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  1. CluckstersAndChip

    Tell me how to hatch these eggs

    I’m ordering 7 buff Orpingtons duck eggs from a website And I’m just trying to get the best hatching chances Please give me tips
  2. C

    Duckling Ate something Toxic

    Hi all I have a 6 week old duckling who escaped his run yesterday and ate some Mugwort. He’s a Black East India cross, so a bantam or miniature breed (idk what this is called in the US) He ate a small a leaf lower down on the Mugwort plant before running off (as we were chasing him 🤦🏻) I...
  3. B

    Baby Duck hasn't grown in a week

    received two ducklings at 3 days old, and both appeared healthy at the time. We’re now in week 2, and while one duck has tripled in size, the other has barely grown. Despite that, she eats, drinks plenty of water, and sleeps regularly. She loves to cuddle up next to her sibling but tends to...
    • Burkeeks
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    • baby baby duck chirping duck growth help !
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    • Forum: Ducks
  4. Goosebaby

    Broody Drake?

    Bramble is an almost six week Welsh Harlequin cross with either a Buff or a Cayuga buff cross. I’m usually correct when vent sexing goslings but I have zero percent accuracy with vent sexing ducklings so I knew I probably was wrong with Bramble but Bramble appeared to be a female at first. After...
    • Goosebaby
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    • brood broody drake drake duck duckling
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    • Forum: Ducks
  5. HearthRoots

    1 year old call duck suddenly having seizures, not sure what to do?

    Hello- I have a 1 year old female call duck who started having seizures this evening. She was violently flapping and thrashing her whole body, and is going periodically limp. Her eyes seem to go in and out of focus, and would get watery during these moments with the right one being more...
  6. N

    Muscovy Duck Eggs

    Hey I currently have a broody muscovy duck laying on almost 20 eggs. I have to leave town for a few days on July 12th so I decided to candle a few of her eggs. Any idea when these will hatch? I want to make sure I am here when they hatch so I can move her and any babies into a secure coop with...
  7. sady___

    Help!!

    I came home today to my two year old Black Swedish Hen, named Maggie, lame and having issues moving, almost as if she is egg bound. She still has an appetite, is interested in preening, and is currently in the bath (also dosed with meloxicam). Is this egg binding or something different? She’s...
    • sady___
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    • blackswedish duck eggbind emergencies emergency duck help help
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Ducks
  8. 1st "swim

    1st "swim

    Yes the drinking saucer is a bath when you are that size
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  9. C

    Stuck duck eggs on turner after daily misting

    Hi everyone, first post on here (after much browsing of BYC I might say) and I could do with a little beginners advice to a problem I’m currently having whilst incubating my Indian runner duck eggs. I am on day 14, and for the last 2 days when I have gone to cool/mist my eggs (as per the...
  10. G

    administering oral medications

    Hello, A few days ago, my duck (5-6 weeks old) fractured a vertebrae low in her neck. I took her to an avian vet on an emergency appointment, who treated her and gave us oral meds (meloxidyl 1 mL dose) to take home and administer for 7 days. The vet told me one way to administer (the correct...
    • gclark01
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    • broken neck duck duckling ducks glottis injury neck injury oral medication
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    • Forum: Ducks
  11. C

    Runner ducks no external pip

    I could use some HATCHING HELP info…we are incubating 6 chicken eggs and 5 duck eggs. Put chicken eggs in 7 days after ducks to account for the 21/28 day difference. We opted to set humidity to ducks instead of chicks, so humidity was in the 55 range for the 25 days. We had been candling and...
  12. Mictaterbug

    Unsexed Muscovy ducklings

    My female Muscovy showed up with 16 ducklings, looking to rehome some. I’m guessing they hatched on the 15th of June. I’m in the chambersburg Pa area.
  13. Paddlehands

    Cuckoo / Double nrst

    So this is my first egg year and seemingly duckling. My Swedish went broody first Then my magpie... and recently it seems the khaki.... Even before being obviously broody the khaki was laying beside the magpie (and khaki would adopt the egg) or in the magpies nest during break. I used to...
  14. W

    Maine-In need of rehoming my Black Swedish Drake

    Hi everyone! I am in Levant, ME. I have a male Black Swedish duck that I need to rehome. I have too many males, especially since I lost one of my girls in December. I’m sad to see him go, but my other 2 boys aren’t very fond of him. Please let me know if you or someone you know would like to...
  15. S

    Duck egg pip too smal?!

    My two ducks got picked off by a fox 28 days ago. I had some eggs so I put them in an incubator and one has already pipped! It happened over 12 hours ago and no progress. I would not be worried but the pip is so so so small I am worried that it is not getting any oxygen. Here is a photo and...
  16. N

    Help please!

    My 2 year old kahki Campbell has been acting off. Today she still was: not really going out with her sister, staying nested in their enclosure, even going back into their hut. I was wondering if she was just struggling with an egg but even her sister seemed concerned and came to get us and bring...
  17. D

    Lonely female duck that misses mean male ducks

    Hello! My flock has 3 adult female ducks, 2 adult male ducks, and a juvenile female and male duck (7 ducks). Recently, we decided to give away the 2 adult male ducks to a friend. Although they were nice to humans and let us pick them up, they would bully the other ducks (they would rip off the...
    • Duckhugger
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    • duck female duck male duck
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    • Forum: Ducks
  18. S

    4-month old female duckling attacked by adult male Mallard.

    Hi! New here, but I need some help. Four-month old female Pekin. Normal height and weight, very lethargic and weak. Have been trying to integrate my two new male and female Pekin ducklings into my coop with other one-year old male Mallard. His previous mate escaped and disappeared. He usually...
  19. RossAcres

    ALERT! We have a genetic anomaly!

    Prepare yourselves. I have a suprise. I just hatched out a SILVER Cayuga. That's right. A SILVER Cayuga. Their parent stock are black Cayugas. I was under the impression that Cayugas were black and only black. But this little guy just hatched out and he is silver. I'm talking with all of my...
  20. Oshi55

    Call/Runner Duck Eggs Incubation on Day 25... Lockdown Tips Appreciated!

    Hi again, BYC community! I'm having some fear about whether or not I'm doing something wrong, and would love some validation and tips from the pros here that've successfully hatched duck eggs before. So, for a bit of context here, I'm currently on day 25 of an incubation period, and am using a...
    • Oshi55
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    • call duck eggs duck duck egg hatching duck eggs incubate lockdown advice lockdown day 1 runner duck runner duck eggs
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
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