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Hello, I have a few ducks that have this weird skin growing out of the membrane surrounding their eyes. I can't find anything like it online when I researched. Has anyone seen this in their ducks? Photo attached Also one of them has one of his eyes that appears sunken-in as well. It's been like...

Hi other duck lovers, I have not posted here for a while now, long sad story. But I have 4 drakes that are always fighting when they're in the pond since it's mating season. They're also getting new feathers that are really pink, I just read why. Today when they came up to eat I noticed one had...

First the dark line appeared at the top, then the discoloration. Is those anything to to concerned about? See photo Thanks

I have a wild Muscovy nesting in my garden. I wish I'd noted when she began but didn't. It seems like a long time though. Will she know when to give up and just stop if they're not good? I don't know if I should do something. The poor thing is so vulnerable there with all the drake's on my pond...

Three of my 1 year old ducks look like this. A fourth one in the 2nd picture isn't quite as bad but his feathers are not laying flat like they used to. The three that are looking bad have the shaft on their wing feathers bare at the ends. They are always damp on the wings too and show many of...

For the last few nights my 4 drakes have been later and reluctant to come in. And now tonight they wouldn't come in at all. A few nights ago we had to start separating them because they fought viciously. First into pairs, but when that didn't work we took 2 into the garage and separated them by...

I need to know if I'm doing things right with these misbehaving duck please. So previously we separated our 4 fighting drakes in pairs of 2 where they could see each other but not interact. For the first 2 nights it went well. I was thrilled. But on the 3rd night, going through the coop cam the...

Hi fellow duck keepers, We have 4 drakes that were raised together, and are 10 months old. About 2 months ago one of them started terrorizing this other certain one. A few times he got a couple of the others to all pile on in the lake, which makes me nervous he'll get drowned. But most of the...

Hi there, my ducks free range out on our lake during the day and come in at night. For several weeks they haven't had any interest in come home at all during the day for food, even in the morning or at night. Once in a while I can call them home for salad. I've done worried about how they're...

One of my ducks breathes with his mouth open almost all the time. I don't know if I should be concerned or not. It's not heavy enough that you can see it in his body like inhaling exhaling, but the other ducks aren't doing it. It's not that hot out, 82 degrees. They are in a patio coop with...

Hi all, I'm trying to figure out this new behavior with my 4 month old drakes. It usually starts with one then the others follow. It cracks me up! This link is to a video. https://1drv.ms/v/s!AoJg3yfolgyS0Ls-OTRB85XCRaUzJQ Thanks

I'll begin by saying sorry for the length, but there was so much information to share in order to know what happened. We re-homed our 2 girls yesterday, out of 6 white crested, but I don't feel like I did right by them. And after all that was there reason to re-home them. I'm wanting to ask if...

I have a flock of white crested, 15 month olds. So far still looking like 4 boys and 2 girls. They're all so close, extremely bonded to each other. When I have to re-home the girls what affect is this going to have on them? I'm so worried and sad that I have to do this. Also, how old are they...

Hi there, I'm wondering if anyone can recommend a good site or book to learn more about this breed. I have 6 that are 13 weeks old, and I'm pretty sure I'm not going to end up with a good ratio of male female. But I dread the thought of parting with any. So I'd like to research their mating...

Hello, I have 6 white crested ducks that are almost 12 weeks old. Only 2 are quacking, and very loudly I might add. Is there a strong chance that the rest are Drake's? I'm hoping it's not the case. I'd have to get rid of them right? Also, they are all shedding lots of small feathers. Is that...

We arrived at the feed store the other day to find out that they sold out of my duck feed, three Purina life cycle. They recommended Mazuri for waterfowl so we checked the ticket and it looked like it would be fine as long as we added some brewers yeast. But I later learned it's for 6 months or...

We had to put a sock on our 6 week old duckling after we wrapped the wing because twice she got the vet wrap off. But I think I read I should leave it on and not remove it daily to change. However, we take them out every day to swim and exercise. It doesn't feel right leaving all of that on...

I'd like to get some ideas on how I can protect my white crested ducks once we release them to our lake out back. When we got them we had no idea that raccoons were a threat to ducks. And we planned on raising them but then having them live wild and roam free for all to enjoy. Now my plan has...

Hello, I'm new on BYC, my hubby has been reading here for a while. But we are now raising 6 sweet white crested ducklings and could use some advice. We're in south Florida where of course it's hot. But no matter where we move our now 4-week old ducklings to, at least some of them seem to pant...