ducks

  1. tielie135

    wild or dumped domestic ducks?

    came right up to my friends, very remote lake. if they are domestic ill get them but dont want to be stealing wild ducks. just look domestic to me but not 100% sure.
  2. chicken by sea

    Help with baby ducks and putting them back with mama.

    We have two Muskogee ducks that have been sitting on a pile of 13 eggs for over six weeks. The other day I walked out to the nest and there was a dead baby, or so it looked like. I picked it up and it was cold, held it to my breast for about an hour, and then it revived. I made a broader box for...
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    • babies ducks returning to the nest
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  3. JerkDrakeMomma2025

    Bumblefoot or something else

    Hoping someone can help me out with some guidance.. So I found out the problem my female had with her leg was possibly bumblefoot. So I did epsom salt soak and removed the bumble, cleaned it out, did Neosporin and bandaged her up. The next day I saw she removed the bandage. So I re-soaked but...
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    • advice and help please bumble foot care bumblefoot bumblefoot advice bumblefoot duck ducks emergency duck help injury new duck mom newbie
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  4. Walls9

    Will Duck eggs still hatch?

    My one year old Rouen has been sitting on eggs all day until about 2 or 3pm and joins the other ducks to swim and eat at that time. I have no idea what time she gets back on the nest because I shut them in around 6 or 7pm and I don’t see her go directly to the nest. So I’m wondering will the...
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    • #egghatching broody ducks
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  5. M

    Duck won’t eat - Hasn’t eaten in 3 days

    Hello! I have a 2 year old Khaki Campbell that stopped eating 3 days ago. We check for worms as she has diarrhea but we haven’t found any worms. She has lost a lot of weight and she is getting weak. We have tried worming her but she won’t eat or drink. Besides Safeguard Aquasol, we also tried...
  6. D

    Suspected water belly in 4-year-old female Muscovy

    We suspect our 4-year-old female Muscovy may have water belly. Over the last year her egg laying has become sporadic and less frequent. About 4 days ago we noticed she’d developed a squishy, tennis ball or so size sac that hangs down behind her legs, under her vent. This development seems to...
  7. JerkDrakeMomma2025

    Hello everyone!

    Hi all. My name's Rachel and I'm new to having ducks. Hopefully I'll have ducklings soon I can add to our family. I found this forum when researching a injury my wild/adopted female got from a aggressive male. So far I love this community. Feels great to have somewhere to turn when you're just...
  8. G

    administering oral medications

    Hello, A few days ago, my duck (5-6 weeks old) fractured a vertebrae low in her neck. I took her to an avian vet on an emergency appointment, who treated her and gave us oral meds (meloxidyl 1 mL dose) to take home and administer for 7 days. The vet told me one way to administer (the correct...
    • gclark01
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    • broken neck duck duckling ducks glottis injury neck injury oral medication
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  9. baikal7

    Male or female muscovy ducklings??

    Hello I just wanted some advice on what anyone thinks my two muscovy ducklings might be. They are almost 6 weeks old and have been developing at the exact same rate and are the same size so I haven’t been able to tell if one is male or female. I did try vent sexing when they were younger and...
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    • advice appreciated ducks muscovey ducklings
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  10. DuckDuckPromise

    How To Add Niacin?

    Hey y’all! We have ducks (adults) and geese (babies) but I was just curious about how y’all actually get them to take in the niacin supplement. Since it’s a powder, do you have better success mixing it into their water, or sprinkling it on their food? And what kind of containers do you use for...
  11. TiaM993

    Ancona hatching eggs East Tx

    I know this is a long shot but I'm looking for Ancona hatching eggs in East TX near Tyler/Longview area!! I'd like to stay away from shipping if I can!!
  12. A

    What sex are these?

    Hi, So we got 4 ducklings beginning of May, they are almost 6 weeks! They are khaki Campbell and welsh harlequin. Can you help me figure out what sex they are? This is the first time I’ve been around ducks so it’s all new and learning as I go. Thank you!
  13. raywri

    Working on new call duck pens.

    I'm building new call duck pens for my wife. The ones she has now are getting pretty old. I'm doing this all out of my head so I'm expecting a few headaches along the way. Last photo of the current cages.
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  14. E

    Welsh Harlequin ducks male?

    First time duck (and chicken) mom. I got two ducks from tractor supply 8 weeks ago. They were any breed or sex. My friend and I agree they are likely Welsh Harlequins, but she says they’re probably both boys. I trust that, but I’m curious what you all say? I am very sad because I keep them with...
  15. icyangel222

    Did I hatch a Lavender or Lilac Swedish duck? Some other color?

    So I just hatched some eggs from my own flock for the first time in almost a decade. I had kind of a strange hatch, some eggs started hatching very early, some on time and some hatched VERY late. I guess I'm a bit rusty and probably goofed up on incubating these eggs somewhere but I've never had...
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    • ducks lavender swedish
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  16. S

    My duck got her beak snapped off by a predator.

    Hello! My poor sweet duck got her beak snapped off by some kind of predator, we aren’t sure exactly what. She had no other bodily injuries and the bleeding stopped, but I’m not sure what to even do or if she can make it at this point. I’ve isolated her in a clean warm space after giving her a...
  17. Maleficent265

    Adding new ducks

    I have a female Pekin who is about 4 months old. She free ranges with some chickens. And has been the odd ball out. Well I hatched her out some more ducks. They are about half her size and are 3 weeks old now. I have been letting them out to free range with her. They sleep in separate pens side...
  18. Toad9000

    Khaki Campbell, Best Guesses?

    Just wondering if anyone has a good guess on the sex of my Khaki Campbells. Coming up on 6 weeks old and only one has a well defined quack yet (the one in the back). That particular duck has been the loudest and most vocal since day 1, so no surprise. I assume that its a hen, but the jury is...
  19. S

    Mixed flock TURKEY DUCK GEESE CHICKENS SILKIES

    Hello! This is my first year having a mixed flock so just looking for tips and tricks and experiences of anyone who may have raised all these animals together before I have 13 grown chickens 17 chicks 6 runner ducklings 3 sebastapol goslings 2 turkey baby’s (poults ?) Some more info about my...
  20. T

    When to move late hatchlings with mom

    Hello all, We let our 2 Khaki Campbells incubate their eggs. 15 hatched last weekend 5/31, but 2 of the eggs must have been rolled in from our other ducks late, since they didn’t hatch. I put them in a homemade incubator since the mothers abandoned the nest. They just hatched yesterday and...
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