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I had three Hookbill’s hatch ten days ago (my first babies from my pair). I had purchased a marble tower last year and it came with this blow up mat to keep the marbles from rolling away. It looked like a perfect baby pool to me! They have used it for a couple of days now and are loving it...

I was thinking, you know you have gone quackers for ducks when. . . •your favorite Christmas gift is new mud boots. •you plan your garden around what your ducks like. •your friends and family know not to phone you around sunset since that is “ducky bedtime”. •you get excited when you find...

I have 5 Jerusalem artichoke/sunchoke tubers arriving today. I was planning on putting them in the very back of my garden which is also where my ducks live. Do I need to protect the young plants. My ducks currently let Verbena Bonariensis and Boneset grow in peace but I know the whole...

As many of you know, I have been trying to add Dutch Hookbills to my flock. Unfortunately, my previous two attempts at hatching eggs ended up having lone drake ducklings hatch. So, I purchased a 5 month old wild type/mallard colored Hookbill female last month. She immediately started laying...

@Miss Lydia was right, this has turned out to be the summer of drakes. I tried to hatch 12 Dutch Hookbill eggs in June. Unfortunately, only one hatched. He turned out to be a sweet drake, Pickles. I searched for a friend for him. The breeder I got the eggs from also had a single duckling...

When I picked up a friend for my lone Hookbill duckling last month, the breeder also gave me 5 more eggs. Only one egg made it to lockdown. This little duckling hatched on Wednesday. They get their Hookbill as they grow, if they are going to get one, they don’t all. I believe this duckling...

I came home to find my 5 1/2 week old duckling with one wing hanging limp, straight down at her side. We had a bad storm while I was at work and she was with the older, female ducks, (has been since last week) but I am not sure what happened. It do not see or feel any broken bones. If I had to...

I came home to find my 5 1/2 week old duckling with one wing hanging limp, straight down at her side. We had a bad storm while I was at work and she was with the older, female ducks, (has been since last week) but I am not sure what happened. It do not see or feel any broken bones. If I had...

I currently have two Hookbill ducklings (as well as my other adult ducks). One is 7 1/2 weeks old and definitely a male. The other, is only 5 weeks old and I am thinking she is a girl but I am hoping for confirmation. She (or he) started making slight honking sounds, a week and a half ago, so...

My youngest Hookbill duckling, Noodles, looks like he might be developing angel wing on the left side. His wing tips are white so it is easy to see. I am not worried about the old feathers which are sticking out. I am worried about the way the left wing tip points up and not under the other...

Ok my wise friends, I need your advice. As some of you know, I had a bad hatch which resulted in a lone Hookbill duckling hatching. We named him/her Pickles. Pickles is 12 days old today and doing well. I started searching for another Hookbill duckling right after he hatched with little...

I have six Hookbill eggs in lockdown since yesterday. One egg is internally pipped and moving but the whole airsac area of the egg is discolored. I have hatched many eggs but not seen this before. Any ideas? Note: the eggs were driven over 100 miles but not shipped. The other five are...

It took 7 months to build, but my new duck house is finally finished! Complete with heated nest boxes, insulation, storage, preditor protection, rodent deterrent, cedar siding, and old fashioned homemade whitewash. I am a 57 year old woman who has never built anything like this before. I...

I set 18 chicken eggs 21 days ago. One pipped yesterday afternoon and hatched this morning. Two others, just hatched. A fourth has been trying to hatch all day. I noticed brown liquid coming out of the egg an hour or so ago. I turned the egg because he seemed to be getting the liquid in his...

My 3 month old drake was limping when I came home from being gone for 3 days (last night). My 23 year old son was caring for them and never noticed 🙄. Anyway, his ankle is swollen and warm. The pad of his foot is swollen but soft. I do not see a scab. I gave him a ling Epsom salt bath soak last...

My 3 month old drake was limping when I came home from being gone for 3 days (last night). My 23 year old son was caring for them and never noticed 🙄. Anyway, his ankle is swollen and warm. The pad of his foot is swollen but soft. I do not see a scab. I gave him a ling Epsom salt bath soak...

I came home from being out of town for a couple days and my 3 month old drake is limping. When I checked him, the heel of his foot is warm, soft and swollen. I do not see any scabs, so am I right to think it is not bumblefoot? A sprain? I am about to fill the tub for an Epsom salt bath...

My beautiful 4 year old 1/2 Khaki, 1/2 Appleyard drake needs a new home ASAP. I love him but he does not get along with one of my females who was his former rival’s mate. Because he is a mixed breed he creates a variety of beautiful offspring. I posted in my state page several days ago...

A month ago, I set 10 of my ducks eggs in my incubator, figuring only half would be fertile. I now have 10 beautiful ducklings. I have never had more than six at a time, before now. After they drained the chick feeder and made all their bedding wet, I realized they needed a duckling waterer...

I have had mice and sparrows eating my duck food for years. This past year, the rats arrived. To help, my husband bought me a “Grandpa’s Feeder” for Christmas. It is a feeder which opens when the bird steps on a lever in front of it. It took my ducks almost a month to get good at using it...