Raising Ducks

[Duckfarmer1]

You said the the wing was red..did he maybe just lose some “ blood feathers “. They are the ones that pull out blood when they are lost..but it looks worse than it is...is the wing tore? Drooping? Pictures please... what type of ducks

 

[Mopsey and Flopsey]

Most people free feed all day long. Some even provide feed at night. I would but they need water if they have feed. Water in the coop makes a big mess of the bedding so I choose not to feed at night. As far as the hurt wing, if you could post some pictures the experts may come along later and give some advice. @Miss Lydia @casportpony

Most people free feed all day long. Some even provide feed at night. I would but they need water if they have feed. Water in the coop makes a big mess of the bedding so I choose not to feed at night. As far as the hurt wing, if you could post some pictures the experts may come along later and give some advice. @Miss Lydia @casportpony
Thanks for all of your responses. They are pretty big about 2-3months old. The wing seems to be healing all by itself. They just don't seem to ever be cold, we have a nice very large dog house we put straw and shavings in but they don't seem to sleep in there. So I have bedding in all different areas of the pen and they sleep everywhere. They do go in there to check it out but never seem to want to sleep there. We are in the far northeast part of PA. and are having some really cold nights but they don't seem to mind. They have been out of the pen to walk around and really seem to love it.
Thanks again for all of your helpful responses.

 

[Mopsey and Flopsey]

Thanks for all of your responses. They are about 2-3 months old. The wind seems to have healed itself, I guess I just panicked. Thanks for caring since this is all new to me and I really love animals and only want them to be well and happy. They don't seem to ever be cold and we do live in the far northeast of PA. They have a very large dog house we put bedding in for them to shelter in but they only go in and out of it and seem to sleep outside of it in the pen all the time. They do like walking outside of the pen and seem to follow me around which I enjoy but sometime it's hard to get them back into the pen.
How do you know if you have females or males?? Do all female ducks lay eggs??
Thanks again

 

[Duckfarmer1]

Well..as my hubby says,they’ll know when they’re cold. Not to be nosy, but could there be some kind of weird smell in there? Mold? I am in NW PA and it is pretty bad here for weather already. Is the dog house their only shelter? Can you construct something else to give them another option? We built a new barn this year. The ducks were still in their pen when we got unexpected snow...I went out to see many of my ducks covered in snow and almost icy spots from frost...well tthaat was it..everyone went in new barn that night...I just don’t want you to wake up to snowball ducks.

 

[Mopsey and Flopsey]

Well..as my hubby says,they’ll know when they’re cold. Not to be nosy, but could there be some kind of weird smell in there? Mold? I am in NW PA and it is pretty bad here for weather already. Is the dog house their only shelter? Can you construct something else to give them another option? We built a new barn this year. The ducks were still in their pen when we got unexpected snow...I went out to see many of my ducks covered in snow and almost icy spots from frost...well tthaat was it..everyone went in new barn that night...I just don’t want you to wake up to snowball ducks.

Well that's a good thought. The dog house was never used because we wound up babying the dog, so it never got a chance to use it. I did clean it out today of their bedding but I didn't smell anything at all. We have a cover over the pen and around most of the bottom to keep snow from blowing in but I will give some thought to building a different enclosure for them, I just feel they don't want to be inside anything.Thanks for your input.

 

[Mopsey and Flopsey]

Ok..as for back into the pen..ducks love routine. So, every evening go out to the pen and rattle the food jug..loudly and yell DUCKS..or whatever...they’ll catch on..you can throw some food to get them in. If they are not coming then you need a partner to guide them in while you rattle food. They walk with arms open wide and slowly herd them in. Do the routine for a few nights and bingo...they’ll start quacking to get you to come out for it! .
Female ducks are loud...they also usually have dull coloring...drakes have low scratchy voices, nicer coloring and many breeds have a tail curl. Do you know what breed they are? Can you post pictures? Yes, typically hens lay eggs...perhaps not every day..they need to be older than your ducks and need about 14 hrs of sunlight..so I doubt they will lay this year.

Ok..as for back into the pen..ducks love routine. So, every evening go out to the pen and rattle the food jug..loudly and yell DUCKS..or whatever...they’ll catch on..you can throw some food to get them in. If they are not coming then you need a partner to guide them in while you rattle food. They walk with arms open wide and slowly herd them in. Do the routine for a few nights and bingo...they’ll start quacking to get you to come out for it! .
Female ducks are loud...they also usually have dull coloring...drakes have low scratchy voices, nicer coloring and many breeds have a tail curl. Do you know what breed they are? Can you post pictures? Yes, typically hens lay eggs...perhaps not every day..they need to be older than your ducks and need about 14 hrs of sunlight..so I doubt they will lay this year.

Ok..as for back into the pen..ducks love routine. So, every evening go out to the pen and rattle the food jug..loudly and yell DUCKS..or whatever...they’ll catch on..you can throw some food to get them in. If they are not coming then you need a partner to guide them in while you rattle food. They walk with arms open wide and slowly herd them in. Do the routine for a few nights and bingo...they’ll start quacking to get you to come out for it! .
Female ducks are loud...they also usually have dull coloring...drakes have low scratchy voices, nicer coloring and many breeds have a tail curl. Do you know what breed they are? Can you post pictures? Yes, typically hens lay eggs...perhaps not every day..they need to be older than your ducks and need about 14 hrs of sunlight..so I doubt they will lay this year.

Thanks again. I looked in a book titled" Ducks 101" and from what I can gather they are Pekin ducks , since they are all white with Orange bills. I has a bright orange bill and the other is a little duller. The bigger of the 2 has the dull bill, so would that one be the female??
Thanks for the suggestion on getting them back in the pen, I will give it a go.