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Hello everyone! So I have 2 Pekin ducks, both female and recently one has gotten very lethargic with arthritis so she isn’t walking a lot and may not be around much longer. With that, my other girl has been on her own and in need of friends so I went to find her another female friend. I ended up...

Hello! So I’m on here because I think one of my ducks has the very beginning of bumblefoot. I try to check my girls feet once a week but they absolutely hate their feet touched and I haven’t found a way to really grab them and check because they are so large but they do stretch their foot behind...

Hello everyone! So I went to crack an egg this morning and there was a weird looking green “stone” you could say. I thought it was a lash egg but from the images I’ve seen, it looks nothing like it. It was very small like a bean and I cut it opened and it seemed to be a yolk? Could it be an...

Hello! So today while I was cleaning my ducks cage, I noticed rat droppings in their food and one of my ducks noticeable slower, and obviously ill because she is not her normal self. I was wondering if rat poop can make her sick?? Or if she is poisoned from the rat poop due to the rat eating rat...

Today as I was cleaning out my chicken coop I noticed what looked like to be little rice pieces on one pile of chicken poop. I looked it up and it looks just like tape worm. I went to my local feed store and purchased some equimax and proceeded to feed them “pea” sized amounts. They are full...

Hello everyone! So about a year ago I lost my chickens due to what I’m pretty sure was a raccoon. They were in an old dog run with chain link fence and a concrete slab to prevent digging, I found out that the roof I had on wasn’t bolted down in some spots which allowed easy access. Anyways, I...

Hello everyone! I was curious about herbs for ducks and what I could possibly put in their coop for them to nibble on but also get some health benefits out of it. Their coop/run doesn’t get too much sunlight because it is deep in trees (it gets extremely hot here so it’s nice in summer and yes I...

Hey everyone! I had a quick question. So I have two Pekin ducks, both female, and then 4 hens. They are both separated so I usually feed the chickens normal layer feed and then my ducks duck pellets. But lately my tractor supply hasn’t been carrying them so I was wondering if I could do an all...

Hello everyone! I noticed my Pekin duck carrying something in her mouth and it was a plastic bottle cap so I went to get it from her and took my eyes off her for 20 seconds bc my mom was talking to me and I look down and it’s gone? I’m hoping she just spit it out and it rolled away but I’m...

Hello! A few days ago one of my Pekin ducks laid their first egg! I have two females and have been getting an egg a day so far, but only one is laying. I didn’t expect them to lay on the same day but I was curious about when the other would start to lay? I tried finding answers but I haven’t...

Hey! Quick question! I think one of my Pekin ducks has a broken blood feather. I didn’t see a lot of blood, more or less just a bloody scab where her blood feathers are located. It’s kinda tucked in more but is there anything I should do or look out for? Or is it a breaking blood feather that...

Hello everyone! So I have two female Pekin ducks and today they laid their first egg! Well one of them did and I’m not sure which one...but I’m concerned because I’ve been reading the internet and read about being egg bound. I’m wondering if one of my girls is egg bound due to her little “belly...

Hello! I was wondering what I would need to travel with my ducks across state lines. In about a year I will be moving from California to Oklahoma and i will be bringing my two Pekin ducks with me but I was reading somewhere that you need paperwork? Also any traveling tips would be helpful! It is...

Hello! I’m hoping someone can give me an idea here. So I have 4 chickens, 3 white rocks and 1 Jersey giant, unfortunately the jersey giant is being bullied by the rest of the flock. They have been together since they were babies and just recently they all gang up on her and now her head is bald...

Hello everyone! Quick question. So I am looking to build a dog house per say for my two female Pekin ducks who are full grown. Right now they are in one of those plastic dog kennels for XL dogs, they know to go in when it gets dark due to predators and I let them out as soon as possible in the...

This morning my girl was fine and within an hour she got a bloody nose! I tried to look and I can’t find a puncture, I put her back in her pen with her sister and I rinsed out their pool and put some “vet rx” in their swimming water and also apple cider vinegar in their drinking water. After she...

Hello everyone! So I was wondering if my pen setup for my ducks is okay for them. I have an old dog run with a concrete slab which I use for my 2 ducks. I know the concrete is hard on their legs and feet so I put sod down for them around their pool along with an area with a lot of shavings where...

Hello! I am a new duck mom to two female Pekin ducks who are about 4 months old. I was wondering what a healthy diet is for them because I know they are often used as meat ducks and can have leg issues due to excess weight gain. I currently feed them the Purina Duck Pellets along with some peas...

Good afternoon everyone, Just a quick question, I was wondering what I can put in my ducks pen to make it more homey I guess. Right now they’re in a dog run and to me it looks depressing, I let them out free range when I’m home but when I’m not I have to lock them up due to predators. It’s...

Hello everyone! I just had a quick question about my two ducks, so my ducks have a pen (an old dog run) where they hangout and eat and sleep and swim. I always let them out for “play time” several times a day (I have to supervise them because we have lots of hawks and coyotes and pretty much...