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  1. Quacking ducks

    Sick drake duck

    Hi, my Silver Appleyard drake duck is not doing very well. in the last couple months, I have already lost two female duck that had some of the same symptoms as what my drake duck “Ducky” has… his symptoms are runny nose and eyes ( his eyes watered enough yesterday that his face was all crusty...
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    Peekaboo penis when pooping

    I am a first time duck mom to two 1.5 year old ducks, and they are stressing me out with all the weird duck things I know nothing about. Lol. Today, my question is, I’ve notice that my drakes penis pops out when he poops. It’s comes out about an inch, hangs out for a second, then goes back in...
    • Duckylove44
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    • drake poop prolapse penis
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    • Forum: Ducks
  3. awkwardkale

    Drake question

    Hi there! It’s been a while since I’ve posted on here. All my ducks are doing well and two of my hens have started laying! Fred, my Drake, has been good to the hens so far. He’s started to mate with them but he hasn’t been aggressive toward them. Sometime last week he’s started chasing me...
  4. guess_what

    Removing mr drake from the crew

    Hi all, I hate to separate my two ducks (1 male 1 female) but while they socialize together, the drake is generally aggressive towards the female as well as my other two hens. Sometimes I have to separate him during the day and she has so far seemed unbothered by it. My question is if my female...
    • guess_what
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    • drake rehoming rouens
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    Drake rehome Denver, Colorado area

    I've got a few drakes that need to be rehomed. Does anyone know somewhere I could take them around the Denver area in Colorado?
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    • colorado drake rehome
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    10 wk old Drakes for rehome! Eastern PA

    Hello fellow duck lovers, I have two sweet young drakes that I am looking to rehome. I would love to keep them, but we don’t have enough hens for an healthy drake:hen ratio. They are excellent bug control, super entertaining, and are past the needy duckling stage but still young! Please let me...
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  7. Lol123

    Sad muscovy hen

    Lost one of my muscovy girls to what i think was a fox, leaving me with a hen and drake. She seems very upset and not her self as those two did everything together. Is it worth getting another female just for her and am i okay with just adding one or do i need to get two? I have sorted an...
    • Lol123
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    • adding ducks to flock advise drake help muscovy muscovy hen sad duck
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    Ohio Free Drakes, 2 Peking and 4 Khaki Campbell /Peking mix

    I have 6 drakes that I will give away. Two are pure Peking (1 year old) and 4 are khaki Campbell and Peking mix. (4 months old) They are all very friendly and would make good companions, friends or dinner.
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    Is this the start of a drake feather?

    Hi! Can anyone tell if this is the start of a drake feather? The runner duck in front is the one in question! Thank you!
  10. Indianrunner123

    Drake killed.....and ate his fellow duck??

    Hey! So bit of a strange one. My brother keeps little call ducks and drakes, he has this one drake who killed all his children by drowning them once, drowned his partner and now.....................I discovered last night he had killed a fellow call duck....and...em...ate her? Like yesterday...
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    Stolas 1st day home.jpg

    I decided to add Hookbills to my flock to help bring it back from critical status. Stolas is one of four Hookbills I acquired and a drake.
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  12. woknrouen

    Tips for going on vacation

    I'm going on vacation for a week in the summer and I'm not sure what to do with my ducks. I have 2 backyard ducks. In the past I've had my friend take care of them at her house since she had ducks as well. She has now moved to a city that does not allow ducks so that's not an option for me. I've...
    • woknrouen
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    • backyard drake ducks vacation
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    How to look after/feed a sick duck

    Hi everyone, I’ve been a lingerer on these forums since I got my 3 Pekings (2 drakes and a hen) approx 9 months ago (they are under a year old) …today I have just got back from the vets with one of my drakes who seems extremely unwell to the extent I don’t believe he will be getting better but...
    • Mellyweg
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    • appetite loss drake ducks ill duck lethargy pekin possible avian flu
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    Flock of all drakes

    Hello, so about July last year my family got six ducklings, two Pekin, three rounen?, and I believe an apple yard. We were hoping for layers and thought we had sexed them to be all females, but they were all males. They are now mature and we are having problems with them being violent towards...
    • Hoompla
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    • drake duck indoor duck.
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    Drake Rehoming

    Hi there, I’m new to owning ducks and am now learning the consequences of having too many drakes. I am in desperate need of rehoming one or two of my pekin drakes and am struggling to find someone to take them. I’m located in southern arkansas but am willing to drive. Any advice would be...
    • cdhug63
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    • drake duck male duck rehoming
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    New Duck Mom in CT

    Hi backyard bird friends! I want to give a quick, but somewhat detailed introduction on how I became a duck mom, how I found this forum, and what I’ll be posting about next. 4 months ago, I adopted one of my good friends’ 3 drakes; two Swedish Blue clutch brothers & one Giant Pekin. Sometime...
  17. Quacking ducks

    Is something wrong with my drake's eyes?

    Hi, I was holding my drake silver Appleyard today and noticed that his eyes look different. The area around his eye on one side is reddish/white and the other side is brown. Is something wrong with one of them? Which eye is normal? Thanks
  18. Quacking ducks

    Is something wrong with my drake’s eyes?

    Hi, I was holding my drake silver Appleyard today and noticed that his eyes look different. The area around his eye on one side is reddish/white and the other side is brown. Is something wrong with one of them? Which eye is normal? Thanks
  19. Quacking ducks

    why do my chickens have runny noses and eating their straw bedding?

    Hi, The last couple weeks I have noticed that some of my chickens and ducks have had runny noses and have also been eating their straw bedding. what causes them to have runny noses? what can I do to help them? why are they wanting to eat their straw bedding? they can't be hungry because there is...
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    Drake keeps trying to mate me

    I have 2 drakes, Bumblebee and Honeybee. We hatched Bumblebee alone out of a egg, and then got Honeybee 6~ months later. Bumblebee keeps trying to mate with me and it’s frustrating. i heard its a lonely thing but for some reason Honeybee’s presence did not help. Females are not an option, and...
    • Bumblebeeduck111
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    • drake drake behavior duck duck mating single duck
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    • Forum: Ducks
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