duckling advice

  1. A

    New to group need help gendering my golden 300 ducklings!

    5 ducklings they all look the same I can’t tell if they are male or female. They’re growing rapidly! Also, when can they live outside? It’s 80degrees during the day where I’m at but as low as 50 at night. If they have a house and each other for warmth can they live outside soon? Or will they...
  2. D

    My duckling beak looks sick (Infection?)

    My pekin duckling has this blisters on the sides of his beak with withe-ish spots 2 days ago, he eats and behaves normally so i wasn't worried. But today one of the blisters leaked a yellow fluid, and im scared it may be an infection. I'm very far from any veterinary, but I want to know if this...
    • DuckMike
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    • duckling advice help infected beak? sick
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    • Forum: Ducks
  3. A

    My duck hatched with yolk??

    I am trying to hatch my first couple ducks. Friday afternoon both my eggs pipped and yesterday my first duck hatched perfectly fine and is doing great. Today my second duck hatched and it appears to still have it's yolk. It's legs don't look right either, it can't walk. I'll attach pictures...
  4. R

    5-week-old duckling has some slight bleeding in her new feathers.

    I couldn't get a great shot of it, but one of my four ancona ducklings has some slight bleeding on some of her new wing feathers. I am not sure how serious this is, but I'd like to know if there is anything I should do.
    • RidiculousName
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    • duckling advice feather damage wing bleeding
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    • Forum: Ducks
  5. C

    Duckling trying to jump out of brooder

    I hatched a duckling last night and let her dry over night in the incubator. I cuddled with her this morning to keep her warm before I could clean the brood box and introduce her to her two sisters. They’re maybe two weeks older than her. They seem fine with her not being too mean or scared of...
    • Chickenaddict123
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    • bonded duckling duckling duckling advice stressed duck
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    • Forum: Ducks
  6. mews

    More Bruising Appearing On Duck Egg, Need Advice!

    Hello all, I've been stressing over this egg, as I'm a new hatcher and had became concerned as I noticed more bruising has started to appear on the membrane end of the egg. I'm growing nervous, as the duck is positioned awkwardly, and I'm unaware if he/she could be malpositioned and is...
    • mews
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    • assist a hatch bruising duckling duckling advice egg bruise hatching hatching help incubabtion urgent help needed
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  7. mews

    Mallard Duck Egg Suddenly Has Bruising, Advice Needed!

    Hello all! Yesterday I had posted about this duck egg and today will be the same but a new discovery, as I noticed a new appearance of bruising on my ducklings egg (I have not taken it out of the incubator as of yet). The only thing is, it's where the membrane is (the pointy end). This...
    • mews
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    • assist a hatch duck hatch help needed duckling duckling advice duckling urgency egg bruise hatching hatching duck eggs hatching help mallard duck
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  8. C

    Are my two black Swedish ducks male or female?

    Hello! So I’m getting pretty nervous! I went to my local feed store and bought 2 female black swedish ducklings about 3 weeks ago, and today I accidentally put them in a bath that was alittle to warm, and they started quacking in their adults voices! But one was a quack and one was very raspy…...
    • CuteLittleSwedyDucks
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    • 3 week old black swedish black swedish duckling duckling duckling advice ducks gender sexing
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    • Forum: Ducks
  9. S

    Advice please! Khaki with curled toes and legs

    This baby is roughly a month old. I got it from tractor supply. Its legs and feet were straight when I brought it home and I didn’t notice when they started to curl. We did have an issue with a niacin deficiency but I corrected it and all three of mine have been fine ever since. I’m in the fence...
    • sheebshelbs
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    • curled toes duckling duckling advice khaki cambell
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Ducks
  10. Crystins_homestead

    Unman help?

    A few days ago, this baby hatched in my incubator at home...everything is normal. She is eating, drinking, pooing okay. Very energetic. However, her eye has closed up? I read through some of the forums here that look like it was the same thing, and I cleaned her eye put with warm salt water...
  11. G

    Mixing different duckling ages?

    Hello! I have grown chicks but I have a new mixed breed duck flock mom. I got some from my local feed store (khaki campbell, blue swedish, and 1 white layer) and then decided to order a few more. My first batch of 4 is now 10 days old. I got my 5 new babies yesterday (3 cayuga and 2 magpie), so...
    • GrayHomesteadBrady
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    • agressiveduckling duck #breeds duck 1 week duckling duckling advice
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    • Forum: Ducks
  12. hannnnnah

    Ducklings voice cracking? (+ bonus photo of my babies)

    Hi! I have four four-week old ducklings (2 pekin, 1 cayuga, and 1 swedish blue). One of my pekins was making a sort of honking (?) noise. I noticed it yesterday when they were playing in the grass, but today it seems more pronounced. It was between the little peeps, almost like a voice crack...
    • hannnnnah
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    • duckling advice duckling behavior ducklings ducks
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Ducks
  13. CloneFly

    New to This

    After all this time of saying, "No ducks" I now have a little rescue duckling -_- Oh well, I've raised a goose before, so how much different could it be? Well, maybe it's my faulty memory, but I don't remember our gosling shaking while eating... or blowing bubbles out of his nose while...
    • CloneFly
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    • duckling advice duckling eating sneezing duckling
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    • Forum: Ducks
  14. S

    Khaki Campbell duckling with curled toes

    I have a roughly 3 week old Khaki Campbell duckling and both of its feet are curled. How do I make a splint for it? Or is it too late? The poor thing just scrambles around and I'm not sure its getting to the water in their brooder. I included photos of its feet. All of my ducklings get niacin...
    • sheebshelbs
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    • curled feet duckling advice khaki campbell
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Ducks
  15. rakeshkarthik

    Niacin or Mineral Supplements - which are good

    Hi everyone, Just to give you my background. I am a new duck dad living in Indonesia, and I currently have four ducks, two of which are 6 weeks old and the other two are 2 weeks old. They have been raised separately, and I have had some issues in the past with ducklings dying after three weeks...
    • rakeshkarthik
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    • duck 5 weeks duckling advice niacin overdose niacin question supplement
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    • Forum: Ducks
  16. B

    Ducklings sinking?

    We recently hatched six call ducklings from our own flock. This will be the second hatch we’ve had so it’s not new! They’re three weeks old. Anyway we recently switched their bedding from towels to shavings/sawdust (I kept them on towels longer than usual, as we have a very tiny one that I...
  17. Flipcat

    Three day old duckling having seizures?

    This is my first hatch, from which only four Khaki Campbell ducklings came out. Three siblings hatched on the 6th of March and this one took one more day to hatch. He was the first one to make a dent on his shell but then it stayed like that for two or three days until it finally hatched without...
  18. M

    Help! What is this? Pekin duckling

    4 day old Pekin duckling. Does anyone know what this is??
  19. D

    Duckling Eggs incubating- fertile or not?

    Hi! This is my 5th year of incubating duckling eggs but the earliest I’ve done it (usually do it in April/May, but had to do it early this year because I’m travelling). I’m worried that the eggs I have are not fertile as when I candle them I don’t see development. I’m on day 5/6 today (they were...
  20. Buttercup725

    HELP…again 😭

    Hey! First, I’d like to thank everyone who responded on my last post. Your advice and kind words really mean a lot! 💗 One of the ducklings I got on Friday is a crested pekin. It’s about a week old according to the lady I bought it from. It’s been very active, eating and drinking, going potty...
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