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    Duckling hatching naturally???

    I just moved back to my mom’s house and they have a male and female Rouen duck and the females been sitting on eggs. I candled them. This one internally pipped and is trying to break the shell do I help it? Do I need to move the chick into a warm area after it comes out do I remove it and help...
  2. S

    Duckling hatching naturally under mom help

    I have never had ducks before and I just moved back to my mom and dad‘s house. Apparently they have a male and female ROUEN duck. The female sitting on eggs I started doing research. I candles the eggs. One has internally pipped and has started breaking the shell to get out. I’m not sure if he’s...
  3. TheDaringDucks

    Winter Duck Shelter (Help identifying issues with design/plan?)

    I am working on a plan to repurpose my ducks' stock tank pond to transform it into a winter den and could use some insight from others who may have more experience than me or can think of any foreseeable issues this design may have. To sum up, I was going to line the inside of the stock tank...
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    Call Ducklings

    Hello, I would like to buy two female call ducklings, one white and one pastel, preferably vaccined and show quality and able to be delivered to california. If you know somewhere where I can get this, please email! ([email protected])
    • Itamar
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  5. KathiQuacks

    Duck arching neck and walking backwards..??

    Hey y’all. This is a behavior I’ve noticed a couple times now in my newest duck, Blanca, but it starts and ends faster than I can get my phone out to take a photo / video. I believe it’s happening while she’s preening, or about to preen. She arches her neck underneath her body and walks...
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  6. Hball

    Mama duck not accepting baby

    I had a duck hatch several eggs and one of them cracked and was bloody, it eventually hatched out and was lifeless and the mama duck was stepping all over it. So, I put it in the incubator for several days and it wouldn’t stand but just twitch its legs. Finally it started standing so I put it in...
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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...
  8. 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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    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...
  10. 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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    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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    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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  13. 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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  14. 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...
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  15. 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...
  16. 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...
  17. 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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  18. 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 😅
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    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...
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    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...
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