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glad you like our duck haven ;) thanks guys :)

Here's our duck house & pen. It's got a 113 litre pool (with drain external drain tap). Inside the house has a solar powered internal light, auto feeder and drinker plus a little hideaway section in the back corner with semi-transparent tinted front wall so they can still see out from their...

one of my pekins pants during the hotter days (like a dog!) She's about 1/4 size bigger than the other pekin who doesn't seem to feel the heat as much Gets hot here - 40+ deg C during summer. Once the temp cools off early evening her breathing returns

thanks for the tip fortunately I haven't seen rats around here, only small field mice

well that's cool :) I know my sisters chickens kill mice, just never heard of ducks doing it ever since building the duck house, we've had a family of mice move under the duck house. I was concerned they'd get out of control, but the next door neighbours cat got one last week and the duck got...

this afternoon I saw one of our pekins catch a mouse and eat it I've never heard of ducks eating mice, is this normal ?

ah very good, thanks for that link, that lays to rest my concerns They have just started laying eggs over the last month. Only 2 eggs so far, but that all makes sense now thanks for your help

she's a girl, about 6 months old now I haven't got any photos of the spots at the moment, but can get some on the weekend if needed

my 2 pekins go nuts over peas I don't even bother defrosting the frozen peas because they don't even seem to chew them it's like watching the cookie monster from sesame street eat cookies. I drop a handful of peas on the ground and the girls go wild. Peas flying in the air as they peck away...

one of my Pekin ducks seems to be developing some small black dots on her bill, looks like mould to me..... looks like black mould dots that you tend to find in the bathroom is this normal/harmless, or is it something that needs to be treated ?

yeah don't stress we got our 2 pekins when they were a few days old. We nursed them had them sitting on our shoulder, they'd snuggle into our neck. They'd 'peep peep peep' everytime we left them alone. After about 2 weeks they turned off us- they didn't want anything to do with us. Run away &...

we leave our 2 ducks in their coop (it's a fairly large coop for 2 ducks) over long weekends away. They have a good supply of straw, water, food and protection from the sun, rain and wind. They look after themselves fine. Although as soon as we get back home we know about it...... HONK HONK...

I think it's normal for ducks to have a big appetite I've raised 2 pekins from 1 week old, they are now going on almost 5 months old and haven't slowed their eating habits I've always left food in their coop to eat as they please. They don't seem to be overweight or anything, so I figure they...

the new duck house is more or less finished - just have a little more painting to do The girls shifted in a few weeks ago, they seem to have taken to it well. Lots more room for them to play compared to the old one (they spend a lot of time locked up because I have to go to work all day). And...

lol, sounds familiar my pekins have only recently started doing a similar thing. They stand upright flapping their wings feverishly and then start running and jump into the air. After that they usually do a little victory run - ie run around in a circle with their bill wide open like they are...

probably good idea to choose an acrylic for the inside at least. I find my ducks tend to nibble at the timber, acrylics are usually less toxic than enamels

khaki campbells can fly too can't they ? if so it might be something to consider

I've never owned chickens myself (in fact my 2 pekins are the very first poultry I've ever had) My sister has chickens though. I do find them interesting, but they just don't seem to have the same sort of character traits or novelty factor as ducks. I first became interested in ducks when I saw...

I found my 2 pekins really seemed to enjoy being handled up until about 3 weeks old. After that they seemed to resent being handled and the more we handled them (necessary at that age/size to move them in and out of their coop and pool), the more they seemed to fear us. So I put steps near the...