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I didn't know WI had the bird flu! What does that look like? And what do I do if it is mites? I will do the apple cider vinegar and treat his sores. Do I use full strength peroxide, or dilute it? Thanks for your advice!

Someone please help! I have any array of different ducks and a couple turkeys that all live together, so I'll give a summary as best I can of what I have and their situation. Saturday, my husband noticed scabs on our Muscovy drake, but didn't think to tell me. Yesterday, I saw them in the...

Hi. I was able to get picts on Saturday, and finally have a moment to post them. The black/white one is 2 yrs and the brown one is only a year old.

Hi. My female Rouen ducks have turned from a nice brown/tan color to a light tan with the edges of their feathers having white. The white feathers are also longer and do a criss-cross on their backs. I noticed this last fall in just one of them, and she was a mother of a large brood, so I...

Hi, We have started getting our duck eggs again this year, which is really nice for my son and friends who love them! Unfortunately, I am severely allergic to them, so have not been able to use them as much as I had hoped. We got a turkey hen in the last few months and she just started...

Thought I'd update on our ducks here, as no one seemed to have our situation with two ducks sitting on the same nest. We had two rouens sitting together and switching spots. At one point they did separate nests, but that only lasted a few days. By hatch day, they were back sharing. And in the...

In my experience, even though they have a nice clean kiddie pool to 'play' in, if they have access to a pond (even a dirty pond) they will prefer the dirty pond. Last year was our first with ducks and they used their pools well, but had not ventured far enough to find our ponds. This spring they...

Lacrystol, I can understand the appts and I'm sure the stress of planning your husbands OHS. Both my boys have had it done. I'll keep your family in mind in the near future. I hope all goes well.

Today was hatch day!!! I just had this feeling I should check them this morning (usually on weekends my wonderful hubby lets them out, gets eggs, etc. I know, I'm spoiled :) ) I was surprised to see the mamas all puffed up and quite upset I even came in the house. They usually had just gotten...

She is protected now and the last few days all the time now I guess my question now is, how do I get her to eat and drink? There is no way to force it on her. She is very wary and energetic and has never been one to eat or drink much.

To update, they still have two nests right next to each other but they each sit on either. They are both sitting hard and refusing to budge when I try to get them out to eat and drink. But when I stopped trying, they started coming out once a day. They quack the whole time, and if I leave they...

I'm wondering how long it takes for new feathers to grow back in? Our mama duck who's sitting now had a bare neck from being pestered so bad by the drakes. Around the end of April she started sitting and the guys left her alone except to chase her when she came out (she won't stop quacking the...

Well today they each have a nest. Separate but still in the same box, inches from each other. Each nest has 11 eggs, and when they went back to them they did each go back to the nest they had been sitting in. This is going to be interesting!

One of our ducks went broody around the end of April, and I stopped gathering the eggs in her nest. Within a couple days, MANY other of our ducks were laying in that nest too. In 6-7 days she was sitting 22 eggs!!! I read around and learned to number the eggs and take the newest ones out. So I...

Just like that, it all has been decided for me... She gone broody!! Oh dear, now what will we do? Maybe that will be decided for me too?! ;)

We have done craigslist. We've sold some that way, but with only one returning customer once. I have scrambled them and fed them back to the ducks, but they don't eat it and it ends up molding if I leave it more than a day (yuck, and not safe for them to eat it then either). I give them to the...

Hi, We have laying ducks right now, and we are feeding them a laying pellet and cracked corn. We do not have much market or use for ALL THESE EGGS! I'm wondering if we stop feeding them the laying pellet if they would stop laying, or lay less? We are getting 5-7 a day, and can only use 1-4 a...

Thought I'd update and what I found out about me and our eggs. My boys and hubby can eat our duck eggs, but I get violently sick when I eat them. I did some research and found out that I am allergic to them. There are people that can eat chicken eggs but not duck eggs, and vice versa. Some...

We've been getting eggs for about a month now. We're eating them and all was fine. Now the last two times that I've eaten them, I've gotten very sick! What we're doing: When they are cracked from being frozen, we either throw them in the garden or give them to the outside cats. My hubby read...

I came on here to ask about the weather and ducks too... We've had -10* already, but Monday is supposed to be a HIGH of -12*F. When do you become concerned with frozen/frost bit feet? We have a house for them, but they prefer to stay out during most of the day unless it's been cold and windy...