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Hello, I have a female and a male. The female hasn’t been well for sometime and I knew it was only a matter of time before I had to make that heartbreaking decision. I know having only one will not be good. I was gonna get rid of him because of that. But I had a thought tonight...would he...

Hello, My 3 year old girl hasn’t been laying properly for quite awhile. Then all of a sudden she had a few beautiful eggs and then stopped again. Today I found a soft shelled thing and it’s crazy creepy looking. I’ve had weird eggs before and I know it can happen, but this one is freaking me...

Hello, I have a 2 1/2 years old female. She was a great layer until this summer. I only got an egg once in awhile. Then I noticed she had a prolapsed vent. I was able to get it back in and it hasn’t come back out in the last month. However she had a small lump when I felt her. I gave her a...

So my 2 year old Drake has always had a limp off and on since he was born. But now he’s not doing so well. He recently had a prolapsed Penis which I proudly resolved, but he still has a bad leg. He seems to know not to come down the ramp of His house with the other two girls and stays on his...

So my two Buff girls are now 3 months old. I have a Pekin Drake who is a year old. They have been sleeping inside with me until recently. We put a divider in their house and I happen to notice one night on our monitor that he was on the babies side. I went back to look at the footage and he...

This is how I found my girls. This gives new meaning to the term DOUBLE D’s

Hello, My Baby Buffs are 4 weeks old now and I need to pick up feed. When is it time to move on from the chick starter? I thought about Flock Raiser but then I saw this below and decided not too. My other ducks are on Layer feed. What do you suggest?

My 2 week old Buff duckling started acting strange all of a sudden. She started with constant head shaking. I thought maybe something was stuck. She only will take little sips of water. Her nostrils look clear and her ears seemed to be fine. My husband looked down her throat and didn’t see...

The girls have arrived at the distribution center but not at my local post office yet, the lady said possibly they will come on their noon order. She said I am not allowed to pick them up at the distribution center so I will keep my fingers crossed. I feel so sorry for them coming all the way...

Hello, I ordered 2 Buff ducklings from Metzer in California, I’m in Pennsylvania. Their website says I should have them Wednesday morning. But now my email says between Wednesday and Friday. Anyone else on the east coast or from Metzer and when did they arrive?

I want to add two more girls to my little flock of 3 pekins. I thought I would try a pair of the Buffs or the Welsh Harlequins. I really want them to be friendly and two at a time should be easy to give them lots of attention. Any thoughts on either of these breeds? Also I’m in Pa and would...

I have two female Pekins that have a mild case of bumble foot. I was sitting in their house holding each one to treat their feet and my drake came over and and was pecking at the female I was holding, he actually stood on my legs and hovered over her and kept pecking at her. Strange?

I read that you can tell if an egg was fertilized it would have a bullseye... do these look fertilized to you? I’m not sure about the third one. And I also found a strange thing inside my normal looking egg?

Hello I have a year old female pekin and I noticed her bottom feels extremely big and heavy, it’s squishy and I don’t feel anything hard inside. I found an egg this morning that had yellow stuff on it. She started acting funny a few days ago and refuses to walk up the ramp to go in at night. I...

HELLO, I NOTICED MY FEMALE HAS AN EXTREMELY LARGE HEAVY BOTTOM. I'VE BEEN LOOKING THROUGH THE FORUM AND THOUGHT MAYBE IT COULD BE ASCITE. I NEVER HEARD OF THIS BEFORE AND DON'T KNOW HOW TO CONFIRM IT BUT, ONE OF THE EGGS THIS MORNING HAD YELLOW STUFF ON IT. I THOUGHT IT WAS A BROKEN EGG BUT IT...

Hi, I have 4 almost a year old Pekins. I give them their regular Duck food and also their veggie treats, peas, lettuce, green beans etc. Should I be giving them any type of supplements or vitamins. They seem to be happy and healthy but wasn’t sure if there are any must haves I’m not giving them.

I had to say goodbye to my Two Handsome Boys yesterday. My heart is broken. They were to sexually aggressive towards the girls, who were getting pretty beat up. They went to a nice Mennonite family who’s young 12 year old son had two Khaki Campbell’s of his own and really wanted a pair of...

Hello, When I cracked open this duck egg there was a weird grayish brown thing inside. Any thoughts on what it could be?

So I found a freshly laid warm egg that was huge but soft. I felt something hard inside and it was another egg. Normal?

I have 3 Drakes and 3 Hens. My girls are missing feathers on their neck and I feel so bad for them. I read that every Drake should have 5-6 Hens but then I also read that if you have less than 10 ducks it's ok to have pairs. I have one Drake with a Prolapsed Penis for over a month now and he's...