings from metzer farms. I want to see everyones duckling and ducks!!!Thank you. Also, check out my duckling brooders. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/815465/come-check-out-my-set-up

I thought I would share some pictures of my duckling brooder and my big-duck brooder. So, criticism is welcome if needed. I love this set-up much better than my other one for my other duck.I got a whole bunch of ideas from the duck forum on here and I mushed- them together and got this: Its so...

Well I made a homemade waterer for my ducklings that will come soon.H ow does it look? I can always make more when they get older. Now that I look at it, I think the hole is to big and the ducklings may get tempted to jump in. S I'll cover it with tape until they are too big to fit in it. They...

I was looking at sickness in ducklings on byc and I found a couple threads that said the ducklings "crops" were full.> What is that? And what does it mean?Thank you.

Hi. I had two ducklings with the same food and water dish as in the pictures . I am getting two more ducklings soon. When I had the first two I didn't have the food and water dishes on anything so I cleaned their brooder twice a day. But I wanted some help this time around with my new...

Dear friends, Just five months ago I started asking questions about how to care for my two little ducklings. As much as I asked and blabbed about my traumatic and terrible way to start out raising ducks, all of you helped me out. You have also helped me out with questions I have asked about...

Hi. I want to order two ducklings from metzer. I live in IL so is it a good idea to get the gro-gel stuff that they have? Has anyone else ever order two ducklings and did NOT get the gro-gel? Did your little one arrive dead? Please help! Thank you.

I have a four month old khaki campbell duck. Am I supposed to be giving her niacin every day in her water? Also, I'm getting two more ducklings from metzer and am I supposed to give them niacin every day even if their healthy and dont NEED it? Thank you.

I'm getting a welsh harlequin duckling and a cayuga as well. I don't know what to name them, so I thought I would go to my favorite website for help. Thank you.

I am going to get two little ducklings from Metzer farms through the mail. I am getting a cayuga and a welsh harlequin. I know what the WH will look like when its a baby and an adult. But I don't know how to tell if my cayuga is a male or female. How dod you tell if a cayuga is a male or female...

Well you might have read my other thread titled "getting two ducks on march 20th". If you did read it then you know one duckling died and the other is a sweetheart. Well now im getting two more ducklings to keep my little tilly company. I'll make sure to post pics as soon as they arrive.

I have a khaki campbell duck. I plan on ordering two more ducks. I dont want any more khakies. I want a welsh harlequin. So that leaves me with one more duck to get. Does anybody else know any four pound duck breeds? P.S. I want pretty ducks as pets. Thank you!

I want to order some ducks. I was wondering if anyone knows any hatcheries in northern Illinois.