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  1. Sequoia Raven Bird Farms

    What gender are these mixed Runner, Ancona & Campbell ducklings?

    These 9 ducklings were hatched July 6th by Quilly the Dark Campbell hen, and turn 7 weeks old today. Their possible mothers are: Quilly - Dark Campbell Ms. Rolley - Khaki Campbell Sweet Pea - Khaki Campbell Ms. Pretty - Tri Colored Ancona Pearl - Lilac Ancona Their father is a Green Billed...
  2. B

    I need help with my ducklings

    Hello I got question my ducklings are 6 weeks old but they don’t know how to use their oil gland what should I do
    • Barsam
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    • duckling oil gland
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    • Forum: Ducks
  3. J

    Welcome babies!

    Welcome Hugh Quackman & Quack Sparrow (still recovering from a bad hatch) Duck Norris is still hiding in his egg
  4. D

    Why does my duckling sleep like this?

    Has anyone else seen a duckling sleep and constantly lift his head up and down? I have three now 6 week old and the littlest who only had one working leg when born for a few weeks but has made a full recovery (🙂) sleeps weirdly.... I'll attach a video. The other two sleep as normal with their...
    • Downey0001
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    • behaviour duckling sleeping
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Ducks
  5. J

    Greetings from Kastamonu Turkey - Limon's story

    Hello. I'm writing to you from Kastamonu Turkey, Black Sea region. Some of what I will be posting is area-specific. I wanted to introduce myself and tell you about our duckling Limon. We did not find much information about her condition online, so I wanted to share what we have learned in...
  6. D

    Duck Integration Problems

    Hello. I have 4 hens 1.5 years old (3 pekins, 1 harlequin). They are fairly skittish and always have been. I recently got 3 more ducklings (khaki, harlequin, cayuga) that I raised in my house until about 5 weeks old when I moved them outside into their own pen and both sets could see each other...
    • DuckQs
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    • duckling ducks integration
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Ducks
  7. F

    Introducing 5 week old goslings to 4-5 week old ducklings

    Recently I’ve moved all 5 of my ducklings (ages ranging 4 weeks to 5 weeks) and I’ve had 2 goslings who are both 5 weeks old that I’ve wanted to introduce to the ducks When they were a few weeks younger they would constantly try to hang out with the ducks on their own but I wasn’t able to...
    • FlufMutt
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    • duck duckling flock geese gosling pecking order issues
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Geese
  8. L

    Call duck friend for mallard?

    Hello! I have a lonely mallard that we hatched for our backyard lake and nature preserve. Its buddy did not make it. We moved it to its outdoor predator safe coop and have let it free range almost everyday until recently it flew down to the lake (8 weeks old). I want to find it a friend to fly...
    • Lin97588
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    • call duck duckling flock fly friend lonely mallard
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Ducks
  9. TheRealRyanGosling

    Duck diaper for disabled crested pekin

    Greetings feather loving friends! I have been thinking about getting my disabled crested pekin duckling a diaper for when she's bigger. I am conflicted. The idea is a game changer for the non stop cleanup. Yet it also seems possibly uncomfortable or maybe even unpleasant over feathers and under...
  10. Q

    House Ducks and Diapers?

    So... As I posted previously, I have 4 adult ducks (1 drake, 3 hens) that I hand raised inside but all went to live outside in a pen inside a gated area just for them. They are all about 2 years old. This year, my Rouen and Cayuga went SUPER broody and had about 5 fertilized eggs between them...
    • QuackHeadCrew
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    • duck diapers duckling duckling diapers house duck inside duck
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    • Forum: Ducks
  11. bellalovesducks

    Shrink wrapped duckling? Passed away?

    So our welsh harlequin hen incubated eggs on her own. They were doing perfect up until the external pips. One egg ended up pretty smushed because momma got nervous and stepped on her. This is our first time hatching eggs so we figured to just let her be and she would take care of it.. well it...
  12. Z

    small cut on duck top beak

    hii so i’m new to having ducks and im worried abt my duck beak its just a small cut not bleeding but i have no idea what happened is she going to be okay or what should i do she’s only 5-6 weeks old
    • zaypay
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    • duck duckling
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Ducks
  13. D

    Potential harlequin sneaked into batch of runners and gender question

    Hi, I hatched 11 runner ducks but have noticed an odd duckling out. It gets pushed aside during feeding. It walks much slower than the rest of the flock and it doesn't like to follow me. It's scared of both me and the other ducks and because of that, it has niacin deficiency due to not being...
    • Duckasana
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    • duckling runner duck
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Ducks
  14. H

    HELP! I assisted a duckling before internal pipping!

    Hello! I have been incubating duck eggs for the first time. I placed 6 eggs in the incubator, 4 were fertilized and 2 were not, and then later one of the 4 died, so I am currently left with three eggs. Yesterday was day 28, and all the eggs still didn't do internal pipping yet. I also realized...
    • Hamudazahabi
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    • assist duck duckling egg hatch help help ! incubating incubation
    • Replies: 224
    • Forum: Ducks
  15. Frodo the Pekin

    PLEASE HELP ASAP! Teflon poisoned duckling from hair dryer has seizures!!

    This is a follow up to my recent post (https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/need-help-asap-duckling-has-seizures-nutritional-issue.1630922/) about my duckling's random seizures that she started having. I went a little deeper into the bird seizures rabbit hole and found out about Teflon which...
  16. R

    New to raising ducklings! Advice and Tips?

    Hello! My name is Rose, and I'm new to the website! I was considering and trying to convince my family to allow me to raise 2 ducklings in our home, but before I do, I want to be as educated as possible on everything there is to know. Does anyone have experience raising chicks and can give me a...
  17. Frodo the Pekin

    NEED HELP ASAP! Duckling has seizures, nutritional issue?

    My 3-4 week old duckling has been having these seizures a couple of timed per day and I'm so afraid she might die from it. What she does is she suddenly starts shaking her neck, falling down and throwing her neck on her back. One such seizures from today is on the video linked below. I am...
  18. Q

    Hello from Central Delaware!

    Hello everyone! I'm Lindsay and I'm in Delaware... Home of the blue chickens (lol) I have 5 ducks as of now... Last week I had 4.... I have 2 year old male and female Khaki Campbells, a female Rouen and a female Cayuga/Pekin cross... And then last week, I went into the pen to feed the crew...
  19. Yaras3

    4 Ducklings with Runny noses, sneezing and congested nose

    Hi I am fairly new to raising ducklings domestically. I adopted four ducklings as I wasnt happy about their living situation. They are all amazing, each with a personality. Over the past couple of days I noticed they all sneeze, with runny noses, little to zero coughing, but mostly the...
    • Yaras3
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    • duckling ducks nasal congestion sneezing weeks old yellow duckling
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Ducks
  20. K

    Duckling with niacin deficiency not recovering!

    A week ago I had a duckling that suddenly stopped walking due to a niacin deficiency, even though I was supplementing with brewer's yeast. The other ducklings had stopped walking shortly after too. After adding in Rooster Poultry Cell, the other ducklings all recovered, but the one still made no...
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