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Hello....I am wondering about keeping a single duck. There were two, but I had to put the other down because of leg problems. Now this duck is by itself and it is about two years old. My husband says no more, but I don't care for it to be by itself. There is a pond at a subdivision my sister...

This may be a dumb question on my part but lately going out to check on my ducks, their feathers are frozen! I thought ducks cleans off the additional water to prevent that....should I be doing something?

I am so glad I found this thread about ducks laying in pond! I have three ducks, two laying and one just recently started. There is a duck house and a carport (hehe) that they were laying in. In the past they were both laying in the carport. Now the older duck is laying in the house and the...

Hello, Just curious as to the gender of this bird. No crowing but the red bothers me. I know that the roosters are lighter in color. But.......

Hello again! I am having difficulty with one of the chickens whether it is a hen or rooster. I have enclosed a pic showing two roosters on the left but the barred rock on the right I am not so sure. I am taking the two roosters to another home for breeding and I was going to throw the other...

Hello everyone! This may sound dumb but I need to know about grass fertilizer. My ducks are pretty much free range and are roaming the yard during the day and in the pen at night. My husband insist that we need to fertilize the yard with Scotts Southern lawn food and that it will not harm the...

I seem to have problems with my duck using her house. In her enclosure I have a 15 inch deep by 6 foot pool and the enclosure is 12 x 12. The house itself is 4x3 feet square. I have tried everything to get her to use it even throwing crickets inside (one of her favorite treats!) I am really...

Hello! Just received some ducklings from Metzer and they were in great health. No problems! On the legs, there were tape id tags designating the sex of the birds. Does anyone know if these will eventually come off or do I remove them myself?

Hello everyone! Need some advice on hardware cloth. On my chicken coop, I used the regular hardware cloth (small squares) to do the enclosure. Now I am working on a duck enclosure and found some poultry cloth made of a hard plastic colored in black or green from Home Depot. It looks like...

Hello everyone! Need some advise. Took my duckling to a avian specialist who at first told me to put him to sleep. He had a break in the leg up near the body. No X-rays. After a few tears from me, he then got on a forum with other specialists who said just to put him in a small box and...