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I have a duckling with scoliosis and very minimal range of neck/head movement therefor he can only preen some of his belly. Its highly likely he will never be able to preen. 1) what will happen with him never preening? 2) is it mandatory that I switch him to be inside? 3) He can sometimes get...

Is there any way I could brace this little guy? Long story short, he hatched out with ankles that couldn't fully flex foward for proper footing, a random patch of feathers on his leg and what I initially thought was wry neck. I was prepared for him to not make it, but he got stronger and I...

I'm just curious if anyone knows if a blue swedish crossed with a pekin can still come out as black swedish. Long story short, I have a silver appleyard, cayuga and 2 blue swedish hens and then a black swedish drake and pekin drake. As expected the vast majority of offspring came out with...

What can i do about ammonia bedding during winter (northern Wisconsin)???? They say if we can smell it, its bad for their health. This is my 1st winter with ducks. I chose the deep litter method and at the latest possible for me to start it (weather decided) i cleaned the coop good and laid a...

I posted in another group but was unable to get any answers that I didnt already try. The past 2 days my ducks have refused to come out of the coop or touch their water. Yesterday i gave them cantaloupe and cucumber trying to entice them out, they refused so I just put it in the coop. They ate...

I have read so many articles and posts regarding cold weather with ducks but have yet to find anything relating to severely cold weather. It would bring me so much comfort to have a cozy heater or some form of a safer heater to allow them to warm up or keep the coop around 20 preferably, at...

Conposting confuses the c*** out of me!! I'm hoping its alot simpler than it seems reading "how to blogs". I'm currently using hay in the duck coop. I've been changing it every few day but come winter will just be adding layers until spring as it will freeze. Can I just simply toss the saturated...

Can anyone tell me if a fox can chew or scratch through a dog ear fence panel? Long story short we didnt know the extent of a fox's capabilities when it comes to fencing and unfortunately lost our favorite duck this week. We now keep them locked in their coop that is solid, sturdy exterior...

Please help calm my fears!!! When I 1st got my ducks and they started growing feathers I freaked seeing the white dandruff before realizing it was just that, shedding the "straw" part of the feather. Recently i noticed brown/yellow flakes, it looks similar to crushed fish flakes. I have...

Has anyone ever cross bread appleyards or have any? I'm curious on what they would look like. I know they are endangered and species preservation is a plus but this is just for my home and intentionally hatching as batch in the future. We have 3 drakes currently, 1 pekin and 2 either black...

We got these 4 babies to add to our others. They didnt know what they were however I'm pretty certain they are buff. Does the bill color mean anything? Will the dark billed have a darker feathering or is it just an overall characteristic? 2 have dark and 2 are light.

What does everyone have set up? We dug a hole and had a 5ft kiddy pool in it with an in ground drain. I just found the hard way that it wouldnt drain and ended up just saying screw it for tonight and filled the hole with water. I obviously will need to do something to keep it clean. If I was in...

I currently have 4 ducklings roughly 5-6 weeks old, almost positive I ended up with 4 boys anyway my sister in law just contacted me that her boss has 7 ducklings she needs go get rid of and thinks they are 2-4 weeks old. I was going to see if we could determine sex on any of them to bring some...

Hey! I'm a new duck owner. My wonderful husband signed up to win ducklings assuming hed never win and SUPRISE we now have 4 new very spoiled family members!!! I'm looking for pictures of cayuga/pekin cross ducks! I was 90% sure 2 of my little ones were black swedish, I then started getting very...