Show off your house ducks!

I did not have a house duck, but I had my own brood of eleven day-olds. I had a spare bedroom - and I set up a brooder using puppy play pens, 6 mil plastic to protect the floor, and towels. The water management was about 70% - with what I know now, I'd make a watering station like I have in the basement pen, with mods for little ducklings instead of just the big water pot I use for adults. Due to a mixup, my ducklings arrived a month early, and it was a late spring, and they were indoors for three months. Yup. Three solid months. I covered the hallway in an old sheet and herded everyone out into the hallway (blocked the cats from the hallway during this time) while I did room service. It was work, but I knew it was not forever, and I have fun memories.
that's adorable! Looks like a lot of work, but how fun! I had absurdly good luck and found some call duck eggs that are due in just a few days! I traded a few serama chicks for 3 eggs and gave them to ChaCha today. We'll see! Hopefully she'll have her very own little baby in a few days!
 
Oof, so much I've missed..sorry everyone! I've been in CA and then I got very ill. And to think, next month I get my tonsils out. What a fun summer. Blerg.

Anyhow, duckies are back, but I'm a bit worried about Bean...she's turned vicious! Not only does she bite hands, she bites faces now, too. And instead of only biting when you bring hands near her she'll go out of her way to chase you down and attack. I'm really worried about this and I don't know what to do. Positive reinforcement hasn't worked. Negative reinforcement hasn't worked. Anyone ever had a bitey bird that you successfully re-trained?
 
Indoor duck housing.

What do people use? I'm thinking one of those large rabbit cages as he won't be in it often and he's an only duck.
What do people pet in the indoor duck house...... Wood shavings, hay? Toys? He's on puppy pads and towels at the moment with a stuffed ty panda he likes to cuddle
 
I have 2 baby Myscovy Ducks! I'm still new to raising ducks but have always loved them! This is Sophie & Duckie
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Hey, I think I found an off-switch for Bean! I found out her "spot", it's on her chest. Even if she's trying her darndest to take my fingers off, if I persist in stroking her crop she'll calm down and start giving me love nibbles, ha! ...'Course, the moment I stop she goes right back into trying to kill me again. But it's a start.
 
Hey, I think I found an off-switch for Bean! I found out her "spot", it's on her chest. Even if she's trying her darndest to take my fingers off, if I persist in stroking her crop she'll calm down and start giving me love nibbles, ha! ...'Course, the moment I stop she goes right back into trying to kill me again. But it's a start.
I sure hope you find a fix... Sadly for me, each time I imprint one, whether it's male or female, this is what happens,

-Kathy
 
Hey, I think I found an off-switch for Bean! I found out her "spot", it's on her chest. Even if she's trying her darndest to take my fingers off, if I persist in stroking her crop she'll calm down and start giving me love nibbles, ha! ...'Course, the moment I stop she goes right back into trying to kill me again. But it's a start.
Bean is an enigma.
 

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