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So cute! What kind are they?

They did, well four of them that I can see did today!

Thank you for encouraging me to keep the eggs! We had 4, that I can see, hatch today!

So I had a pet raccoon that was orphaned when I was a kid, and was very

So on the dot, even with the raccoon getting in the house and killing my buff duck and beating my drake up pretty bad, on day 28, I went out to check and sure enough, some of the eggs made it through the trauma! So far I have 4 fluffy mixes. Dad could be either a pekin or saxony looking drake...

Oh I believe that, and we have a state park on one side and a national park half a mile down on the other side. We caught a juvenile fox in live trap a few years back and drove it about 5 miles north and across the river and two days later he was back and staring at live trap very confused...

Thank you! Yes I have secured the house and pen, which they can go back and forth so I wanted to make sure this will never happen again. We have set live traps since then and have caught 4 more, although not a single one in the yard within our fence area.

Thank you! After I cleaned up the mess, I did cut fence the rest of the day and made sure it was triple secure, I didn't bring my drake in right away because honestly I wasn't sure what I was supposed to do, so I got on here, and dug in. Thank you for the pea suggestion, I will try that with him.

I agree with the campbell part. Those pekin males can do a number on the smaller females. I had one that constantly bred the smaller females, and not only pulled the feathers out, but caused them to be paralyzed temporarily. He was super sweet just too big and intent on doing his job very...

So last week, I went to let my ducks out and one was missing so I opened their house and there was a raccoon staring me right in the face. I screamed and the neighbor came and took care of it for me, but he/she did eat my little buff duck sometime before I went out. My little black swedish was...

Do they come out of it after the babies hatch and get bigger or will they always stay this way?

Thank you! I did and was going to stop at 11, but she chose the same and has stopped taking eggs, although most of the other ducks avoid her as much as possible...she went from sweet quiet independent to raging maniac in the last week or so.

Im curious as well. Is that what people do if momma gives up on some of the eggs but they are still alive in the egg? Will a brooder work?

Thank you! I still have my smaller house from when they were littles, and i might move her to that with the ducklings, I just want sure since she is laying on everyone else's eggs as well as hers.

Hello, So my little black swedish decided to go completely broody just over a week ago. I have her, a female blue swedish, a buff duck, 2 female pekins, and what appears to be a saxony drake. I had a pekin drake up until a few days ago but he found a new home with only large ducks due to his...