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Next summer I will be moving across the country - close to two thousand miles. I will have a rented moving truck, and behind it a trailer with my car on the trailer. I am moving with two large dogs, one of whom thinks ducks are tasty snacks, one cat, one hen and fourteen ducks. The dogs will...

On this thread, post any information / experience you have with trying to hatch eggs that have been in the refrigerator.

Question - can a duck get too much sand in its gizzard? I'm thinking of adding sand to all my duck runs. Right now my ducks are on clay and their feet dry out too much. They get bumblefeet. But they are always digging in the clay and eating clay when I throw out salad and stuff. I know...

I'm really struggling today. I had six awesome little ducklings that were about three weeks old. I raised them in the house. They were just starting to show distinct personalities. This was one of the sweetest and tamest batch of ducklings I have ever raised. They were getting too big to...

This is a new thread. Please post anything you know about controlling pain in ducks. All kinds of pain. For all kinds of reasons.

This is to start a thread where we can discuss duck autopsies (also called necropsies). This is a place to discuss any that we do ourselves, to explain what we find... and to learn, so that we can, sometimes, help protect other ducks.

On this thread, please post anything and everything having to do with egg color genetics.

My friend is losing her entire flock to disease. At first symptoms looked like possible botulism. Listless sick duck, after a few hours difficulty walking, then seizures, then death. Of 17 birds, 3-4 died. Flock was moved to other side of yard. Everything was scrubbed, bleached, cleaned...

Does anyone know if Welsh Harlequins of Holderread stock ever - Have head stripes (M+) genes? - Have yellow bills? I have offspring from a cross between runners and harlequins that suggest my Harlequin boy had one M+ gene and that my Harlequin girl had one "yellow bill" gene.

Holderread suggests the following for bill color: 1) Skin color is pink or orange. If pink, bill is pink - and if skin is orange (or yellow), bill is orange. 2) This color is covered in the females by a "saddle" marking of varying size. 3) If the underlying color is pink, males tend to have...

My handicapped drake Apple has had a prolapsed penis for several months now. This prevents him from spending time outside with the others as his prolapse dries out too much if he is on the dirt. I have heard that penectomies are fairly simple for drakes and do not hamper them in their daily...

I would like to try to get Apple walking. I need ideas... Apple's right leg doesn't work (paralysis as a result of West Nile virus). On that leg, he does have some slight muscle tone where the leg connects to the body, so that if the external leg is well wrapped with a prosthetic support, he...

I have also posted this under emergencies. Help! Any ideas? My duck has lumps on her bill. The lumps are between the nostrils and the top of the bill. She has a hard time breathing. The problem is only in her nose (bill)... if I force her mouth open she breathes easily. The lump on one...

My duck has a swollen bill between the nostrils and the top of the bill, more on one side than the other but on both sides. She is beginning to find it hard to breathe through her bill. Her cheeks move in and out with each breath. (If I force her mouth open, she breathes perfectly easily...

At first he was fat and I noticed he began to walk less willingly. I thought he was just overweight. A couple of days later I saw him fall over, and I picked him up and saw he was very skinny. I brought him in the house. It has now been several days (4-5) and he is no better and no worse...

The following predators have walked through my fenced yard - even though I have a dog on guard! Anyone know what they are? The first, above, has long fingers. Second photo has my fingertip for size reference. Raccoon or possum or??? This second print is TOO SMALL to be my own dog...

When I offered my duckling vitamin water, she tried to drink but then it went down the wrong hole. She coughed and was fine, but then developped aspiration pneumonia. Her lungs crackle and make noises each time she breathes. I put her on Oxytetracycline, which I had at home. She began to eat...

Tractor Supply sells ducklings but does not give information on which breed they are. This thread is to help people identify the ducklings they have obtained from TSC.

This thread is to post websites, articles, and other references about all aspects of ducks. This will be helpful as the number of duck books in local libraries is always limited.

It may be possible to hatch a clean, broken egg without its egg shell. See the following video: It shows an egg that is incubated without its shell. It reportedly resulted in a chick! If anyone tries this, please post the results on this thread.