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  1. RachG75

    Need a new home for 2 ducks, Central IL

    I am bawling. I just told my son. He took it way better than I thought. He just wants them safe and happy. I think after 2 years with ducks I'm the one who is actually still so attached. I can't believe within 20 minutes of posting locally someone said they will add them to their flock of 3...
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    Need a new home for 2 ducks, Central IL

    We are both allergic unfortunately. Thank so much for the support fellow duck nuts. Llombardo...I will let you know about Saturday after I see if anything comes of this local ad. Can you give me to Thursday to let you know if we're coming Saturday?
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    Need a new home for 2 ducks, Central IL

    I am just going to make an ad on online local garage sale site and see if we can do something closer...maybe we can even visit. I just didn't want a hundred questions about why I'm getting rid of them since everyone knows they're my babies and start any talk in this small town. People are...
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    Need a new home for 2 ducks, Central IL

    I thank you all that replied. I'm sorry you took the time to write all that...we do have 300sqft covered sand floor run and with an attached 40 sq ft house that is covered and fort Knox. We do live in the country on 4 acres...so do the neighbors, but this neighborhood is zoned residential...my...
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    Need a new home for 2 ducks, Central IL

    Llombardo...I'm sorry I haven't replied. I just couldn't bring myself to. I still haven't figured out how to tell my son. That's weird my Pekin and her sister (no longer with us) have always been so Quiet! The runner is definitely not quiet, not really loud, but she's just always talking to me...
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    Need a new home for 2 ducks, Central IL

    It really breaks my heart, but I need to find new living arrangements for a 2 yr-old Pekin Female and a 1 yr-old Fawn and White Runner. We just had new neighbors move in and they have 2 Labs that really want to get to them. They usually free-ranged, and seeing them locked up all the time just...
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    Bully, bully...

    all good thoughts and appreciated! I am 100% positive they are all laying females. I would have never picked a runner to put with my two Pekins. Sorry to make this long, but a little backstory...this spring I ordered two Welsh Harlequins from Metzer. One for us and one promised to the farmer...
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    Bully, bully...

    Help please! I have two 2.5 year old Pekin females that are bullying my 9 month old Runner. I brought her inside last night because she was bleeding on her face in several places (not the back of her neck). I filled the tub and let her have a nice bath and disinfected the minor wounds. She...
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    Pump?

    you are the best lomine! Thanks!
  10. RachG75

    Pump?

    thank you
  11. RachG75

    Pump?

    My husband says he already owns this pump...but it's probably not the right fit? https://www.menards.com/main/plumbing/pumps-well-tanks/sprinkler-pumps/barracuda-reg-1-hp-lawn-sprinkler-pump/p-1446860305251-c-1489153238831.htm Sorry to ask, but can you look at these pumps? Are these the kind...
  12. RachG75

    Pump?

    It does. Hopefully I won't be draining often; I want to move the water through a filter. I was hoping to just run it during the day and turn it off at night or vice versa. I will narrow down my search to "dirty water" pumps. Thanks so much!
  13. RachG75

    Duck won't use leg

    This just happened with my 8 week old runner. Same story...it took about 3 weeks and now she is just fine. I kept her food/water and small tub of water fenced off in a small area so she didn't have to take many steps each day...literally, like a foot apart, and so she didn't have to worry about...
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    Pump?

    I have been reading threads about ponds, filters and pumps for the last 8 months and I am ready to pull the trigger on this project. I have read mentions of sump, submersible, external, Laguna Max Flo, Sunterra... Blogs, websites...Everyone has an opinion. My head is swimming! The thing is that...
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    Does this foot require any other treatment?

    thank you Miss Lydia. I feel so bad that I slacked off this last few weeks on feet checks. She is my absolute favorite duck. how much epsom salt for a couple of gallons of water? should I do the other treatment once or twice a day? and I have booties for her; should I bother since it isn't too...
  16. RachG75

    Does this foot require any other treatment?

    Hope this link works. I can't upload the file. https://goo.gl/photos/n5XwdNXrtPUpfjB97
  17. RachG75

    Feeding ducks of various ages

    I have two laying 1-year-old Pekins and two 9-wk-old runners and one maybe 7-wk-old mallard. Now that I have stopped separating them, the issue of food comes up...how do I keep the little ones from eating the layer food and the older ducks from eating the flock raiser? Do i need to worry about...
  18. RachG75

    Leg/foot injury? Please help

    No drakes. We are an all girl revue here. lol. I am so sad! I wonder how it happened. I left her in a small fenced off corner of the run with a swimming pool that has the side cut out for easy in and out and her food very close to that. She seemed happy in the water. If it's broken, I just keep...
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    Leg/foot injury? Please help

    Sorry about one-handed video quality. this is my 6.5 wk old runner. She was fine last night, but limping this morning. I can't see the problem...perhaps someone can help me pinpoint it? Maybe a little swollen? Or tell me what else I need to check? She was separated from the big ducks last...
  20. RachG75

    Duck ID

    They are giving me a full refund including the $40 shipping. I'm not really mad, just a little sad they are not the friendly, docile, egg-laying powerhouses I was expecting. My family loves them anyway. Metzer said that the person must just have read the invoice wrong. They offered to send me...
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