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1 year old, male call duck. He used to have a black head, but malted a few months ago and never gotten it back. Does anyone know what colour he is? 😊 The last pic was when he had a black head.

1 year old, male call duck. He used to have a black head, but malted a few months ago and has never gotten it back. Does anyone know what colour he is? 😊 The last pic was when he had a black head.

One of my ducklings who's 3.5 weeks old is tripping over their legs which are slightly turned inwards. I noticed lately that they would come out and get food and water but then go back and lay down. I did a ton of researched prior to hatching my ducklings and since day one have been making...

One of my ducklings who's 3.5 weeks old is tripping over their legs which are slightly turned inwards. I noticed lately that they would come out and get food and water but then go back and lay down. I did a ton of researched prior to hatching my ducklings and since day one have been making...

Hey guys. I have a question. One of my ducks passed away today. She was a crested Pekin and was 8 years old. I'm not sure how she passed. Last night she seemed a bit different, a bit weaker but she was still able to get up and move around but she would lay down more often. She did struggle a bit...

Hi, I have 10 eggs in an incubator currently on day 23. The ringed teal eggs are doing great and the air cell is the right size. The wood ducks are way too small for day 23. More day 10. Confused as they in the same incubator. Any help or ideas on what I could do this late on?

I will come back to add more, edit and post photos soon, but wanted to share a duck bill repair tactic we devised that seems to be working, just in case anyone else has a similar emergency and is looking for ideas straight away. As always, this worked for us, but might not work for you, or I...

We've just candled this egg for the first time, and saw these two dark lines. not sure what they are. but the embryo is still moving inside. the egg is day 19 if that helps.

we’ve been trying to incubate duck eggs for about two and a half months now with no success. We have gotten to day 26 and then the ducklings would just die. The temperature we’ve tried incubating them at is 37.5 degrees Celsius and the humidity is 50%. We’ve had about 15 fertilised eggs that...

Do any of you know of any resources on Cayuga genetics, specifically color genetics. I found a post a few weeks ago that talked about needing to select for more than just one gene in order to get really colorful birds but I can't find it now.

For some background I have three, two year old male pekins and no females. One of our pekins has been getting badly mauled by another and separating them is not really a perfect option right now. Any advice on what to do? Should I be treating the balding spot of his neck or covering it with...

So it's day 29...no rocking, no pipping, nothing. The second day of incubation the plug came out so they cooled and we started again on day 3. Could this mean the eggs will just take longer to hatch? Or have my baby duckies died?

Day 28, I think it is a pekin duck given to me by someone at work. Is this circle on top of the egg an external pip? No noise or movement yet, getting a bit worried!

Long story short ducks free roam and I just found there eggs. I decided to candle them and I'm curious if this egg is bad? Should I remove all the eggs?

I'm a newbie with ducks. I recently (about a month & half ago) purchased 4 at a farm store. 2 pekin & 2 Cayuga. Not to sure on sex.This illness has came on all of a sudden with 1 of the pekin. One morning(a few days ago) I let them out to the pen in the yard then later on that evening he/she...

Received a group of ducklings this morning, found this little one with an eye issue. Duck seems alright, alert and noisy, but prefers to keep that eye shut. Seems to be tired, even in the presence of humans. I’m relatively new to raising waterfowl. Is the duckling okay? Is there anything I can...

I'm a newbie with ducks. I recently (about a month & half ago) purchased 4 at a farm store. 2 pekin & 2 Cayuga. Not to sure on sex.This illness has came on all of a sudden with 1 of the pekin. One morning(a few days ago) I let them out to the pen in the yard then later on that evening he/she...

Hello, A few days ago neighbors found an injured Muscovy duck and brought her to me because I have been raising ducks and chickens in my backyard. However, I have never had a bird with such a terrible injury; the duck seemed to have been bitten by something around her tail area, and the cuts...

This is first time breeding ducks we got two Muscovy ducks last year and they laid 12 eggs. Four were gotten by puppies before we got the fence fixed but today found one cracked all over and a small tear in the membrane. There is some blood I opened it a little thinking it was dead but it...

I'm new to hatching ducks (welsh harlequin) with an incubator. I let the wrong duck get broody and she's not the best broody duck. I took the eggs from her b/c she was leaving too long and she crushed one (accidentally, I'm sure). She also got mean. None of my other ducks have bitten me when...