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Muscovy Drake too gamey? - butcher or exile?
Hi all. I'm having some trouble deciding what to do with our year old drake. The interwebs has not been helpful, so here I am :-) Will the meat from a year old drake be too gamey if we butcher him now? We have only butchered once before, a year old female that we rescued from a badger a little...- CarnardusBarbarius
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- butchering drake meat muscovey
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Gender of my two pekin ducks?
Hello there, I'm rasing my first flock of chickens and i've got two pekins mixed in that I got from tractor supply. They are right at 14 weeks, and I'm still clueless if they are male or female. I've tried listening to their quacks, but they only give out short ones so it's hard to tell, leading... -
Protect mother and ducklings?
Hi everyone. I'm going to try and sum this up quickly. I'm fairly new to this and any advice would be extremely helpful. We live next to the neighborhood pond in a one street subdivision. Its in the middle of a bunch of canefields and woods. So there are coyotes and raccoons etc. Over the years... -
My drake Limpy makes me scratch my head by scratching his
Hi Friends! I don't know what to make out of my drake's behavior. Every morning, after i released the ducks from their house he walks a couple of steps out, sits down and scratches his head. He has no mites, ticks, flees or any other visible parasites and the skin on his head doesn't look...- WannaBeHillBilly
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- displacement activity drake head scratching head scratching drake
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Introducing Ducklings to Duck-Duck?
Hello All, I have seven knew ducklings and I would like to know the best way to introduce the younger ducks to the two older free range ducks I have. I intend on free ranging all of them once the little ones get old enough. I took three female Pekin ducklings out yesterday and sat with them...- Bettyboop7499
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- drake drake behavior duck duckling
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My mallard duck is egg bound,
And I can't seem to help her. Our mallard duck has been egg bound for about 3 days now! She has been bound before and I fixed (or so I thought) the problem. She went a month without getting bound a second time. She's been eating the same food that she's always eaten, when she can that is. She...- Emerald Rife
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- calcium deficiency drake egg bound eggs food mallard duck mating ducks skinny
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Can multiple drakes live together harmoniously long term?
Hi BYC friends, I have 7 ducks that I hatched in January. I knew I had two male Mallards but now I see drake feathers on two of my F&W Runners. I love all of my ducks dearly but I’ve heard that multiple drakes can be problematic. That said, I would gladly keep them all if it’s possible for my...- CLovesDucks
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- drake duck advice flock behavior
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Broody Duck Hatching!
Hi, so I'm rather new to all of this. My Pekin Min has been through a lot. With being the main target by my drake, and then somehow breaking her leg we kept her separate to rest and heal. We used a huge dog crate in the barn to keep her separated. And at night since the drake couldnt get to Min...- Graceeelizabeth5
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- broody drake duck hatch a duck hatching hatching and incubating mom duck pekin
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Producing mule ducks...
I'm interested in mule ducks and I was wondering how difficult it is to breed/hatch them. I have a muscovy drake and pekin, rouen, mallard, and buff females. If any of you have done this before, or have mule ducks, any info would be great. I plan on keeping the drake with the mallard derived... -
HELP! DRAKE ATTACK
Has anyone any experience on a mallard drake attacking a pekin drake? I have two pekin girls and one mallard girl as well and they are being left alone. Recently my mallard drake has went bananas and started terrorizing my pekin male. Hes been pulling his feathers out and latching onto him. I...- AmberLittlejohn
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- attack drake territorial
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- Forum: Ducks
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Colonel & his females
Just starting a thread so everyone who's read my 2 other posts can stay updated on Colonel. Here's a picture of Colonel. This is how he currently looks I will keep this thread active with lots of photos and videos of him & his females. The names of the 2 females I'm getting on April 12th...- KikiDeAnime
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- drake duck ducks flock khaki campbell runner
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Lone Indian Runner Drake
Hello all! Looking for some advice/suggestions on my Indian Runner drake that recently lost his mate. He's always been super friendly and playful with me, but I fear her being gone will hit him hard soon, and I'm not sure what to do. With mating season right around the corner, I'm hesitant to... -
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Males aggression towards me and the females
I have a male and a female pekin, and a male and a female indian runner (4 total) The little guy(indian runner) is just so pesky to my female pekin and has been pecking at her everytime she tries to eat or drink. He tries to mate with her but he’s so much smaller than her so he never achieves...- katiemichelle4
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- aggresive drake aggression toward human drake drake behavior drake mating indian runner mating season pekin duck
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Pekin ducklings
I have been raising chickens for about 5 years now but this is my first bunch of ducklings. I absolutely love them! Just wanted to share a picture of my 2 pekins. One of them is a bit bigger than the other, im guessing it's like chickens? One of them is probably a drake? -
Duck leg swollen and painful a week after ermine attack
You may remember me from the drooling duck that we wound up having to tube feed after an animal attack (she's doing great now, thanks for all your help!). We thought we had their area secured but found out otherwise when they were attacked again. This time they were found before we lost...- Gooseypoo
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- drake duck ermine injury laceration leg puncture swollen wound
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Duck show season 2019
This year, I am entering my ducks in as many shows as possible around where I am. Their first show will be this weekend, if there is still space. I will be entering all my 9 mallards in. Also, the second show is at the beginning of April. Shows after the middle of the year, I will be showing my...- Quacking Pigeon
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- australia drake duck mallard muscovy nsw showing ducks
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My drake chases me everywhere?
hello! My 6 month old Pekin Drake has recently started chasing me everywhere! We have introduced a new female to the flock recently, now there are 3 ducks and him. Suddenly, he follows me closely everywhere, nips my toes and heels and is surprisingly less afraid of the hose :/ I treat it... -
Do mature muscovy drakes always look this gross?
This is David my Muscovy drake, he's a year old now. His feathers look disgusting, not smooth and soft like the girls and he stinks of preening oil. Is this the norm? Here's a Pic of him and the pen he lives in with his girls. -
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