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Awesome I'll have to try that tomorrow. I'm pretty sure he's just the run of the mill American Game bantam but I think he's absolutely lovely. Though somehow none of our hens have ever made anymore like him. :(

He attacks when you go to get eggs and what not, I've never even attempted to pick him up because of that.

I've got a little rooster who is absolutely beautiful and I wanted to ask you guys if you knew of a particular breed and whatnot, but he is an absolute terror. He's a pain in the butt, but I have to find a way to handle him. Any suggestions?

It's a really bad idea to take them away from her at that point... I don't feel like it would be good for the mother, honestly.

You REALLY should take her to the vet if you can... If not you'll have to set the bone and wrap it up. I've never dealt with broken bones in birds and I am fully aware that their bones are very different to that of mammals but that is the only thing I could think to do for the poor girl.

I don't have much experience with Muscovy ducks but I know they are very protective and caring mothers. She probably wouldn't handle you taking them away but I doubt she'd fly away to find them. She will probably be depressed for a while.

As soon as I got my guys out to the pool it started thundering. :l This is crap. They finally all got in the dang thing ( I have to put them in there, they refuse to use the ladder/board/ramp thing) and they were all bobbing around and diving then immediately got out. I never realized how much...

Glad to know my girls are happy then! :)

A male, as far as I know, can't muster up a quack. They are usually very very quiet. Females seem to have a strange little chatter that they do constantly that sounds like a quiet little honk, only quacking when excited.

I usually don't trim mine, I just deal with the scratches. When they DO get too long or they are particularly sharp I file them to the appropriate length and that usually helps minimize the damage the ducklings do.

My males, now almost two months old are just starting to lose their peep. Usually by 8 weeks if its not quacking/trying to quack then its probably a boy. Though there are some "late quackers" out there.

I had been thinking about re-homing one of my mallard drakes and I have officially decided against it. I took both of them in the house yesterday for the first time in about a month and they stopped being butts and snuggled and chilled out. Guess I'm going to have to find them some girlfriends...

It's all good! He/she is doing just fine being the little turd that it is! :) They are about to have their first bath as soon as this storm goes over! They are currently alternating between standing on my computer, attacking my phone, and attempting to murder a little mouse toy they love to play...

That or nose hairs! They also enjoy pecking at lips, eyebrows, and that one spot on my keyboard where key broke off and left the little nib thing. That's their favorite for sure. The smallest one also recently found out she was part mountain goat as I had a huge pile of blankets on my bed that...

^ That's much better than I could have worded it, for sure! I'm actually going to implement the reassuring talk with my own guys, never really thought of that before.

At this point, with the ducks I got at an older age, it seems to be as good as I can get. My little Khakis will snuggle up and fall asleep with me on the deck while the mallards roam around and accept that I'm there. They have slowly started warming up but I have to spend an hour or so with them...

I've found that if you start to treat them whenever you see them they will like you more, mostly because they expect food. Teaching hand feeding is a must with ducks/ducklings. I didn't do it with my first two and they aren't mean and they have never hissed at me but they refuse to come near me...

That's for sure. My Khaki trio was a group of calm little angels compared to these two! All they want to do is run in circles and shove their beaks in peoples noses. They have yet to grasp the concept that noses are not alternative food sources.

In the first picture it looks like a Pekin and maybe a PekinxMallard mix. If you had another picture of that one it would be helpful. I'm not sure about the one on the left in the second picture but I'm almost positive the other is a Mallard.

Finally got a few pictures of the Runners. They never sit still! Taking a breather: Dramatic action shot: