duck advice

  1. Lindseymurri

    duckling ate nose piercing

    I have recently bought two ducklings, ive had them for a week now and tonight after bath time (i dried them off 100 percent) i had them out on some towels and was laying close, then one of them nibbled my face and then my nose and pulled my nose piercing out. Its a 20 gauge L shaped staineless...
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  2. J

    Help please

    new to raising ducklings - have 2, approximately 4-6 weeks old, suddenly have begun to feel wet, look like feathers are clumped and one is having trouble standing, weaves around and loses footing. feeding recommended duck feed, holding in large box for now. they were just fine up until a short...
    • jencarmi
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  3. MatthewsHomestead

    Ducks and fishies???

    So.... Being new to raising ducks, and following @New2DuckyDoodles and her thread "what the ducky is this" raised some questions.... How the duck do I train my ducklings to eat fish? How often can they have them? How old do they need to be before giving them the little watery critters? And if I...
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  4. F

    Bonding with ducklings

    Help! Alright so I have 2 new small ducklings and as of today i have had them for 4 days. On my first day, they seemed a bit shy about me but i was still able to touch them and pet them without them freaking out too bad. I could carry them and take them out of their coop and let them roam around...
  5. brooder

    One duck left... Now what should I do?

    Hi, I posted a thread last week about introducing new ducklings after I was left with only a drake and a hen due to a string of predator attacks. Well, I woke up this morning to find that a predator (allegedly the raccoon I caught in a live trap) had manged to get through my newly secured duck...
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    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  6. |Aphrodite|

    Help? Depressed duck

    I had two ducks that grew up together along with all my chickens, and I accidentally left the coop door open one night. That night one of the ducks went missing, and the one left has gotten depressed. I don’t know if he eats or drinks because I leave before I get to see, but he’s very distant...
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  7. AshleyNicole06

    Safe or not?

    Getting ducklings SOON!! :) Is it safe just to use a plastic tote with a heat lamp? Our last box thing we built got ruined.. So just looking for an easier way..
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  8. S

    Best Online place to buy a duck coop

    We thought we had the perfect place (coopsnmore) until I saw the reviews on tbis forum. Yikes!
  9. BeeDuckley

    Little Duck Coupe

    I am new to ducks. I am also from the city. My husband got me a duckling last year, April 14 th 2017, and I raised him as a pet, & I adore him! He enjoys drumming on everyrhing inside, and running along with me and the dogs down the paths in our woods! I am a jeweler in a rural area, so I...
  10. Autumn B

    Duck concerns

    :hmm we recently started our first journey raising baby ducks. My sister and I have noticed some things we don't quite know what's going on and if it is normal or should be a concern. We got 3 ducklings and 2 of them are acting, what we think, is weird but aren't sure. The first one, Greg...
  11. G

    Is it legal to take a baby duck from a public pond?

    There are public lakes, ponds, and rivers near me that have a few domestic breeds of waterfowl. One pond in particular is very over populated. Would it be legal to go during chick season and get whichever breed I want? Would I have to call the park that the body of water belongs to and ask if...
  12. G

    Do ducks get lonely?

    I was interested in getting some chickens, and I kinda want a duck too. Would the duck get lonely by itself, or will the chickens be enough company.... Also can the duck eat what the chickens do or do they need a different diet?
  13. Hazelbunny

    What do ducks Need?

    Hello! I am planning to get two muscovy ducks to see if I should get more. But I was wondering if ducks need anything special. I know that they need a pool to swim in but is there anything else that they would Need? (other than food)
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  14. Bekkerrr

    New member, HI :D

    Hey everyone! I was just browsing Pinterest and ended up here viewing a post by (Nettie) I think XD. I’m trying to learn all I can about ducks. I’m not planning on having any until 2019 so I’ll probably just be lurking around mostly for now and getting my ducks in a row before I actually start...
  15. K

    Swedish Blue Hen Molting

    My Swedish Blue hen has been molting for 3 weeks. She is not herself. I feed them mealworms and sometimes that doesn't even interest her. Her feathers are starting to fill in on her neck, but the rest of her isn't done yet. And of course, no eggs. Is she okay.
  16. BriiBaer

    Niacin for Adult Duck

    I have a Pekin that has limped his whole life. It seems to be getting slightly worse. I have heard Niacin works wonders. I am just not sure what kind to get or how to give it to him. They all drink out of the same water source. Has anyone ever had experience with this? -BriiBaer Paulus'...
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  17. Zolamarie

    Trying to get a new duck for lonely pekin

    Hey guys. I’ve been trying to get another duck for my single duck. My other duck was taken by a fox 12 days ago. I found a place that would sell me a duck, and was going to drive over there tomorrow, but something came up and I won’t be able to go till March 6. That’s 15 days away... I feel so...
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  18. A

    Day 21 and I think I have twins

    Ok, so this is my first hatch ever, so I’ve been obsessively reading threads and making everything up as I go along. I have one slightly larger egg that I thought might be a double yolker with twins? I was fairly confident last week, but after candleing today, I really can’t tell. I know they...
    • Audrabelle44
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