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Update! Ducks are still doing well, and Carmella laid 2 eggs!! They were soft, gotta get some calcium supplements. Wife and I are out of state atm, will get photos when we return(a couple days). Thanks again for all of your support and for being an awesome community! :jumpy

The ducks continue to do well. I put up hardware cloth for their entire run, so I am not concerned about other deterrent methods. I will update with photos periodically as they re-grow their neck feathers so you all can see how pretty they are, but they might molt before then. Thank you all...

Ok thanks. Her neck stopped bleeding pretty quick. It looks like Gregory accidentally picked off one of her scabs, it hasn't happened since. Thanks for all your help :)

To be clear, Carmella seems to be ok with it, she isn't trying to get away, and she is showing typical courting behaviour. It also isn't constant, I've only seen it happen a couple times in the last 3 days.

Ducks are still doing well, I think they are trying to reproduce... Spring fever I guess. My only concern is that Carmella doesn't have feathers on the back of her neck anymore and when Gregory grabs on, he is pretty aggressive and made her bleed. :( Should I separate them? Or is this normal...

Things are going well! The ducks have been very happy back outside with their pool and the fresh breeze.

Weight update: Carmella is up to 5.7lbs and Gregory is still 6.4lbs. They are both very happy and flappy and cute! They are spending the night locked in their coop as they both were escaping our bananna box barricade and pooping all over the room. Also temperatures are up here, and the ducks...

Also, about Gregory's aggression, I'm pretty sure it is 100% him being protective of Carmella. When they were bathing, Gregory tried to mount her and she didn't want it. So I separated them because I wanted to give Carmella a chance to take a proper bath. Once Gregory was away from Carmella, he...

Weight update! Gregory weighed in at 6.4lbs and Carmella weighed in at 5.4lbs! Greg giving a big flap

Gregory weighed in at 6.2lbs, and Carmella at 5.0. I'm going to check again this evening.

Going to let the ducks swim today! Temperatures finally went up outside. They are cute and happy. Going to weight them when I get home and I'll post a new pic as well.

Didn't have time to weigh the ducks today, but they are very happy and they ate a bunch of food, and drank so much water. Gregory is aggressive towards everything except Carmella. He is very protective of her, and maybe thats why he is being aggressive.

They're doing good! More energy every day. I was busy this morning so I couldn't weigh them, but I'll update soon. I fear they both are experiencing PTSD, as they are much more nervous and Gregory is more aggressive than before the attack. But I'm just glad they are alive.

Also, if your chicken ever stops pooping entirely, that is a serious sign that something is wrong. But like you said, this could be caused by stress of the molting, or by bullying or other outside factors that could be limiting food consumption. Best wishes for your hen, and I hope this isn't...

Hey there, I'm not too knowledgeable about chickens, but I'm just on the tail end of a huge recovery with my pet ducks. One thing that helped me a lot is weighing my birds daily to keep track of whether they were eating enough or not. I would really suggest this to you, especially since you...

Thanks! Couldn't have done it without the help I got here.

Gregory just weighed in at 6.4lbs and Carmella at 5.2, both of them up 0.2lbs!

For any of you who are curious what they looked like the morning of the attack, here is a picture. WARNING: SAD! They have come so far, I'm so proud of them.

Haha yes! Only when I'm in the room with them and they want to come say hi. Carmella did it once and I've given up trying to keep Gregory in there. But once I leave the room, they would rather just snuggle together.