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Last year, August 5th 2022, my 4 Pekin ducks were attacked by a wild predator. 1 was killed and the 3 others were all injured. While they did recover, shortly after they molted then West Michigan winter came shortly after that. They have not laid 1 egg since August 7th, which was not a fully...

I decided to give my 4 Pekin ducks a larger space and built them a new run. During the first week in it, something had been entering their run and consuming nearly ALL their feed (their feeder holds about 3 days' worth) with an obvious digging behavior. It had dug under the fence and dug out...

I APPRECIATE the million questions!!! Anything that might help. An avian vet appt isn't available for 3 weeks out because one is out on medical leave.

I haven't had any help to get a good look under the feathers. My grandson is visiting today and I'll be recruiting his help. I couldn't tell if there were pin feathers under it or not. She will be 2 in May. She was just coming out of a molting a couple weeks before the feed change and that is...

So the one with the feathers issue was coming out of a molt when this feather issue began a few weeks before the feed change. The wobbly one was in a full, rather sudden onset of a molt just days after the feed change. I don't THINK either are the one that was attacked...? That was last summer...

I don't know where she could get access to anything toxic. That's why I worried it had something to do with the feed change. They haven't been leaving their yard since we've had quite a bit of snow and cold. No other ducks are having similar issues. She is the "runt" of the flock and is also the...

No. Just this one. It was before the feed change but began at the end of a molting.

This began prior to the feed transition but coming out of a molting.

I checked for bumble. Her feet looked good. It's definitely an overall weakness because when she fell over sideways, she struggled to get back to her belly. She was nearly on her back. :'( She DOES seem to be improving since I'd been giving her peas and water with diluted Niacin. I don't warm...

This is a different duck from the other post. She HAD been molting and this spot just didn't seem to recover. She's constantly picking at it too. I tried looking beneath the feathers for anything else, but it just looked like normal skin to me.

I have a Pekin duck which has been picking at her feathers around her neckline. I couldn't see evidence of any parasites, so I'm wondering if it's a skin irritation or problem instead? I thought it was getting better at one point, but now it seems to be getting worse again. I recently changed...

One of my Pekin hens is molting at the most inopportune time - when it's 20 degrees and the pond is frozen. I went out the other morning to her having a difficult time walking and keeping her feet flat on the ground. A couple times she literally fell over sideways and had a difficult time...

They are 1 1/2 yr-old Pekin ducks, born Mother's Day last year. I can't say I've ever tried to weigh them. We have 3 hens and 1 drake.

I can't imagine their shell being much harder!! They are a booger to crack open compared to chicken eggs. I wonder if they eat snails in their shells from the pond... there is an abundance for them. Their yoke is dark, more orange than yellow, and they taste amazing. The yoke and white can be...

Yes. Someone I trusted told me this was the mixture they fed their own Pekins (which mine are too). What would you recommend instead?