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Quote: It's definitely NOT a dirty water issue. I have put them in a kiddie pool by themselves with fresh water and they all jump out immediately!

Unless they are being bullied at night when I'm not around, I don't think that's the issue. The littlest one had a serious issue with angel wing and shortened feathers. The others are just dirty because they refuse to use the ponds.

I could try it but when I mist them with the hose they run. Anytime there's water they run...unless it's raining!

Hmm, I'll definitely have to try that! It just saddens me because they LOVED the ponds til this summer. They even spent hours in the pond when it was freezing cold (it gets to -20 here sometimes) and with snow (we get LOTS) and ice in the ponds. I hope it's just a phase and they'll get over it...

Nope, no fish or anything in the ponds, just the ducks. I've watched the ducks from inside (I can see the ponds from my kitchen window) and I don't see the other ducks picking on the boys or anything. They just lay on the opposite side of the run from where all the other ducks are. They go in...

I've had 3 call duck drakes since they were 3 days old a year ago in May and another one since he was 3 months old last summer. They used to LOVE to splash, dive and bath in the pond every day. Now NONE of them will go in either of the two ponds we have! I've posted about this before but it's...