winter duck care

Hi. I attend a university in central Alabama, and my school has a Muscovy drake who hangs out by the lake by some of the dorms. He is there all the time. I've never seen him anywhere else, and I visit him every day just to hang out. It's getting a bit cold since it's mid November, and he seems...

With summer ending, fall starting I’m starting to think about winter. This is my first winter with ducks. I’ve had chickens during winter but they stay in the coop all day when it’s super cold and snowing heavily. I’m scared about my ducks getting buried in the snow. I’m in West Virginia so...

First winter with my 4 ducks and first couple of single digit days. They have icicles all over their feathers. They have all the shelter recommendations for type of duck/number of ducks.What should I do? Should I be freaking out? Title should be “Icy Cayugas” not “Icey”

Peggy and Gus ❤️ Hey guys! Ugh I totally haven't posted at all But here I am! My duck, Gus had a partial wing amputation a few weeks ago and just had his sutures removed. Finally back to normal! Last weekend it began to snow and ever since then it's been soo cold! Every morning I give them...

Hi there! This is our first year owning backyard poultry. We have four Cayuga ducks. The weather has just started getting cold in Southeastern Wisconsin. Normally, my ducks would come outside, forage, go for a swim, and then eat some pellets and drink from their drinking tub. Lately, they won't...