ducklings

  1. JohnsterSpacePoultrygram

    Our ducklings arrived today!

    So, our ducklings arrived today, and they're so cute! All 12 (3 males and 9 females) of them were alive when we picked up the box from the post office, so that was great as well! They've only been in the brooder for a few hours, and it already seems that they love their new home. Here's some...
  2. E

    Help!! Muscovy Hen Acting Very Strange!!

    Hi, I’m looking for advice about my recent mother duck - Guendalina. My girl hatched 14 ducklings three days ago and has since been acting very strange, yesterday she seemed fine for most of the day and as evening approached she started to aggressively bite one of her smaller ducklings and not...
  3. JohnsterSpacePoultrygram

    What's a good protein % to start chicks and ducklings on?

    Hello. I'm wondering what is a good protein percentage to start day-old chicks and ducklings on? I know they have different protein requirements, but would like to know what is a good percentage for each of them. My family has bought a 22% protein starter/grower for the ducklings and a 19%...
  4. 6

    2 month old Ducks for sale in Chicago

    Hello Everyone. I have 2 Ancona ducks and 1 Ancona/Cayuga mix for sale. All are 2 months and we’re raised together since they were tiny ducklings. All 3 are healthy and fat. Im located in Chicago. Please pm for details if you are interested. Thank you.
  5. Launchpad

    3 baby ducklings...one has turned out to almost definitely be male. Numbers/logistics questions

    Hello all This will be a lengthy one, So we began with 2 Pekin, one male (Niles) and one female (Daphne, who laid her first egg this morning!). Knowing that more females were necessary, we ordered 3 ducklings from @Metzer Farms . 2 Cayuga and 1 Silver Appleyard They were born about June...
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  6. TXChookstead

    Leg banding ducklings - orthodontic elastics?

    I learned from our last Welsh Harlequin hatch that you can't leg band according to sex quickly enough. Less than a week and *poof* all the bills were dark. I had thought of using colored orthodontic elastics next time. Has anyone done this, and if so, what size would you recommend? We are...
  7. Agwhite

    Duck nesting in the fall??

    I have a large flock of mallards and 4 successful mothers that raised ducklings this past spring. It is now the end of September, and my dog has recently been sniffing around the back porch. Little did I know another hen had a nest of 10 eggs hidden under my staircase! I saw her sitting on them...
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    • brood hen duck ducklings mallard nesting behavior
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  8. M

    Just Hatched D

    This duckling hatched about 10 minutes ago and seems to be doing fine except for this large attached bulb. What is this? What can I do about it? Is this normal?
  9. K

    Tiny Bully

    I've only had my poultry for just over a month and I can see why people get so addicted. I've been finding my chicks highly entertaining to watch, especially since I put my chicks and my ducklings together. One of the funniest things I think I've seen in my life is a tiny, bossy Araucana run at...
  10. M

    missing goslings and duckling

    my homeboy got me 3 little bitty goslings and 2 ducklings and i kept them inside for a while and then i would take them outside during the day wit a kitty pool and put them back up at night and Tain my neighbors Goose kidnaped them but im okay wit that because i got them for her because she was...
  11. Duck-a-Dee

    Dutch Hookbill Ducks

    I am downsizing my flock. I have decided to sell 2 white females and 2 dusky males. 1 of the females came directly from Holderread Waterfowl Farm, the rest are her offspring that hatched the end of May this year. They have straight to moderate curved bills. I'm located in Logsden, Oregon. Pick...
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    Bill outside shell only resting?

    Hi everyone! I'm in the final count down of hatching ducklings. Yesterday morning 7am ( currently it's 11am so 28hrs atleast) we say external pips of all 7 eggs. At 7am today we had 1 duckling hatched. 2 eggs that have pipped the layer where the shell is off looks like paper and a 4th now...
  13. M

    All but one of my flock of ducklings started scratching, siezed and then passed away and I'm not sure WHYY!?

    Came home from work, changed out thier water. Everyone was fine. I had 10 ducklings just brought home 2 days ago. Sat down next to the cage with my laptop to finish up some work and noticed the behavior change over about 20 minutes. Started with scratching, so I googled fleas on ducklings...
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  14. K

    New duckling Mumma here. Will they be warm enough under Mum duck no heat lamp?

    Hello! We woke up this morning to 12 ducklings following our Mumma duck out of her roosting box where she has been sitting on her eggs for weeks. Quite surprised as didn’t think it was going to happen! They are in our chicken coop which husband cleared out and filled with pine shavings. Will...
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  15. Canadian Wind

    New Babies! Want to guess the colours?

    I got my new ducklings! And they are absolutely GORGEOUS! I also have no idea what colours or patterns they'll be. But I wanted to share, as I am absolutely blown away by them. Pardon the slightly out-of-focus shots of some, but these guys were not socialized and did not like being handled...
  16. Cassandragrenr

    Good coops??

    So we'll be getting some ducklings and chicks soon, and we were thinking about making a coop in these rooms, does it seem okay? The rooms are in an old shed, we will ofcourse empty out everything and put in what they need and clean it, it looks dirtier on camera rather than what it actually is...
  17. Cassandragrenr

    Ducklings

    Would it be safe for my ducklings to sleep in dog/cat beds? (new, not used) and have stuff like blankets and stuffed animals around their coop? I will have straw, hay and normal bedding underneath and then the beds ontop, is that okay for them?
  18. P

    2 week old ducklings panting in 70-75 degrees

    Hi there, I have 5 Rouen ducklings, 2 weeks old today. I have a Brinsea EcoGlow heater in their brooder now. They are lined up at the opposite side of the brooder from the heater tonight, although normally they move to and fro, sometimes under it sometimes not, they have been eating and drinking...
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    Ducklings Nibbling/Eating rubber shelf liner

    Hi all, I have 5 Rouen ducklings, 11 days old. They are all active and eating/drinking normally, but as you know they nibble everything. I saw one today nibbling at the rubber shelf liner and I think it’s getting off tiny pieces. I’m going to remove that one type of liner bc I have others that...
    • patrickftobin
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    • ducklings nibbling shelf liner
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    Ducklings afraid of Brinsea EcoGlow

    Hi all, I have 5 Rouen ducklings, 10 days old. I bought a Brinsea EcoGlow and just put it in their brooder, and they fled in fear, chirping loudly. They seem very afraid of it. Has anyone had this experience? Hoping they get used to it and go under it. Thanks!
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