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We currently have our 4 month old aylesbury hen separated from our 2.5 year pekin drake. She is fine with our 2 year old campbell hen, no pecking. But we put them together when we can supervise, our drake is trying to mate her. Is she too young? I'm worried if he's successful it may cause...

Hi I was just wondering what is the best way to keep ducks warm in the winter. I was toying with the idea of getting an electric heat mat but there is the obvious risk of dry hay and electricity. I have also thought of hanging a heat lamp from the roof of their coop but with the coop not...

My beautiful baby girl (8 month old white Campbell ) is acting odd. She keeps pointing her tail down, almost like a dog tucks it's tail between its legs. And can be a bit stroppy. Separately she also has a thinning patch underneath her top layer of feathers where her feathers look matted with a...

Recently my female duck has seemed to have lost a bit of weight and looks ''haggard'' round the eyes, although she seems happy and is eating her favourite treat (dried mealworms) enthusiastically. I have just noticed today though that she has a white mucus dripping from her bottom. considering...

I am very very sad to say that my beautiful Mango died yesterday at only 3 and a half months, he has left his distraught sister and mum (me) behind. he was all weak and wobbly and wouldnt eat or drink much, took him to the vets and within hours he died, the vets said it was kidney failure. i am...

my ducks have started crying real tears?? it seems to be when they are preening themselves, but not all the time, its only occaisionally. is this something i should be worried about?

Help! my duck just swallowed a rubber band, i tried to get it out of his mouth but he was too quick for me. he seems completely fine but im worried about him!!!! will it hurt him at all or will he pass it ok? distraught mum here!

My 4 week old duckling started limping the other day and it has gotten progressively worse to the point where he can no longer put any weight on it. Took him to the vets and they gave me an anti inflammatory and pain relief for dogs (very small animal dosage for weight of duck), they said to...

HELP! my 3 week old duckling has a stumpy wing. I have only just noticed that her wing hasn't developed properly. she has the main bit coming from her body but where the 'elbow' is supposed to be there is no protruding wing! its just on her right hand side. I was sure she had normal looking...

Hi everyone, Im a new duck mum! we bought our two ducklings when they were 9 days old, they are now 18 days old and when we first brought them home they were petrified of us, cowering in the corner and moving away if we even reached for them, im guessing they imprinted on eachother as one was...