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Please help! What are these, and are they male or female?
My (VERY) thoughtful son dropped off 6 ducks for Father’s Day. He felt that since we were doing well with the chickens he gifted us last year, the ducks would be the same. Thank you son. 🙄 These ducks were purchased from Tractor Supply. The tag only said “ducks” and a price. They are supplied...- Greta S
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Help, young duck unable to walk, seems to have something very wrong with him.
Unfortunately this is the only image I have as these are not my ducks, someone I know just knows I have ducks and wanted my input, but I haven’t seen a duck sit like this before. He’s only able to walk a couple steps before collapsing and can’t seem to stand at all from the video she sent me... -
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Duckling Breathing Weird— Please help!
Hello! I am new to this place, and I really didn’t know where else to ask, but I am worried about one of my ducklings named Elphie. I got her about 25 days ago, and I think she was only a couple days old maximum when I got her and another duckling I’ve named Daphne.. I am extremely new to ducks...- Ori
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Help by ducks feet have sores
Hi there one of my ducks has sores on her feet that just won't go away. I've been using an iodine solution along with veterson and bag balm. But it's not getting any better. What should I do?- DuckDuckles
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- duck help
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Duck- Bruising on beak?
Hello once again, Werburga has me back with more questions. I brought her out today for her swim while I changed out her old bedding. Long story short, nothing eventful happened, but once I was bringing her inside I noticed a red mark on her beak, then what appeared to be a grayish-green bit of... -
Feather cyst?! What is this?
My duck was attacked by a raccoon 3 weeks ago and had been doing a LOT better but today I noticed this weird pimple on his wing where there was a scratch but it healed over. Is this a feather cyst? I heard, if it is, it needs surgical removal! It’s making me anxious because my family and I have...- Chikenshiken
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- cyst duck help feather cyst medical advice
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Strange Egg: Is it a Lash egg or something else?
Hello everyone, my baby gal is finally of age to lay eggs. She had her first egg yesterday (at time of writing this) along with something else. The day before yesterday I noticed slight tail pumping along with slight heavy breath taking. I was worried she was egg bound or having troubles, so I...- Kerya
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- duck help lash egg? new layer soft shelled egg? strange egg weird egg
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What’s wrong with my Pekin ducks feet?
Hey y’all, I got a 2 year old Pekin duck recently from someone who was getting rid of all their birds. I checked her feet today just making sure there’s no bumblefoot going on, to my surprise I saw on the ends of some of her toes were big and were missing toenails, could she have froze some toes...- proudduckowner22
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- bumblefoot duck duck help help medical medical advice pekin
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Male duck making strange noise (from his bottom?)
Hello all, I’m not sure the last time I’ve posted but I now have 7 ducks. The 4 new members are over 4 months old, 3 boys and 1 girl. My biggest of the babies is Eggnog, and recently he started lifting himself in the water (like bicycle kicks) and making a strange noise. He mostly does this... -
Duck's Wing Twitching and Fanning Out. Can someone tell me what this means??
Hello all! My duck's wings do this every few days and she shakes her head and opens her mouth as if she wants to vomit and nothing comes out. Her tongue even sticks out for a while when she's doing this vomiting motion. It really scares and worries me. This happens every few days and it lasts... -
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How much Vitamin B complex should I give my duck?
Hi! So i have Vitamin B complex intended for human use. I plan to use it for my duck (1) and she's only more or less a month old. How much should I give her? -
Pekin Ducklings Throats Puffing
So I had 5 but unfortunately the runt had passed away last night. I have 4 2 1/2 week old Peking ducklings and it seems everytime they’re swimming or drinking water their throats get puffy and I can see skin. I heard it could be a possible air sac rupture but I’m not sure and wanted a second...- ccaarnation
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Duck Bill
My male Pekin duck has something wrong with his bill and I’m not sure what it is. Does anyone have any ideas? Picture attached.- Lilliecs314
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- duck duck help
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Duck Behaviour
Hello, I apologize if this thread is in the wrong spot! My female mallard (Molly) is acting more aggressive towards the other ducks as the days go by. She would listen to one of the other ducks who stood up to her and never picked on her after the order was established (Marnie). She’d still... -
Coccydia in ducks
Help! My 2 Pekin females have coccydia. Or so I’ve been told. They have always been separated from my 3 jumbos for fear of they’ll be squished! And the jumbos are fine. But Pato and That Duck contracted this either from a dirty pen…my other half was in charge of them all after I had shoulder...- Loosiegoosie
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- bloody poop in ducks corid for coccydia duck coccydia duck help what to do next
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Holding Foot Open Issue
Looking for ideas 💡… This is Donald. We got him in September with four other ducklings from Tractor Supply. Since being young he’s had a left leg issue. He seems not able to hold his foot spread out to walk so he stumbles and trips often. He’s getting larger so it’s more problematic. Going to...- MiniBarnFarmMaine
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- duck duck help duckling advice foot curling foot deformity
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Incubation of other poultry
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%...- Stefankeyes
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- duck advice duck help duck incubation incubabtion incubation help
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Duck Breed ID
Hi!! My ducks are around 4 weeks old. I bought them from a local feed shop and 4 were sold as Perkins. 2 are peckin, 2 are Mallords, and 2 are obviously something else. Any ideas on what they might be? When they were younger they looked just like welsh harlequin ducklings, but now I’m not so... -
Swollen duckling cheek. Help!
Hey! :) So as some of you may know my Welsh Harlequin duck, (who turned out to be a drake lol) Charlie, has a swollen face. This started when he was about two weeks old. He's probably around eight weeks now. Over time it got a lot better before flaring up again, and now both sides of his face...- Greystone farm
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Help! Rescued mallard drake, need female duck
Please give advice. We have a full house with 10 hens and 2 roosters and dogs and cat, kids. Reacued a sweet mallard drake yesterday from an overcrowded coop with chickens and ducks that were attacking him. Brought him to a safe 8x8 enclosure in our yard (surrounded by our free range flock...