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Odd Egg Predator
We’ve had at least three pairs of mallards visiting our yard/ducks for the last few weeks. They swim in our pond and hang around most of the day. We’ve enjoyed having them around, but I’ve been concerned they might get too comfortable and try to nest here (one of our dogs eats every egg he...- DuckDuckJuice
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- duck egg mallard predator
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Mystery ducklings!
We got to pick up our ducklings from the post office this morning. I was thrilled to find all happy, noisy, spring-loaded babies when we opened the box. We ordered from a hatchery and it looks like the babies were packaged with great care. We ordered 5 anconas and 2 cayugas and received 6...- AnnieDuck
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- ancona duckling identification mallard rouen
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- Forum: What Breed Or Gender is This?
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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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Ducks constantly sick
Hi all, I have been taking my runner duck and mallard to the bird vet every 6 months for checkups - especially because my runner suffers from low calcium and needs an implant every 6 months to stop her laying eggs. However this is not the only problem, it seems they both always have something... -
cutting mallard dewclaw
Is it too late to cut off my mallards dewclaw? i hatched her from an egg and wasn’t sure if she was a mallard or rouen, since i had 2 other rouen’s hatch in the same clutch, so i just never cut it. but now she’s 4 months old and i know she’s 100% a mallard. would it hurt her if i cut it off... -
Mallard hen or drake?
I’ve had this mallard since a couple days old. The whole time I have thought female, but have noticed 2 small curled tail feathers and the head has a green sheen. This duck is now 17 weeks old. Please tell me I don’t have another drake bc the sexes are really starting to show now that I have... -
Duck egg colors
Hello there! 👋🏻 Recently my ducks started laying eggs! We are so excited because my chickens are slacking lately. lol I'm curious to know what everyone's opinions are on this. I have (1) female Blue Swedish, (2) female Mallards & (2) female Cayugas. I also have a "mutt". She's a very dark...- TheBirdBabe
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- blue swedish cayuga egg egg color eggs mallard
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Broken bottom beak can’t eat!! Duck -
Hello all, I am in a desperate situation. There is a wild mallard with a heavily broken beak. She also has a duckling, which is why I haven’t taken her to the vets or contacted the wildlife centre as I think catching both will be beyond impossible and extremely distressing. Plus I think they...- SunflowerDays
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Mallard ducks egg laying experience
:D I am a new mallard duck momma and I wanted to post a thread on this topic as it was really difficult to find any info online when my two females started laying and I was really stressed out not knowing if their behavior was ‘normal’ and if I should intervene. *spoiler - everything turned out...- The Nut Quacker
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Wild duck landed in my yard
A wild mallard flew into my yard before and was eating the bird seed. She went over to my ducks and seemed very interested. My ducks seemed to like her. My mallard especially. The duck ended up flying away but for the last hour my mallard has been looking around the yard for her. She wants her... -
Swedish Duckling Question
Helloooo! Years ago I had someone come to my house and ask me if I could take 3 ducklings because they saw that they were standing on the side of the road with the possible mother that was hit by a car right next to them. I took them and we had bought other ducks like Pekins, Magpies, Rouen...- IvysAnimals
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Ill mallard?
We have a pond in our garden and mallards like to stop off and have a feed or take a dip in it. I’m recent weeks a single mallard male has been visiting the pond and he has feathers missing around his neck, a limp, He sits next to the pond most of the time, poops extremely frequently, and sits...- mallardpondzzzzz
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Breed identification.
Everything I've read has told me that my black babies are blue Swedish ducks (I was hoping for Cayugas) & that my tan babies are Welsh Harlequins. What do you think? 😫 I'm so anxious to know what breeds these babies are so I can build an enclosure that is suited to house them! Ps, I do know...- TheBirdBabe
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- blue swedish duck breed breed identification cayuga mallard rouen welsh harlequin
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Spotted on Reddit and Need Identification
Someone posted the picture below on Reddit, asking if they should try to catch the Pekin in the photo, as it is clearly not going to fare well in the wild. The obviously answer is yes, but I’m questioning the drake in the background. If the white one is truly a Pekin, that would make the other...- DuckDuckJuice
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- duck identification mallard pekin rouen wild
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9-month-old mallard hen dragging one leg
Our 9-month-old mallard hen is dragging her right foot/leg today. She was walking normally on it yesterday, but our son noticed this afternoon when we were out to check on them that she was not coming to see him like she usually does. Upon examining her foot, leg, and hip, I don't notice any... -
Feather plucking—how to treat?
My little mallard duck, Rowan, flew over the fence divider between my two flocks today 😬 Her flock loves her, but my second flock are three times as big and don’t like her at all. I found her tonight on their side of the run with the feathers on the back of her little neck all plucked and raw...- Greystone farm
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How Water-Loving are Mallards?
I searched the forums prior to posting this but I either didn't type in the correct words or does not exist. Anyhow... I just ordered some Mallard ducklings from Metzer. I have raised Cayugas, Blue Swedes, Golden Layers, Khaki Campbells, Rouens and Pekins. I noticed the Cayugas take to the... -
Ducks pipping!!! Day 32
Omg. Day 32. Had given up hope. Thought I heard tiny chirping yesterday...today I saw piping and slightly louder chirping. YAY...- Joyfillednomads
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Duck ID
Hi Folks, New here tho I have been checking in for a couple of years. I have a question today regarding a duck we hatched. The ducks mother a khaki Campbell was nailed by a hawk ☹️. I knew her eggs tho and put one under a Sussex Speckled hen who shared brooding duties with other hens but ended... -
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Mean Mallard??
We have 4 Mallards that are almost 7 weeks old. One of them is constantly pecking the other ducks, sometimes plucking a feather or 2. While I am seeing no significant harm to the ducks yet, the others are agitated by the behavior. It did it the first 2 weeks we had them, stopped for 2-3 weeks...- raisingmallards
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- feather picking mallard picking on each other
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- Forum: Ducks