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So an update on this little mischief maker. She's still quacking all the time but no complaints so far from neighbours. The last few days however she does seem to be off her food a bit they get a mix of food, a romaine lettuce a day, peas, Pellets and a small amount of garvo treat mix when...

Hi all. I've attached a video. She (Delta) is in her enclosure in the video but she's quacking in the same way when out in the garden with me, they get about 5-6 hours supervised a day outside to forage and free range. She's turning 3 in June, our other female started laying just over 2 weeks...

Thanks so much Lydia. Both yourself and this forum are so helpful to worried duck parents like me! 😊

Hiya We have 3 mini appleyards, they are two years old, so this is their second big moult. I don't remember them being this sleepy and eating less last year. Both our females stopped laying about a week ago and the featherpocalypse has begun. We've been giving them extra protein food like...

Thanks! Yeah we think she might have put her beak through the enclosure and into some chicken wire we had put on the outside to try and deter the rat, but we've removed that now. I had noticed the scratches but my duck father brain went mental about all the things that could be wrong with...

Was originally going to post asking about chilli powder on the duck food, I'd heard about ducks not noticing it but mammals like rats hating it. Anyone had any good results with stopping rats using it on the food and the ducks have no ill effects?

Hi, I've attached some pictures, came out to see the ducks this afternoon and one of our ladies has blood around her nostrils, I had gone out as I'd seen a rat inside the enclosure so not sure if that could have been anything to do with it Checking the cameras today she's been sleeping a...

Unfortunately we don't have any neighbours we'd trust with giving them water, but we'll definitely do the warm water trick, thanks for that! We'll probably still let them out instead of keeping them inside so that they get their natural light, hopefully won't be too bad for them and we're...

Me back with yet another question 😂 We're going down to -4C tonight in the UK, our ducks like to sleep outside in their enclosure usually, when it gets below 0 like a month ago cold we put them in an inside section of our outbuilding with thick straw on the floor, some water and food, to keep...

Thanks so much for the advice! We have an old tree stump for enrichment in the middle of their enclosure so we can't really partition off anything. We do have a dog crate so could try that, how long should we put her in the crate? I'd imagine during the day for a few days and let her out in...

So we have 3, 2 year old Mini Appleyards, 2 females 1 male, we know the optimum is 3 females to one male but we are in Flockdown in the UK due to bird flu so they have to stay in their 2x3m run atm which we think a 4th duck would cause space issues. We think this is exacerbating the issue. One...

Yeah we've refreshed the bedding in their enclosure so it's all fresh and dry. We'll have a look for some triple antibiotic, all 3 are very established fly hunters though so hopefully they eat any that get too close! Thanks for you help, we are planning to pop their pond back in tomorrow...

Hi all One of our ducks decided to try a little fly and she came back down she grazed her leg on some stone border by the edge of the garden. I've attached some pictures, we used a pet swab and then we tried a wrap with vetericyn and vet wrap but she pulled that off after a bit. We wasn't sure...

Yeah he full attacked her wasn't a mating thing we think it was more a territorial thing. Both our male (blue) and other female (echo) got wet feather at the exact same time when we tried introducing them. We also just let delta(house duck) out in the garden and the other two got very stressed...

We have thought of that, we tried to reintroduce them earlier but the male tried to attack her, the outside flock got really stressed and got minor wet feather. So we're waiting till after mating season has ended to try again. We got a mirror set up for her, and me and my wife alternate working...