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I wanted to take a moment and share a sweet story. First, some history on the ducks involved. A mallard drake named Chestnut and a khaki Campbell duck named Tokla. They were raised together since they were ducklings, but were different ages. We noticed almost immediately that they left their...

So, I am writing this for informational purposes. We have been doing lots of research on what may have been attacking our ducks. Why? Well, we just lost one of our beautiful saxony drakes and one of our silver Appleyard ducks was injured. We were shocked that our big boy (RIP Pinestone :hit)...

Hello, Our 4H leader ordered some chickens and was told they are Dutch bantam chickens. We have only one hen who is the light brown variety. We would like to get some pullets and a cockerel from our leader, but do not know if they are Dutch OR what variety we should get. Could someone who knows...

Greetings everyone! Yesterday evening, we found one of my daughter's ducks standing a bit odd with Hazey eyes. When we looked closer at him we realized he had wounds on both sides of his head. We brought him inside and rinsed his head as it was matted from dried blood. Nothing appears to be too...

This is the second time I have ever seen a bald eagle in my life, but the first time by my home. I was parking my car when an eagle flew around 20-40 ft above the ground over my duck pen which is along side of where I was parking. It was amazing, don't get me wrong, but then I got to thinking...

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I am FREAKING out right now! I looked out the window and my ducks were chasing one of the saxony ducks because she had something hanging out of her mouth. Well, I ran outside and it was a baby BUNNY! She was trying to swallow it whole. By the time I got to her, she had the bunny almost...

Hi, Our American chinchilla gave birth early this morning. I checked at 1:00 am and no babies, but at 8:30 yes babies. While she was laying in her nest we were trying to entice her off the nest when we noticed a baby which was not moving. We kinda panicked and removed her from her nest. This is...

Hi, We are redoing our duck pen and originally we had chainlink, then poultry netting which was temporary and now we are ready for a more permanent fence. 1) We would like to know what fence do or did you use and why you use or no longer use? 2) What type of predators did the fence face...

Hi everyone, I tried asking some questions about show saxony ducks and drakes, but I did not have response. Please if anyone shows saxony ducks share tips on what a judge looks for. Questions we currently have are: We have one drake and one duck which are larger than the other drake and duck...

Hi, We are new to incubating eggs. I want to make a homemade incubator, but I thought I should research what people usually buy for duck eggs. We would need an incubator for extra large eggs as we will be hatching khaki, welsh, appleyard, and saxony. What do you use? What do you like and...

Hello again, I was wondering what everyone does to prepare for poultry shows and how long prior to the show. We were told to separate a show duck from the flock around 8 weeks prior to a show. Also, our females are missing all their feathers on the back of their necks. What can we give them...

If you are not familiar with the name wildlife pond, it is a shallow pond with different depths and lots of vegetation, no filtration and it thrives off the nature. I would like to make one for viewing reasons, but thought I may make this in the ducks pen. However, I am afraid it would become...

We just picked up this little one. We have been duck people and thought we would add more chickens since one of our two bantams was taken by a hawk this winter. She is a bantam breed. She is gold, black, gray, and tan. She has feathered feet. Her legs are off white, faint yellow. Her beak has a...

Hello everyone, For the first time we ordered ducklings via mail. We chose Holderread. We ordered 10. My daughter is asking regularly about when the ducklings will arrive among other questions, but we have not heard anything. I would like to know any helpful information about your...

Okay, I started this thread in the incubating/hatching https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/861029/has-anyone-tried-gender-guessing-eggs-prior-to-hatching I am wanting to include duck theories too! Does anyone have any superstitions, methods, old wives tales, and etc, they use to sex prior to...

Hey, I just read an article which says you can guess the gender pretty accurately by the shape of the egg. The more round-oval the egg equals pullet, the more pointed equals cockerel . Has anyone attempted this? Please share any tricks, superstitions, or methods you use to hatch desired genders.

Hi everyone, We had only two bantam chickens and a small flock of ducks until yesterday when we noticed our little Black Widow (cochin bantam) was missing. Zero blood, just feathers. We looked for tracks could not find any. They are in a large fenced pen with houses and trees above. Our yard...

Hi everyone, My family lives in Michigan. My daughter is in 4-H and really wants Saxony ducks. However we have zero clue on where to buy show quality or them period. Can anyone give advice on the best place to buy them? Thanks so much