duck advice

Hello everyone, Silly question, but this is my first year with ducks. My 2 oldest Pekin’s (1 boy, 1 girl) have started to get verrryyyy frisky with one another. I was surprised to see this since she won’t be laying eggs for a cpl more months. My question is, when she does start to lay sometime...

I have 6 mallard duck eggs on lockdown and to begin with I'm so scared! There was a 7 day window of not knowing exactly what day(s) they were all in the nest but Mom was seen sitting on them one day and next morning it appeared an animal had attacked her and killed her. Purchased a Kebonnixs...

My duck is around five weeks old- i unintentionally hatched them. ive been introducing vegetables and fruits into their diet dince last week and so far they are enjoying it. But lately, they've been really picky. They've only touched a bit of their main food. I tried wetting the food or giving...

I have a 8 week old female duck who injured her bill (likely from an older duck attack) we have isolated her but noticed several hematomas on the bill. She is acting/eating/drinking normal but I’m just worried about the swelling! Any advice?

I've raised chickens in the past but just now have the time to start building a real chicken coop, run, etc. Looking forward to designing, building and raising. Live on a lake now so have raised ducks in the past. may look into that also.

My female duck stopped laying around 2 weeks ago, she’s been to the vets and is not egg bound but had an X-ray and had some strange tissue on her left bottom side internally. She was given a vitamin B 12 injection and a course of antibiotics and steroids! She was better the first day and then...

Hi again, This is only my second time buying vitamin B complex and today when I opened it, it was brown? The previous bottle had been very yellow. Is this ok?

I got 6 anacona ducklings about 6 weeks ago and got them integrated into my established flock (12 chickens, 2 Pekin’s) about 2 weeks ago. Everyone has gotten along fine but I’ve noticed one of my anaconas isn’t growing or developing like my other ones. Shes much smaller than the other babies...

hi! i recently adopted a mother call duck and some ducklings (six ducklings, they appear to be too young for me to sex without a vent check, which i’m not comfortable doing yet.) i know that ducks are extremely social animals, so i was wondering if she still needs some companions of her age, or...

i got my duckling from atwoods about a week ago. he is a good normal duck but today hes been panting , ive tried cold water but still the same. he lays down with his eyes closed but i cant tell if hes sleeping ? he drinks water normally but only eats from my hand. his eyes are slightly red:( im...

Near Staunton VA-- In August I got 2 pekin ducklings. Sadly recently one of them has died, and I am urgently looking for a new friend or 2 for my girl Amelia. I prefer to get duck(s) out of heat lamp stage so I am posting around before buying new ducklings from the local store (I live with my...

What is the best egg layer in your opinion? I’m torn between getting Khaki Campbell and Indian Runners. I’m located in SE New Mexico, so we have mild winters and can have super hot summers. I read that Runners use to be really good but the current breed isn’t as good anymore. Thanks in advance...

Hi all! I’ve looked at other similar threads but wanted direct advice. My duckling externally pipped about 40 hours ago but has not started zipping yet. I haven’t seen the egg rocking and am not sure if it passed away inside. The other duck externally pipped 24 hours ago and seems like it’s...

Hello everyone, finally decided to join this community! Turns out my 2 y.o. female duck can't walk after my heavy drake overbred her. This happened about a week ago, we found her inside their swimming pool, barely moving. Took her out and both have been separated since then. She had some...

One of my calls got broody really, really late in the season, in early September, so the two that survived didn’t hatch until October and had to be raised indoors due to the climate. I live fairly far north and it’s starting to get very cold out, but they’ve outgrown their brooder (5 weeks old)...

Hi, While I know the title of website is Back yard Chickens. I was wondering if anyone has incubated duck eggs? Unfort I bought a batch of eggs labeled as fertile for Aylesbury breed, However after 10 days no development was seen and the temps where kept at 37.5 Celcius and round 55-60%...

Hello everyone! My name is Shannon and I've accidentally started rescuing ducks that people leave at the pond on my road or literally in a ditch by our farm. We are building a duck house this weekend with some help from our community and I'm so excited about it! We started out with 5 Khaki...

I am new here- for starters, but I have read allot of these forms that did help me with my two drakes! (Both are runners) Hello everyone! Maybe someone can help me? I have 2 male drakes and I believe they're breathing weird? They're about 7 weeks old now and they are kinda breathing heavy...

Hi everyone! My name is Adrian Carrazana, I currently only have a pet duck that I found. I live in an apartment complex so it’s a bit difficult to have pet chickens 😂. My pet ducks name is Peggy. I’m not quite sure yet if it’s a male or female. But I call her Peggy because she was born with one...

You My 6 month old pekin was seeming wobbly while standing, drinking from her pool. I walked over to her and she started walking away and then all the sudden she flipped on her back and was almost seizing? I held on to her gently so she wouldn’t hurt herself and then all the sudden she popped...