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Thank you, is there a reason why it’s just the drakes molting and not the hens?

Hi everyone, I have 3 drakes and 2 ducks 4 of them are pekins and one of the girls is an Aylesbury. The past week they’ve been acting strange, the boys have started loosing feathers and they sometimes squabble over the girls but they never get into proper fights and are never violent. By the way...

Hi everyone I am thinking of using wood chips in my duck run, does anyone have any experience with them and do they cause bumblefoot, I have 5 pekin ducks and I’m hoping it may help with much problems as when it’s rains it will just drain straight through the wood chips? Any help would be...

will the straw go mouldy and turn muddy as well? Thanks

would the straw note get really wet when it rained? Thank you

My run is ridiculously muddy so I’m thinking of making a new one using wood chips for the ground. Would this make the run cleaner? Does anyone have any experience with wood chips? Thanks

Hello, I live in England and it rains a lot especially this time of year. My duck run is like a muddy bog because they absolutely love digging and putting their heads in the puddles looking for treats. I was thinking of completely redoing my run and possibly lining it with pea gravel. Does...

Thanks, this was the other day after going in a tiny bit of water, she’s not keen like the others going in the pond

I’ve recently bought home an Aylesbury duck and her feathers appear to be in pretty bad condition especially in the bottom half of her body. I think she might have wet feather as the conditions at her previous home were not great. She’s quite scared of me and I can’t really get near her so I’m...

thanks so much her feathers have already improved and it’s only been a couple of days, also the noise she’s making is almost like a baby duckling, it’s not wheezy or anythin, but she also does Some very loud quacks occasionally, the person I got her from said she was hatched last year but I’m a...

Hi everyone I have 2 pekin ducks just over 15 weeks and they now share a run with my 10 hens, they have different feeders but they eat each others food, my hens are on layers pellets and ducks on just adult duck pellets, can I just put them all on layers pellets or is it too early, thanks

yes I definitely agree, glad I’ve got her now and just want to help her.Is there anything I can do to get her feathers nice and healthy again? Thanks

Today I went and bought an Aylesbury duck to live with my pekin duck, she appears quite small and her feathers are not in great condition ( very muddy ) I’m so glad I got her as I don’t think she was treated very well in her previous home. One thing I noticed as soon as I let her in the run was...

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I’ve just bought an Aylesbury duck to live with my female pekin, my pekin is about 14/15 weeks old and the aylesbury is just under a year, what should I feed them both? I don’t know whether to just move my pekin onto layers feed or is it too early? The Aylesbury is laying already so I’m not sure...

Hi everyone, I’ve recently separated my 3 pekin drakes from my pekin female as they are now about 14 weeks old. I need to get another friend for my female and have found somebody local with a slightly younger Cayuga duck. Would they get along and be ok together? I don’t really know much about...

Thanks so much for the help, I was thinking of getting 2 more females to keep her company as I’ve already bought a duck house, do you think she’d get along with them? I don’t want her to be lonely, Thank you

Hi everyone, in august I hatched 4 lovely pekin ducks and i have 3 boys and 1 girl. The boys are beginning to get aggressive so I’m deciding whether to move the girl in with my hens or give the boys to my neighbour who would like them (not for eating) my neighbour has a massive pond as well and...

im not sure to be honest as we only got her a couple of months ago. She was definitely under a year old. They have quite a large run and I sometimes let them out to free range around the farm but I haven’t been able to recently due to it getting dark very early nowadays. They’re all on layers...

I woke up this morning to one of my buff Orpington hens lying dead in the run, she was only young and had only just started laying. She seemed perfectly healthy recently so I’m very shocked and quite upset. She was in one piece and had no visible injuries. I’m curious as to what it could but I...