duckling

  1. Fangeddeer

    Looking for a female duck or ducklings (California)

    Hello, l’ve been desperate for a female egg laying duck, or some pretty babies. not interested in Perkins since i already have a mixed one, and I adore mixed ducks. (Purebred is fine) I can buy under $30 but I prefer lower id prefer them to be able to be dropped off but depending on how far you...
  2. Bigbirdy7

    duck walking funny

    My duck is walking funny the first thing my mind goes to is broken leg but I really hope not. What do you think? https://vimeo.com/842344022?share=copy https://vimeo.com/842344591?share=copy
    • Bigbirdy7
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    • duckling waddle walking wrong
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    • Forum: Ducks
  3. S

    Duckling slipped tendon?

    Is this a slipped tendon? And is it at both the hock and the foot? This duckling has had problems with this leg from the start, and either I couldn't see this before or it's somehow been injured since then. Some kind of developmental defect happened because that back toe is completely missing...
  4. A

    Using brand name: Optimum Vitamin B-Complex for pekin ducklings

    I have provided the nutritional facts about this certain brand, I was wondering if I could use it for a duckling, and if so, how to properly dose it, as in cutting the pills or something like that. Please help, one of my ducks seems to have niacin deficiency, so I want to get that sorted before...
    • Aroooooo
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    • #helpasap duckling help please niacin deficiency urgent
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Ducks
  5. A

    Mallard Duckling.. Drake or Hen?!

    Hi everyone! I was given this Mallard duckling to care for about 3 weeks ago. I was just curious if there’s a way to tell if will grow up to be a Drake or Hen? Below is a photo at 1wk & then 3wk
    • Anidanoodle
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    • drake or hen duckling mallard duck
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Ducks
  6. S

    Duckling with curled foot and twisted leg

    Hi, I have a duckling with a curled foot and leg that looks turned inward. It's about 32 hours old now and moving around the brooder a bit, but its leg and foot haven't seemed to improve at all. It had multiple malposition issues and needed help to hatch, but otherwise seems healthy. It only...
  7. C

    Ducklings belly didn’t heal right! Help!

    Hello, Need some advice… this little guys belly didn’t heal properly and he’s starting to act off as of today. He/She is a week old. I noticed at hatch it wasn’t looking perfect, but he’s been doing well right up until now. He’s looking slightly lethargic, and his belly looks like it’s starting...
  8. basiljowii

    Is this a pip?

    This recently appeared in one of my duck eggs, is this an internal pip?
  9. basiljowii

    Internal Pip?

    Does anyone know if this is an internal pip? The duckling has been quite lively and moving his egg around the incubator and then we saw this, is it an internal pip or just where he’s been pushing against it? p.s the hole in the egg is so it doesn’t suffocate
  10. basiljowii

    Embryos/Ducklings Dying late in incubation

    Ive already made a similar post to this and tried the feedback I got from there with unfortunately no success. We've been trying to hatch a duckling for nearly 3 months now and haven't managed to hatch one. The Ducklings/Embryos develop well and always look healthy inside of the egg. Yet, when...
    • basiljowii
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    • call duck duck duckling dying dying embryo embryo embryo death hatch advice incubabtion incubation advice
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  11. O

    Is this an internal pip?

    Hi, so we are at the end of day 22 today(live in the UK) and i have been montering the eggs today as when i candles this morning i thought i saw movement right by the air sack. I candled them again tonight as i heard that when they internally pip i need to increase humidity and as this is my...
    • oliviasmith
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    • advice appreciated duckling help !
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Ducks
  12. Gingernutt

    Duckling weird feet and walk

    (Hopefully that is viewable and its a little wet because it went into its water bowl and is drying off now) It hatched out 7th June perfectly with its sibling and its eating and drinking fine but notice how weird it toes look and how it walks. It is a mallard crossed with a runner duck, so...
    • Gingernutt
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    • duckling duckling advice feethealth help appreciated mallard ducklings runner ducklings
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Ducks
  13. Skipper Carnes

    Some HELP is needed! Baby duck hatching 3 days early!

    I have a baby duck named Finn being hatched under a broody hen and he was growing abnormally fast through incubation compared to other incubating duck egg. He is peeping inside the egg and chewing the membrane. He is hatching 3 days early. Is hatching this early dangerous? The other duck egg...
  14. C

    Duckling With Overlapping Legs!

    Hi everyone, I have a mallard duckling with protruding hips which causes him to keep his paws on top of each other when standing still. He struggles to move and trips because of this malformation. I hatched two broods inside a homemade incubator and three ducklings had crooked necks which I...
    • Cristian_01
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    • #vitamine duckling duckling behavior duckling health duckling help duckling leg issue duckling leg problem incubator splayed legs vitamin b deficiency
    • Replies: 23
    • Forum: Ducks
  15. M

    Niacin Requirements for Call Ducklings?

    A family member had some call ducks hatch over the weekend, and I am wondering how much niacin to give them. I have nutritional yeast (Bob’s Red Mill brand) that I used for my silver appleyard ducklings last year. However, with call ducks being significant smaller, I am not sure what to do for...
    • Melsp08
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    • call duck call duck baby duck hatch help needed duckling duckling advice
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Ducks
  16. C

    Chicks AND Ducklings raised by Broody Silkies!

    So I have a couple broody silkies who have been hatching eggs, plus I tucked a couple incubated chicks under them. My question…. There is a couple ducks in the mix and I’m struggling with what the best thing to do for food is? I can’t use medicated chick feed because of the ducklings, so I used...
  17. Motherhenhomestead

    Help Please Sick Duckling

    Hi I just received a Silver Appleyard Duckling from Metzer Farms. He is very lethargic, can’t stand up, eyes seem to have discharge or like a whiteish film? Barely opens them so I’m not sure. Wont eat, does drink a little water when I bring him to it but other than that, pretty much nothing 😭 is...
  18. L

    Air sac help?!

    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?
    • LuckyDuckies18
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    • air sac duckling hatching help incubation teal wood duck
    • Replies: 35
    • Forum: Ducks
  19. L

    Air sac confusion?

    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?
  20. S

    I think my duckling is dying HELP!

    My duckling hatched 4 days ago, first 2-3 days he was acting wierd, wringling his neck, not standing, not eating on his own. Today he is just laying there in the fetal position and not doing anything. I dissolved some vitamin d3 (heard its good for them) in some water and gave it to him in his...
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