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I came home and noticed one of my Pekins limping last week, and when I examined him I found his left leg was pretty swollen. I've been letting him rest in their duck house since then (except for a few times I let him swim on the pond - I thought it might be good for his leg). He can barely put...

We just bought this Cutrine Plus stuff to kill the rapidly-growing algae in our pond, but I was wondering if it could be harmful to our ducks, especially since they're out on pond all day drinking and eating from the water (they might even eat the algae, but I'm not sure.) Has anyone else used...

I noticed that most of my ducks have some sort of calloused lumps on the bottom of their feet. I've been looking at pictures of bumblefoot, and it seems my ducks don't have a "scab" or "plug" like the bumblefoot cases I read about, so I'm really hoping it's not that after all. None of them have...

When I went to put the ducks in their house for the night, I noticed our Pekin drake, Meatball, was limping. I checked his feet and saw what looks like a large swollen or infected spot near his back toe on his left foot. I can only assume from what I have read that this is bumblefoot. I'm...

Hello from southern Illinois, everybody! My family hopes to get ducks for our pond this spring, and I've been elected the official duck researcher. Our land is roughly six acres and the pond is about one acre. My guess is we'll want maybe ten ducks total, with a variety of breeds, to be kept...

Hi from southern Illinois, everyone! We've been hoping to get some ducks for our pond this spring, and I came across this great site and have been scouring it these past few days absorbing tons of information. I've already learned so much in this short time, and I look forward to learning...