duck behavior

  1. Bubbles & Nibbles Mom

    Duck has scratched his neck raw!

    We live on property with kids and their ducks. We have a couple geese and wound up being primary caretaker of the flock. Think the kids thought it would be fun to have ducks and eggs until once the novelty wore off . They took this little Runner in to vet a few months back when he first...
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  2. Tay's Ducks

    My Male Mallard Mated With My Other Male?

    I have 3 mallards (2 drakes and hen) and since the summer both boys mate with the hen in the pool. The strangest thing happened today and this is the first time that we’ve seen it happen. One of our male mallards got on top of the other male in the pool and did exactly what he usually does to...
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  3. S

    Duck Behavior Changes

    I have had a small flock of Khaki Campbell ducks for about 6 months now. There are two males and two females. I got them at around 6 weeks old. While they have always been skittish when faced with sudden movements they were generally friendly and we had a great relationship. They began mating...
    • Shoch
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  4. A

    Introduction to my backyard

    My name is Albin Ortiz from Santiago Dominican Republic I started with chickens about 18 month ago and I am loving it. I first got 8 layers and a Roster in a narrow back alley of my house . That was a. Big negotiation with my wife that is not a animal lover. Now I have expended to a 4,000 sf...
  5. M

    New duck pen!

    Hi all, I am new on this forum. And I know I will appreciate all the help and wisdom! I have about 20 ducks, which also includes 2 lovely geese. We have been raising ducks for about 2 years. We have muscovy and American Pekin and Khaki Campbells. Just yesterday we moved there entire...
    • Madge
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  6. SheilaCondit

    Squirrels eating the duck feed!

    3 fat grey squirrels were caught leaving the scene. The duck's feed bowl was empty. The sneaky squirrels will be back. I have been letting my 2 pekin ducks eat at will. Do I need to put it in a fenced coop? Do ducks eat primarily in the morning? Any ideas on how to deal with this?
  7. Vegan Mountain Mama

    Ducks being kind of mean to chickens! how can I make them more friendly?

    I have 2 ducks and 2 chickens and they share a coop just fine, but in the daytime when i let them roam the ducks get territorial and bossy and sometimes peck the chickens....theyve even intimidated my poor kitty at times >:( Im also having a bit of a hard time getting them to bond with ME, they...
  8. Z

    Question about duck behavior

    I've never had ducks before and I was wondering what it means when my drake lifts his wings/head, quacks, and darts his head forward whenever he sees me sometimes? Is it courtship behavior? Can't really find anything on the subject and I'm just curious. (He's a Rouen if that matters.)
    • zombieduck
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    • duck behavior rouen
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  9. M

    Duck behaviour

    Hi, newbie here We have 1 drake and 2 hens, they are about 12-13 weeks old, they have grown up together. Recently it seems the drake is picking on one hen in particular. He wiggles his beak into just above the hens tail and pulls and does it on her chest too. It seems to be more common when im...
    • Megs Y
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  10. A

    One of my ducks acting odd, worried.

    I have two beautiful Welsh Harlequin ducklings, Daisy and Alice, both 6 weeks old. The smaller one, Daisy, has been acting weird lately. As she is very young, she is still quite skittish and it usually takes quite some time to chase her around and get her where she needs to be. This past day...
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