duck advice

Please help! I am incubating duck eggs and I just found this. An egg is cracked with with brown/red substance coming out. I am not sure how it cracked but I think the incubator was bumped some how. The egg has been in the incubator for about 15 days. This is my first time incubating and I don’t...

So I have this Muscovy duck egg that I found all alone. It was already kind of cold, but I couldn't just leave it alone, so I took it back and put it under a heat lamp, pointed side facing down. I bought a thermometer and hydrometer and am trying to keep the temp at a constant 99-101 degrees. I...

I have four cayuga ducklings that are a little over 5 weeks living outside in a refurbished chicken coop. They have a run outside with some cover and small water pools(rubber feeder pans). Inside, I have kept water and food available since they are still growing. I am looking for suggestions on...

Hi everyone! I have 2 Cayuga ducks and 2 Welsh ducks. Both are mating pairs and they all live together in a kennel that is a pretty good size. Half of the kennel is in a pond and the other half is on land. We just got them about a week ago. Right away, each female laid an egg a day starting the...

Hi all really new at the whole baby ducks hatching on her own thing so I'm here for some much-needed advice. I have three chickens and three ducks, one drake and 2 females-all Pekins who had a clutch of 11 eggs and one of the females has been sitting on them for about a month. Two days ago I...

I am taking care of a Peking duck for my daughter because her Drake was mounting her every day and has sores no feathers on her neck. Anyway you get the picture, she needed to heal. Here's my question. I have 2 grown ducks both hens, small compared to her, the Peking follows them around and they...

I have a male duck who recently started attacking one of my hens. It started after I had to kill one of the hens that he grew up with (she was sick). I went to give this hen a bath and I found that not only was she bruised all over, but she has what looks likes scabs all over her back and under...

Hello everyone just joined the group even though I've had chickens for nearly 5 years and I finally now have ducklings hopefully this is the right place to ask I dunno haha. But these little ducklings I was told were khaki Campbell's but they don't really look like the ones I seen when I was...

What are the best duckling treats? And the best adult duck treats?

I'm new to the duck raising community. We just bought three Pekins from tractor supply and 2 of them have these hard black feathers on their backs. I don't know if they are molting or what please help me learn!!

Hello! I need help. I don't know how to setup my brooder box for my ducklings I'd like it to be nice and clean and safe. I just don't know what to use. I want some pictures of you guys setup and how to make whats in there such as feeders and waterers and bedding . I hope you don't mind if I...

Hello fellow duck lovers. I am a long time duck mom but 1st time hatcher. I am two days into hatching and I only had two good eggs. One seems to be doing OK making progress while the other was at a standstill for 36 hours. From everything I’ve read I needed to intervene. So I have created a hole...

I was wondering if it's normal for your duckling to be afraid of the dark. The other two don't seem that bothered, but my Pekin baby will start screaming out for me the moment it gets dark. I always leave a light on for them because once he gets started they all start screaming. They don't have...

I just put together my new pen that I got from tractor supply and my family and i are deciding where to put it in the yard. We have a giant cemented area in my backyard where we built it, but are now thinking about keeping it there permanently. My mom's concerned that the cement will be too...

Hello everyone! So.. long story short a friend of mine got a duck while living in a dorm and her RA obviously told her to get rid of it. I'm known as an animal lover, and she asked me to take her until summer break. So I just have a few basic questions I could really use the communities help...

Ok I have a what I think is a male pekin about 6-7 weeks in age he has been by himself just me and him. My first problem I'm having with him is he sleeps in my bed with me he will squawk an make a whole scene untill I put him in the bed. Now he has only ever had one accident in the bed sounds...

So the place we got our ducks from suggested we start our ducklings off with chick feed. Well they are getting so big, I was wondering if there is a time im suppose to get them to start eating more mature duck feed, like pellets, or if they are fine eating the chick feed.

I have a 2yr old rouen male duck has just started being aggressive to anyone I don't know why he was sweet and loving until now he is only one now we just recently moved and now have a swimming pool first he would get in the pool with the kids and swim with them but he will attack the kids no...

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...

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...