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Thank you! Still going strong! My gals don’t seem interested besides digging in the mulch/soil. Now if I put down peas and cilantro a whole different story haha

I am attempting to grow some duck friendly plants inside my enclosure this year to offer more enrichment to my ladies. I put in a garden bed today including oregano, lavender, and French marigolds. If it goes well I’ll add sage. I also have boxes of various mint outside their reach. Hopefully...

We have only had 2 relatively cold Snaps so far, for those the girls were in the garage overnight for a day or two. I ended up not insulating with foam, but using lots of straw and putting in a sterlite container on its side stuffed with straw. That and wind blocking thick greenhouse plastic...

Coughing is usually associated with Gapeworm which won’t show up in a fecal float/poop as it lives in lungs/trachea area. Ducks can pick up gapeworm from eating earthworms and snails. Typically they’ll cough a lot, and have their mouth open constantly “gaping” once the parasite load is high...

I ended up being my girls in tonight for the weekend. They are not a fan of their boring garage set up, but plus side is I can let them play in the tub and have “pool time” this weekend and I don’t have to worry about them freezing in it 😃

Mine did well overnight as well, about same temps as you over here! I think I might have to put them up in my garage duck playpen (4 foot high metal dog play pen in a square with a tarp under it) this weekend as Saturday is supposed to be 12 degrees and most likely lower with windchill. They’ll...

Here’s my set up (new bedding today) I have 4” of pine flakes and then a few inches of straw hopefully it’s enough!

I do have a surplus of 5 dozen duck eggs, so that would be a good use lol - Maybe she is molting as she was laying daily and stopped 2 days ago and is using energy to grow new feathers. (Which for a Cayuga she’s laid daily since May - I think she’s trying to keep up with her Campbell Sisters)...

@Jenbirdee and @casportpony i checked her gland, you can definitely feel her glad (I’m assuming it’s supposed to be raised- almost like a chickpea size? I’m not sure how I’d diagnose if it’s clogged) I massaged it and had an oil on my finger. I checked her armpits and didn’t see any lice. I was...

Here’s my gal Toast, she’s only dunked her head in water so far before this pics. I placed her in the water afterward, and she is preening. @casportpony and @Jenbirdee I’ll be going out shortly to grab her with my husband to get a better look under her wings/armpit for anything as she’s picky...

Here’s my gal Toast, she’s only dunked her head in water so far before this pics. I placed her in the water afterward, and she is preening. @casportpony and @Jenbirdee I’ll be going out shortly to grab her with my husband to get a better look under her wings/armpit for anything as she’s picky...

Thank you! How would I locate the oil glad on her tail end? I’m guessing it further up from the vent/cloaca on the skin, so I just feel around until I hopefully get oily fingers?

I’ll have to grab one in the morning, as it was dusk when I was putting them away.

Hi all, How do I determine if my Cayuga has wet feather? It’s a bit difficult as she’s all black, but compared to my 2 khaki campbells she seems to be more “wet” at a given time. It was dark tonight so I’ll check tomorrow to make sure she has no mites or anything under her feathers. But she...

Yes! I have a sterlite container on its side in the back corner, I added straw inside it and around the sides - they definitely use it too, I add first Saturday like daily to the coop bedding and fluff the top layer (adding more shavings and straw every other day) every morning you can tell one...

Yes! I’ll grab a photo tomorrow morning. But I have 2 food grade 5 Gallon buckets from TSC, that we used a 4” diameter hole saw to cut holes out of the side. (About 1/2 down bucket- 3 holes around bucket and I sanded the edges of the holes) so they each hold ~2.5 gallons of water. And you can...

Added photo of them exploring outside for their first snow today!

Thank you! Sorry I’m my brain I was think 0F. I need to remove their kiddie pool soon, but it has frozen over the top, so I need to wait for it to thaw to drain. Is it particularly dangerous to have the rubber horse food bowls with water out below 30F? I typically fill them with warm water in...

The bath Type waters are okay to use down zero? It’s 34 here now and slushy! But if it falls below zero remove them and just leave my buckets on the warmers (to drink and dunk heads in-they can’t get in those)

Oh yes, their shack has openings along the top 3 sides of the house (covered in 1/4” hardware cloth) before the roof.