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Will a single Saxony hen do well in a mostly Indian Runner flock? There are some muscovys too, but I hear they are a bit different from other ducks and keep to their own more.

Okay, earlier today I posted about my overly hormonal drake displaying too much aggressive excessive mating toward one of my hens. I was asking if there were any tips for calming him down. @Miss Lydia suggested cannabis based dog calming treats. Which led me to wonder about THC and CBD in...

Well Mr. Clove has put on his nuptial feathers (so cute those tail curlicues!) and gone into full crazy randy drake mode. The problem is that even though he has 5 hens, he has a tendency to over-mate one. At the moment I have him penned, but I feel sad for him not getting to forage, and well...

Hi all, I've been searching the forum threads for answers about antibiotics and ducks but still have questions. I see lots of recommendations for Baytril, but as it is not readily available (will order for future) I'm wondering about usage of Amoxicillin, Cephalexin, Penicillin and Corid...

About a month ago we took in a tattered stray Saxony duck that was found wandering the city streets at 3am (yes, we tried to find her people and home flock). My little flock is just not letting her in. Our drake and two Swedish Blues are just mean to her. It's breaking my heart watching them...

I've read a lot of threads on here about integrating a new duck into the flock, but most of them honestly are very short, not a lot of comments, and often highly situation specific. If this already exists somewhere else feel free to point me in that direction, but if not, I'd love for us to...

Hey all, I just noticed that the wing feathers on one of my ducks are - ratty thin and not clinging? Is this what wetfeather looks like when it's dry? Or would mites cause this? Nutritional?

Hi everyone, I have a few water glassing questions! 1. hydrated lime vs sodium silicate. It seems like most blogs and such recommend using hydrated lime, but the only reason they give is because it's "more natural" or "traditional". Are there other reasons to choose one over the other? Do...

Hi everyone, I want to experiment with finding ways to discourage over-mating/mounting (besides separation, which of course is always an option, however, my drake is not the only duck who likes to mount other ducks). I'm thinking about non-toxic-to-ducks flavors that they hate, applied to...

We don't seem to have a solid thread on wheelchairs/disabled ducks so while this is a personal question, perhaps this can also help others in the future. Okay, so our Nutmeg, who I've written about elsewhere, is not getting better. You can see all the things we are already doing for her here...

Our sweet Nutmeg, 3 year old hen, injured her leg when she was young. We don't know how or precise nature of the injury, but it's one of those old injuries that acts up from time to time. Usually she just gets super limpy, we put her in the pen for a couple of days so she doesn't hurt herself...

Hi everyone, All of my ducks took a winter break from laying this year and now a couple of them seem to be kind of sort of getting going again. One (not sure which, have my suspicions) has been dropping soft eggs all over the yard. I've given them all several doses of calcium gluconate but...

I've read that vaccines for avian flu exist but haven't been used yet in big commercial operations, but I'm not finding any mention of them in the various threads here on avian flu (quite possible I've just missed it). Were articles mentioning them incorrect? Do they not exist? Or is this...

I posted this in another cold duck thread, but decided to make a new one as I'm a bit worried about my ducks and it's likely to get lost in other thread. Okay, so my ducks just want to sit on the ground, little duck lumps, keeping their legs/feet warm - they aren't eating or drinking other than...

It's hard to explain just how crazy my ducks are today. My husband checked on them at 4:30 this morning because he heard a racket and thought that I'd forgotten to put them in the coop last night but they were just being noisy in the coop - not normal 4:30 a.m. behavior but he dismissed it and...

Hello everyone, I'm looking for some general advice as I try to decide if I should allow my hen to keep brooding. Swedish Blue named Number Six went broody today. Her nest is in some brambles in a yard that has a coyote proof fence, but since it's not in the coop it's going to have some...

We just found two wild ducklings in our yard - about 30 feet apart from each other. I've looked for the nest/mama to no avail. I have raised domestic ducks, and I've done wildlife rehab work - but I haven't raised wild ducklings, nor even domestic ones this young. So any advice is...

One of my ducks, I'm not sure which one yet, has laid an egg with blood on the eggshell the last two mornings in row. I've been able to find conversations in Back Yard Chicken forums where people say that it's most likely a broken small blood vessel that will heal and not a big concern, but I...

I'm sorry I don't have a picture, but twice now we have cracked open a fresh duck egg and found this disgusting little grey blob in the egg - it's not the yolk or the whites, it's just in there with it. About the size of a dime. Anyone know what this is?

Our drake, a khaki named Clove hatched in spring of 2020, got curly tail feathers right on schedule when he was growing up - and he got the dark iridescent head. Then toward the end of summer 2021 we noticed that he no longer had any curly tail feathers, and his head had become more just dark...