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Quiet wild duck species
I'm building an aviary for some wild duck species. I've done lots of research and will probably get some mandarins and ringed teal. Not sure about other duck species. I need ones that aren't too loud as I have neighbours right next door. Mainly dabbling ducks I'm looking at but may consider...- Duckpond1245
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- aviary breeds ducks mandarin duck ornamental birds quack quiet breed ring teals teal waterfowl
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- Forum: Ornamental Fowl (Swans, etc.)
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Duck Or Drake?!
Hey! So these babies are rouens and a Silver Appleyard, based on what you lovely people have told me! Which means two breeds we have never had before! Yay!! With that being said, I’m not sure what the boys and girls start off feathering out like. I have looked up some pictures of both breeds as...- DuckDuckPromise
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- boy? duck gabby girl? little bit quack rouen silver apple yard snuggles
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- Forum: What Breed Or Gender is This?
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Odd female duck sound - normal?
Today my 6 month old Silver Appleyard 'Rose' started making a strange sound, like a small dog bark or yip. Can't find anything wrong with her would this be a normal sound to not worry about? Thanks -
Female ducks not quacking as much
Hello, it’s me again… right now I have 3 adult drakes and 2 adult laying females. The males quack constantly whenever they hear me come to them or see them. The females used to be the same way and quack quite a bit. Here lately I noticed my black Swedish doesn’t quack anymore. She just makes the... -
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is my duck okay ?
I have a duck, shes about maybe 2 months. she just had a very weird moment. her body looked wide and flat while running around. then 10 mins later, her body was completely ruffled and stayed that way for awhile. im now seeing her neck looks alittle big and thick, is like closer to her body, if...- duckgirl130
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- bird duck petduck quack
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pet duck question
I have a pekin duck, hes super sweet to me, but as hes gotten older, it seems like hes been distant to me. he doesnt like when i pet his wings. is that regular? also sometimes itll be quiet, ill be with him and he does one singular LOUD quack that startles me haha. but im not quite sure what it...- duckgirl130
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- duck pekin pet duck quack
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Anyone good at sexing a duckling by it’s voice?
This duckling is approximately four weeks old (well we got the little thing four weeks ago) and I was really thinking we had a drake on our hands, until this morning.- TaylorTeays
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- duckling quack voice sexing
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- Forum: Ducks
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Duck not quacking
Hello everyone. I have 3 beautiful ducks who I got when they were around a week old. A pekin,rouen and black swedish. My pekin and black swedish are one or two days older and started to quack but my rouen still hasn't started to quack. She also has one wing drooping down which I think is called... -
Help Sexing 1 month old Pekin
I’m a Newbie with ducks and even watching videos of other people sexing I still can’t tell…Any Ideas???? I can only get them to quack when I close the door but I know who it is. -
Early quacker?
Is it possible I’m hearing quacks out of a three week old Pekin? That seems crazy early.- Duckduckgoosie
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- pekin duckling quack
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- Forum: Ducks
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2.5 month old Pekin squeaks, doesn’t quack.
My Pekins and Rouens are 2.5 months old- all of them have their big girl quacks but one. She sort of squeaks and has always made that sound. I’m sure it’s not the start of a respiratory issue because she has always made that sound. Is there something wrong or do you think she will ever quack... -
Female or male quack?
4 week old Pekin. Sounds like a female to me? I’ve listened to a lot of videos and heard females start quacking earlier. but still second guessing. May be to soon to tell still too?- RainValleyFarm
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- male or female pekin quack
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Ducks keep screaming!
Hi all, I have 3 pekin ducks, they are fine except that sometimes they start quacking really loud (it sounds like ah-ah-ah-ah). They are around 2 and a half months old, have fresh water, a paddling pool and food. They do this sound randomely but sometimes when they see us or when we pick them... -
Ancona Ducklings Growth
Just wondering if anyone else has raised Ancona ducks? I have 3 that I hatched exactly 3 weeks ago. One started quacking at 1 week old and is fullly quacking now with only peeps when its separated from the others. And they all started getting feathers on their tail and wings before 2 weeks of...- CityDucklings20
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- ancona feather quack
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question about limestone used in duck house
is it ok to use limestone inside of my duck house? my floor is dirt in the duck house which isn’t an issue with my 6 older ducks as they do not eat or drink inside of their house at night and have the option to come in and out as they please the entire day, but i have 11 younger babies and they...- noodledoodle
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- clean coop duck duck house ducks floor cover limestone pen quack question
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Ducklings still haven't quacked in 9 weeks, they were supposed to be female, are they?
We paid for 4 female duckling and our two anconas have been quacking for a while while our mallard and cayuga are making a weird noise. They're 9 weeks old now. Could they be late to the quack game or are they Drakes? We got a rooster from a group that was supposed to be all pullets so I...- Celeeste
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- cayuga duck duck gender mallard quack
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Hello from Western Virginia!
Hi, I'm Allison. I live in the mountains of western Virginia, in Bath County. I'm 25. I posted some pictures below of my babies. The pictures were just taken! By the way, the ducklings go back inside at night. They're just inside a little playpen that my father made for me to put them outside...- WhatTheDuck1177
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- chicks ducklings kitties quack
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Girl or boy? Quacking now rasping.
So, I have a 6 week old Peking duck. When it was about 3 weeks or 4 weeks, she started having isolated quacks that were increasing as the day went by. This was much earlier than my previous ladies. But then she went back to baby tweets entirely, and as of a few days ago she sounds like a raspy...- Urban Waddler
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- girl or boy quack sexing ducks what sex is my duck
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Poorly runner, strange quack and panting! Help please!
Hi! We noticed our year old runner made a strange noise yesterday when she quacked- we kept a close eye on her yesterday and noticed she was resting a great deal and every now and again began panting. This behaviour seemed to stop after a long drink and she seemed ‘normal’ again although no...- Natalierussell6
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- ill duck panting quack runner duck strange bahavoiur
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What Breed?
Hello all! I’m new to ducks and in May brought home two 8wk old ducklings. The farm we got them from had Anaconas, Rouen, Campbells and Muskvoy ducks for sale, I asked for some females and he brought me what he had left. He wasn’t sure what they were though, kinda a strange situation. So flash...