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  1. Ducklad

    Seagull's Flock Thread

    Howdy there! I'll be putting together the thread throughout the next few weeks, but this first post is to give you a run down of the flock. I let them decide who they want to associate themselves with, so the dynamic of the flock is a little odd. I REPEAT, they choose who they branch off with...
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    • duck eggs
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  2. T

    Backyard Roosters attacked my ducks!

    Trigger warning: pictures of an injured duck attached. So over labor day weekend our Barred Rock roosters decided to suddenly attack our flock. They killed 2 ducks and a bantam hen. 1 of our ducks isn't dead but it has obvious neck injuries. It won't support it's head at all and swims in...
  3. RainValleyFarm

    Duck sensitive vent area won't eat or walk

    I have a 2.5 year old welsh harlequin who has had herself seperated for about a week now. She had the slightest limp and wasn't walking much, I looked her over and there was no bumble foot or heat in the joints, so I gave her a few days to just rest. Yesterday she walked out of the coop and was...
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    • broken egg duck duck health egg bound vent gleet
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  4. N

    Muscovy Laid Soft Egg

    I bought 5 muscovies a few months ago and I believed I had 4 females and 1 male. 1 duck has a lot more red in his face, has larger feet, and does not trill so I assumed he was a male. They are all around 6 months old but today I found a soft/rubbery egg. I checked the camera expecting one of the...
    • Noah209
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    • duck egg gender help muscovy soft egg
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Ducks
  5. N

    My poor Daisy duck got attacked by a fox, need advice

    Hello, I have been reading BYC for the last 6.5 weeks or so since we got 4 baby Pekin ducks from the 4-H building at our county fair. They were all doing well after reading here about Niacin deficiency, buying the treatment and administering it as I read here on BYC. Night before last a red...
    • npatman
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    • attack duck injured pekin
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    • Forum: Ducks
  6. Lilybljm

    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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    • baby duck help duck duck can't stand duck can't walk duck help help injured injured leg sick sick duck
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  7. LoveyDuckies

    Ducks laying too many eggs!!

    Hey yall I’m concerned about my two ducks. I have a pekin (Dolly) and a khaki Campbell (Loretta). Loretta typically lays one egg a day and Dolly will sometimes skip a day or two. For a while they were laying soft shelled eggs so I put a dish of oyster shell by their food and mixed some into...
    • LoveyDuckies
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    • duck duckegg egg egglaying
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  8. DuckyDuckTheDuck

    Arthritis/foot injury on runner duck

    Our runner duck hen keeps limping. She has been to the vet and we are giving her a lot of medications (meloxicam, gabepentinum, collagen, meds for stage 3 arthritis, B vitamins), but they dont seem to be helping. We have been giving her the meds for a week now. Last time she injured that leg in...
  9. gracemortizzle

    How long do do you keep your drakes separate from your ladies?

    Long time lurker, first post- forgive me if I’m not doing this right please! I have 2 boys & 4 girl ducks that are all about 1.5 years old. They all used to live together in their enclosure. This spring, we had to start keeping the boys separate because they were over mating the girls, so we...
  10. Minusthebuff

    Duck Vomiting Liquid and Bits of Food

    Hello All, So my 2 year old female muscovy duck (Pretty Girl) started vomiting "clear" liquid and some chicken feed tonight. I say "clear" because the color is clear now, the first few times it looked like it had a yellow tint to it. It was hard to tell because it was getting dark out at the...
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    • duck muscovy duck vomitting duck
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    • Forum: Ducks
  11. RossAcres

    Need pallet coop ideas!

    Let me see those pallet coops/runs! Getting some large ducks (I normally raise bantams) and need some visual ideas! Also, please let me know how you stand your pallets up if they're standing on the ground. Rebar near me is $5 for two feet 😅
  12. D

    Is it okay to release these ducks?

    So I found these call ducks when they were a few days old in a plastic bag near a road. I took them in and raised them in my house while they got attached to me. They aren’t afraid of humans and they will soon be able to fly. We sadly don’t have room for them anymore because we live in the city...
  13. B

    Poopy duck

    I've had my pekin for about 2 months and her big girl feathers are coming in very nice aside from some molting on her top that still has to go. Aside from that I've noticed that her butt area that is around her cloaca has poop marks around it. I've given her "baths" by letting her soak and...
  14. O

    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...
  15. TheDaringDucks

    My Hero Duck

    I have a bit of a problem with my mallard drake, Geronimo. Over the last few months, he has become a little too big for his britches. He has absolutely no fear. Or at least when it comes to fight or flight, he will ALWAYS choose fight. Doesn't matter what it is, he struts his way right up to...
    • TheDaringDucks
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    • cooper's hawk drake duck ducks hawk mallard
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  16. Flutterbudget

    What on earth is this? Help!

    I’m pretty sure it came from one of my drakes but not 100%. I just saw him shaking his beak back and forth like he was attempting to dislodge something or wasn’t keen on what he’d eaten. He’s vocalising and breathing normally but seems hesitant to eat. Would not eat millet and has had only...
  17. B

    My duck got a cut on her beak

    My duck likes to nip at my one cat and the cat decided she had had enough and batted at my poor baby so I wiped the blood away and cleaned it with fresh water and a painkiller free antibiotic cream that I saw someone recommend doing on another post below is a picture should I be worried? Should...
  18. Fairywoodducks

    Injured duck leg

    Hey all! Last night my border collie was not paying attention and ran over my Khaki Campbell, Amelia. she hurt her leg and I’m not sure where in the leg is hurt. She is standing on her other leg and is using her wing to help her move when she does. I have her separated for the flock and blocked...
  19. LoveyDuckies

    Ducks + Chicken?

    Hey yall! I’ve got two duckies and have been wanting to add a chicken into the mix but I’m not sure how that would go. I would plan on keeping them in the same pen but how old should the chicken be before it is with the ducks? I’ve also got a silly but curious question… Has anyone tried to...
    • LoveyDuckies
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    • chicken and duck duck raising chickens
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  20. Chickenenjoyer

    Weird Death

    About a year ago one of my female ducks passed away unexpectedly. The hen had no attack marks and was just frozen dead, no other birds were sick or affected. And if it matters, she was a 2 year old Blue Swedish Duck. Does anyone know a possible cause for death?
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