Hi, so I'll start with the backstory, I wanted 3 ducks, 2 girls and 1 boy...I ended up with 2 boys and a girl, so I planned to add another girl. 4 ducks is very much my limit sue to space. Unfortunately we lost a boy to a fox in december so I got 2 sexed girls. One quacks, the other chirps so...
Hi, I always thought Betty was just dirty from where the boys mount her and the mud had stained her pretty white feathers. But someone recently mentioned wet feather, I didnt even know it was a thing and now I'm unsure whether betty is just dirty or if she needs any special care? The bottom...
I went to let my ducks out of their night house this morning, absolutely gutted to find my main man had lost his head, my girl has a few marks on her and my other boy was unhurt. We're guessing a fox dug under the slabs, maybe went for betty and boris tried to save her?
I'm so upset, they are...
Hi, I bought 3 ducklings last march, unfortunately 2 turned out to be male and 1 female. So far they've got on great, 1 boy had a prolapsed tinky winky over summer but we sorted it, other than that no fighting and the female sort of tells them when shes had 'enough' 🙈 when should I worry about...
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I have 3 aylesbury ducks bought at 1 week old, now 9 months old. Unfortunately turned out to be 1 female and 2 males. No problems so far, they're best friends but worried about mating season. Cannot believe how messy they are and how bossy! They rule our garden, even my very large dog is...