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  1. D

    New duckling baby— help!

    I recently acquired a single duck... it’s a long story but basically a store closed and the conditions it was in were terrible! She would go hours without water and was stuck with TONS of chickens in such a small brooder. She’s very young still- can’t be much more than a week. However, I’ve only...
    • duckycluky
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    • baby duck house duck mallard
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  2. A

    Help - first timer and worried

    We have 5 abandoned mallard eggs that we were able to collect and have a Brinsea 600 incubator that have been in for 26 days. yesterday AM around 8am (a little over 24 hours ago) 2 of the duckling eggs seemed to have a “pip” in the shell. A few hours later, one more pipped. The pip is truly...
    • AndrewMarshall
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    • brinsea candling duck duck babies duck hatching incubator mallard pip
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  3. J

    Orphaned wild duckling not eating

    Hi! Two days ago a wild duckling showed up in our literal doorstep (we live in the country) but we can't get him to eat, I have read a lot of threads on the site but was wondering if maybe giving specifics and identifying the duck would help in taking care of him? I've made a brood box and he...
    • Juge
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    • duck duckling help mallard orphan rescue wild wild baby ducks wildlife wildlife rescue
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  4. Kimmyh51

    post you mallard hybrid pics here!

    I he had a flock of mixed domestics and rescued mallards for a few years now, and until last year, the wild mallards kept to them selves and so did the domestics. I have a lot of ducks but had only one hybrid, called Heidi. However last year, and arthritic old mallard drake I have nicknamed...
    • Kimmyh51
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    • domestic hybrid hybrid mallard mallard x wild cross wild hybrid wild x
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  5. DuckDaddy29

    Feeding Ducklings

    I just had a Mallard duckling hatch on September 10 along with 2 other ducklings that are Pekin ducklings. We will soon have an Mallard egg hatching near September 28. My concern is once the September 28 egg hatches, he will need to start off on starter feed while the other 3 older ducklings...
  6. DuckDaddy29

    Urgent/Duckling overdue for hatching

    It’s day 33 of hatching and my mallard duckling hasn’t even piped yet. When we try tapping on the egg shell, we don’t hear a chirp or anything. When we try candling it, we don’t see movement. It also has a black spot inside the shell that has been there for a few days now. We had another egg...
  7. Honeycluckle

    Duckies For Swap in South Georgia!

    Hello! I have three duckies I am looking to swap for other duckies, though I am also interested in chickens, hatching eggs (chickens, duckies, or button quail), button quail, and certain kinds of pigeons. These are the three lovey downy dorks I am looking to rehome- they are bonded, so if you...
    • Honeycluckle
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    • ducks khaki campbell mallard pekin swap
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    • Forum: Swaps
  8. Quacking ducks

    2 mallard or Rouen drakes for sale.

    I have 2 mallard or Rouen drakes for sale. They are $5 each. They are a little over a year old. We have too many drakes and not enough hens in one duck house. They are missing some feathers from being pecked. We can sale them together or separate. If you buy both I would recommend either have...
  9. Quacking ducks

    2 mallards or Rouen Drakes for sale.

    I have 2 mallard or Rouen drakes for sale. They are $5 each. They are a little over a year old. We have too many drakes and not enough hens in one duck house. They are missing some feathers from being pecked. We can sale them together or separate. If you buy both I would recommend either have...
    • Quacking ducks
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    • drakes ducks for sale mallard rouen rouen duck
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    • Forum: Ducks
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    Wild mallard successfully hatched- Thank YOU- please read

    I want to thank all the people who have responded to my cries for help hatching the 3 wild mallard eggs I rescued. I never imagined this would be so emotionally trying. An update: one egg hatched with no problem. The 2nd egg required assistance and thanks to your responses and this wonderful...
    • ducklady1010
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    • assisted hatch duckling mallard
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    Wild Mallard pipped yesterday has not zipped

    I am crazy worried........I have 3 wild rescued mallard eggs...1 egg has successfully hatched at 7am today......2nd egg made small external pip at 5pm yesterday - 6/24.......hole is now the size of a nickel. I can see the beak moving and breathing and a few faint chirps..but only a few. It...
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    Will my mallards ever befriend my Muscovy and Wood Duck?

    My rescued Mallards were 3 weeks when I introduced them to a newly hatched Wood Duck. They were Not welcoming and chased and pecked at the tiny little guy. I acquired 2 newly hatched Muscovy to keep him company. I want all to get along so eventually they can roam freely. To this extent, I...
  13. D

    Incubating wild mallard egg questions/concerns

    I have never incubated eggs before but now have 3 wild mallard eggs rescued from a ravished nest. I found this nest located only 1 foot from our road after my dog flushed the duck out. There was only 1 egg there that day. I looked for several days and counted 4 eggs. The last time I looked...
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    Laura

    hi I’m new here. I’m Laura, I live in Sheboygan Wisconsin. I have 8 chickens and two ducks in my back yard along with two dogs two cats and four kids! We got them all last year so I’m still fairly new but an obsessed bird mama already. I’d LOVE to keep adding to my flock but our yard isn’t big...
    • Laurelizabet
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  15. Quacking ducks

    Ducklings for sale

    Hi, We have three ducklings for sale for $6 each. They are 15,14 and 4 days old. They could be any of the following combinations, Mallard Mallard/blue Swedish Mallard/pekin Mallard/welsh harlequin We are located near Basehor Linwood, Lansing area.
  16. Quacking ducks

    Ducklings for sale

    Hi, We have three ducklings for sale for $6 each. They are 15,14 and 4 days old. They could be any of the following combinations, Mallard Mallard/blue Swedish Mallard/pekin Mallard/welsh harlequin We are located near Basehor Linwood, Lansing area
  17. D

    Mallard with green head at 4 weeks?

    I have 6 mallards that are 4 weeks old today. One of them (Willie) is already developing green feathers on his head. If I’m remembering correctly, my last male mallard (about 10 yrs ago) didn’t start getting green feathers until he was around 3 months old and was molting his first set of brown...
    • DuckMom2019
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    • age age of identification duckling feathers gender green green head male mallard sex identification
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  18. B

    mallard internal pip

    I put my 3 duck eggs in lockdown yesterday morning ( tody is day 26 of incubation). All three of them had internally pipped, and two have hatched, the last egg has not externally pipped yet. It internally pipped over 36 hours ago, and i see no movement, or hear any chirping. What should I do?
  19. Waterfowllady

    Have to be away from duckling for a bit

    So here is my current situation, I have a single baby mallard (hatched from my Cayuga, a wild mallard layed her egg there, long story) and she is very bonded to me, she goes with me everywhere in a bag with a towel in it, and I can pretty much never leave her alone, but, I have to leave for...
  20. Wee Timmy

    Producing mule ducks...

    I'm interested in mule ducks and I was wondering how difficult it is to breed/hatch them. I have a muscovy drake and pekin, rouen, mallard, and buff females. If any of you have done this before, or have mule ducks, any info would be great. I plan on keeping the drake with the mallard derived...
    • Wee Timmy
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    • breeding drake duck ducks mallard mule ducks muscovy
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    • Forum: Ducks
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