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Hi! I just cracked my first duck egg of the spring and found the little white dot with a halo. I only have 5 hens and have seen no wild ducks about. How is this egg fertilized? Have I been misinformed about the dot? Thanks! I’m mystified...

I have one molting Cayuga, so I don’t expect her to lay for a bit. I also have two buffs who have stopped laying eggs for no apparent reason. I got the two buffs two weeks ago. They are 2 yrs old, healthy and although not prolific layers I was getting at least one egg per day between the 3 of...

just got two new buffs to keep my newly orphaned Cayuga company. One of them has been sitting most of the day panting. Is she sick?

Due to two separate predator attacks I’m down to one very sad duck. She is sitting in her coop and not eating. I got her at about 6 weeks old so she didn’t imprint on me, just her duck family. We won’t be able to get more ducks for quite some time. Any tips on how to help her meanwhile? :(

This is my first year raising ducks. I started out with four cayugas, 3 ducks and 1 drake. Last month we lost two to a coyote or neighborhood dogs. We found one dead and one had been carried away, we never found him. We had eggs for another three weeks, but we have had no eggs from the remaining...

First winter with my 4 ducks and first couple of single digit days. They have icicles all over their feathers. They have all the shelter recommendations for type of duck/number of ducks.What should I do? Should I be freaking out? Title should be “Icy Cayugas” not “Icey”

Hi there! This is our first year owning backyard poultry. We have four Cayuga ducks. The weather has just started getting cold in Southeastern Wisconsin. Normally, my ducks would come outside, forage, go for a swim, and then eat some pellets and drink from their drinking tub. Lately, they won't...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? It's my first year with ducks. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? I have 4 ducks (3) What breeds do you have? Cayugas (4) How did you find out about BackYardChickens.com? Online Search (5) What are some of your other...