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Duckling Inquiries
Hello ! It has been a while since I've posted anything here. I'm not sure if this is the correct thread but I didnt want to post it in injuries / illness just in case it was normal ! I recently hatched out 3 adorable ducklings ( The mother is a khaki campbell x pekin and father is an indian... -
Call/Runner Duck Eggs Incubation on Day 25... Lockdown Tips Appreciated!
Hi again, BYC community! I'm having some fear about whether or not I'm doing something wrong, and would love some validation and tips from the pros here that've successfully hatched duck eggs before. So, for a bit of context here, I'm currently on day 25 of an incubation period, and am using a...- Oshi55
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- call duck eggs duck duck egg hatching duck eggs incubate lockdown advice lockdown day 1 runner duck runner duck eggs
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- Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
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Runners lost quack, respiratory issue
Hey there, Hoping some of you may have an idea of what's going on here. Two of my adult runners came down with some sort of ailment. I only have 2 runners so these are the only 2 in the flock affected out of a flock of 6 ducks total. What we noticed is that both ducks are struggling to quack...- EvaluationUnit
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- respiratory distress runner duck
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Runner Duckling Q
My ducklings hatched Sunday and Monday, so one in two days ago. One of the ducklings had a really hard time getting out of his shell and is clearly not as strong as everybody else. I was cleaning out their brooder and lifted him out and realized he had a red underbelly , is this normal? I...- RunnersinMD
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- belly duckling hatch runner duck
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Feather Heaven Flock & Friends
Welcome to my wannabe homestead, also known as a backyard with chickens and a garden. I decided to show what it's like starting a garden & flock from scratch. Pullets are still growing, seeds are still being bought, and a lot of pre-planning is happening. My flock is on half an acre with an HOA...- Kewpieteef
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- Forum: Pictures & Stories of My Flock
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First-time Duck Momma and her Babies
My 9 month old Fawn & White Runner duck hen that only started laying eggs 2 months ago started setting on eggs a month ago, and she actually sat all the way through to hatch! Sadly, she didn't know what was happening and even with my help two ducklings didn't survive hatching. She squished them...- NewJourney
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- broody duck ducklings hatch hatched at home identification pekin runner cross runner duck young
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Help duckling out of unpipped egg?
Hello, Thank you in advance for any help offered. I have incubated plenty of chicken eggs and have had to intervene a few times, I always wait the 48 hours and only ever help minimally. I recently had some very clucky hens & there were not fertile chicken eggs in my city so I bought some duck...- Sivory
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- assist a hatch duckling duckling advice runner duck
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First time incubating
Needing some advice! Incubating 4 duck eggs, only one has pipped so far and we're on day 29.- feathryfrnds
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- advice needed duck help incubating indian runner duck runner duck
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Looking to rehome 4 female Indian runner ducks - Huntsville, AL
I have four female runners I need to rehome, one black one year old and three chocolate juveniles. The younger girls are not yet laying should start around march- carolinethomas50
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- female duck indianrunnerducks runner duck
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- Forum: Animals In Need of Free Re-Homing
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Day 31 No pipping advice needed
Hi So one of the ducks we hatched ourselves has been sitting on her nest beautifully for 31 days today she has got off and left it all day. She's a runner. I've just candled the eggs and most looks like they are at the very end stage. Can't see any movement. but the eggs largely looks like...- Andrea12
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- duck eggs hatching runner duck
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Aggressive female runner
Hi all! I have a flock of 5 runner ducks, 2 Cayuga ducks, 2 ISA brown hens, a golden dutch bantam hen and 2 polish bantam hens. This post is about one of my female runners, Hannibal. I hatched Hannibal and her 4 runner duck siblings back in 2021. There were originally 6 but one passed back in...- MolliMonster99
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- duck aggression ducks ducks and chickens ducks and chickens in harmony runner duck
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Is this a gapeworm??
One of my runner ducks was separated from her flock and is a bit lethargic. We thought she might be having issues laying a big egg as she seemed to be straining. We brought her up to the house and gave her a soak in warm Epsom salt bath. No egg, but when we took her out, she had a black watery...- JennInIreland
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- gapeworms runner duck
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Is this guy a juvenile drake ?
Hello friends, What do you think, is this guy, perchance, a juvenile mallard coloured runner boi? I was really hoping for one. He recently got these dark feathers coming in around his beak, which I'm hoping is the nuptial feathers. Do runners change their nuptial feathers every year ? He's 7... -
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My duck has a sore leg
Hi I’m a new duck owner I have 3 runner ducks that are 4 weeks old my smallest one has started limping and stays sat down and won’t really move I’m not sure what to do any help would be appreciated:)- Duckie333
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- duck leg runner duck
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- Forum: New Member Introductions
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Any ideas on what could be going on?
Hey everybody! Thanks in advance for any answers/advice. I have a five month old drake who’s hatched out of my own mixed flock. Paternity wise he’s Cayuga but Maternally, he could either be F&W Runner or Silver Appleyard. He does have angel wing which attempts in correction did not help - but... -
Feather damage - mites? During molt
Hello! My runner boys have being going through molting the past couple of weeks, and one of them looks the roughest of all by a lot (he was like that as a duckling as well, so I think his default is to look like bad taxidermy unfortunately) BUT, yesterday I noticed what looked like lice in the... -
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Potential harlequin sneaked into batch of runners and gender question
Hi, I hatched 11 runner ducks but have noticed an odd duckling out. It gets pushed aside during feeding. It walks much slower than the rest of the flock and it doesn't like to follow me. It's scared of both me and the other ducks and because of that, it has niacin deficiency due to not being... -
New Member! Hello
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I am new to chickens, we got our first four a few days ago. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 4 (3) What breeds do you have? I believe they are Black sex link but I am unsure (4) What are your favorite aspects of...- Quackersdelight
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- black sex link cayuga chicken coop duck mallard runner duck
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Raging Mallard - Ducks Hate the Drake
Pancake my little mallard drake was bullying one of my geese relentlessly and I’ve followed this people on this site advice and separated them. So far, success. Also it turns out part of the problem was that they both feel they own me and so I now don’t pet them in each others view. But now a... -
ADVICE/HELP - 9wk old Blue Runner duckling having seizures.
Hey everybody! Introducing my “light-fixed wing” addition to my flock (they will all be named after aircraft; bonnie (bonanza), cirrus, piper, otter, and cessna, given out once their personalities come out more 🤣). Now, I have one sweet babe who has presented with issues. One day she had a...