duck advice

This happened a few minutes ago, after letting them swim for a while it seemed too cold so I tried taking them back to the crate where I keep them. She suddenly started running and tripped, thankfully the floor didn't touch the neck but she fell on one of her paws. There's no blood, twists or...

I only have 2 ducks, they are a mating pair they have always gotten along so well as they were raised together. A month ago I'd say, this weird duck wondered into our yard I believe he is a muscovy as he is quite big with the red around his eyes and a little mohawk. I felt bad for him after I...

I plan on building two coops, one for chickens and one for ducks. I've been googling some ideas but most of them seem to have the wire too thin, which can be very bad for me since there's predators here. We don't have raccoons, foxes, etc. We have mongooses and rats, therefore they can get in...

I'm not really familiar with sexing ducks. Someone said the feathers near the tail curl if it's a drake? The pics aren't the best, but what do you guys think? Does he look male or female?

For the past 3 months, my drakes have been super aggressive towards my females. Constantly trying to mate. I know that’s normal but it’s gotten worse and worse. I have more males than females, but at first it was fine. There was no overbreeding, no injured necks. Everything was fine. They have...

I have a female duck that randomly let's out a series of 4 or 5 extremely loud quacks, it almost sounds like she is stressed about something! I have not found any of her eggs in several weeks, I'm not sure if something is eating them or if she's not laying? How would I know if she is egg bound...

Hey everyone !! It’s been quite awhile since I’ve posted here, it’s a long story but A LOT, both good and bad has happened with the flock since last spring, maybe I’ll get into that some other time. Anyway, money has been tight lately and I’ve been getting AT LEAST 5 eggs from the ducks every...

So today on Valentine's Day, my mom got me two little white & fawn runner ducklings. I wanted them as pets so I got them. They have their little space, a heating lamp, water, food, and etc. They are constantly chirping and squeaking and I fear they won't stop. What do I do?? We don't have them...

Hello! Tomorrow I'm going to pick up a 1-year-old female duck, and I was curious as to if there is any precautions I should take when I bring her home? I currently own one male Pekin and two Rhode Island Red hens. The male Pekin is also a year old. I was just wondering if there's anything I...

When I was letting my ducks roam the yard today I noticed my girl Daisy has a hole in her bill. She doesn’t seem to be in any pain and has been eating and drinking normally. I honestly am not sure how or when this happened, she was rescued from a kill house so she doesn’t ever really let me...

So I have female duck and a male duck (I’m in the hunt for more female ducks) and this morning my male duck was trying to mate her and grabbed the side of her face instead of the back of her head. Thankfully he didn’t rip her eye out but it does seem injured and my duck knowledge is pretty...

Hello everyone! Some background: My ducks were born in June of 2017. Being a first time duck/chicken mom, I when they came to age, I promptly trimmed their flight feathers in fear of them flying away. One of the ducks has molted multiple times in the years since, but the other duck still has...

Topic below the pics Her with her eye closed Hi my fellow bird lovers, as the title reads my 8 week old saxony is barely opening her left eye. When she does open it I can see the corner is red and irritated. As I was spending time with beauties this morning I also noticed her voice is very...

My ducks leg is injured. At first she was limping but now can’t bare any weight on it. I kept her in a crate last night and rotate her into a Luke warm bath every few hours. What else should I do? How do I know if it’s broken, Sprained or dislocated? Thanks for any help.

The plan is a mixed bird holiday hatch. Pekin ducks, barnyard mystery mix chickens, and jumbo brown quail timed to hatch Christmas Eve into Christmas Day. I have never tried duck eggs before. Based on research, limited experience with chickens and quail, and advice from someone with considerably...

Have been reading and learning from these forums for the last year. Thank you all for sharing your experiences. I have 2 Sebastapols as pets (free ranging outdoors) and boy could I give an earful to anyone contemplating stepping into Sebastapol ownership. But for this post, I am contemplating...

Ok guys so currently I have my 5 cayuga girls and planning to raise up a boy for them this winter so come spring love is hopefully in the air. But my current questions are this. A: how do you keep your girls laying constantly? And B: what bedding is best in a confined duck house? The girls...

Hi everyone! This is my first forum post outside of my intro and responding to an existing thread so if I should do anything differently, let me know. My question is, does anyone have recommendations to fully or partially automate keeping a duck pond clean? What I'm hoping for is to find out...

I’ve not been able to find anything about this online, but my adult male Pekin who is healthy and normally sized and can make the normal male duck noise as well will sometimes make a weird noise that I can only describe as a “honk”. He opens his bill wider for the honk and it sounds almost like...

Hello, everyone! I am new to raising ducks and I have a question... I am sorry this is so long, but here it goes: I have 8 "ducklings" that are 11 weeks old - all hatched together. One of them got her leg/ankle hurt a little over a week ago. We kept her isolated in a crate inside the duck run...