duck problems

  1. Sproutablossom

    Duck with weird skin and bald patches - Anyone seen this before?

    So we have this little drake who gets picked on by the other boys (he has since been removed from the boy pen) They liked to hold him down and tear out feathers. It wasn’t bad at first as they all tugged on each other, but then we noticed that he started to do it to himself. Like self...
  2. E

    Help! I'm new to raising ducks and my duck is being picky

    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...
    • Epi_03
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    • duck duck 5 weeks duck advice duck feed question duck feeder duck health duck problems
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Ducks
  3. HostileMatron

    Egg too small, duckling pipped, struggling to breathe, no noise, day 28 - pic attached

    My horror story is in full swing and I could use some advice. I've got an egg on day 28 without enough room to move and it seems that he's beginning to struggle to breathe. Backstory: My 8 month old Rouen duck (fostered her and her 4 brothers since 4wks) started laying eggs in February. I built...
  4. A

    Introduction

    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...
  5. N

    Feather abnormality - should I intervene?

    Hi All. Thanks in advance for any advice or help. There’s a long and happy backstory to the little guy in the photos but the gist is he was on deaths door, I was able to get him healthy and return him to his exact mother and he’s living a wonderful life as a wild duck. But, I don’t have any...
    • Newducklover21
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    • angel wing angel wing? duck problems duck question help !
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Ducks
  6. R

    Need help with my Pekin ducks.

    Hi everyone I’ve been coming to this site for a while now because of the great info on ducks I’ve been able to learn and now I have a question I was hoping someone could help me with. About three months ago I got two American Pekin ducks one female and the other I’m pretty sure is male and I’m...
    • Rypie
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    • duck problems ducks pekin ducks
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Ducks
  7. Maddog_photog

    Limping duck

    My hen Waddles started limping today. Not sure what’s going on. Video linked: I’ll try and get photos of the bottom of her feet
    • Maddog_photog
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    • duck problems hurt bird injury limping duck
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Ducks
  8. Megan_M

    Getting rid of mean drakes

    Just wondering what to do with my mean Rouen drake... I don’t necessarily want to kill him because of how beautiful he is, so any suggestions on what type of places would take him or find a need for him? Thanks!
    • Megan_M
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    • drakes duck problems
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Ducks
  9. Stephluv304

    Spoiled mean cuddly duck

    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...
    • Stephluv304
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    • duck advice duck problems ducky mommy
    • Replies: 29
    • Forum: Ducks
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