ducks

Hi all, I know there are many threads about giving ducks water overnight but they didn’t answer my questions given my particular setup. I have 5 Rouen females. I live in Maine. The previous owners of our house had ducks and had a small room/coop at the back of the barn for them so I am using...

Today my 6 month old Silver Appleyard 'Rose' started making a strange sound, like a small dog bark or yip. Can't find anything wrong with her would this be a normal sound to not worry about? Thanks

I have three, 4 month old Cayugas. Hatched the day before Valentine's. Two hens and a drake. Today I saw my drake actually breed one of the hens. They did their little necking motion and he got on top of her and did the thing. She didn't fight or fuss and just let him. I feel like 4 months is...

Hello all! I've lurked awhile now, but it's time to post! Is my gorgeous, cuddly girl a Khaki Campbell? I'm not well versed in duck breeds. I heard a quack one day, and looked over the fence. This lovely girl was there! I had just bought a pet pool, so I took it over to the neighbours for the...

Hey y’all! Long time chicken, first time duck owner here. We have 5 mallards in our brooder right now. They are 2 days shy of 5 weeks old. They have been growing and thriving beautifully but as we near moving them outdoors I have a few questions. We still have a heat plate in their brooder...

Hi, it is my first time hatching duck eggs however i have hatched chickens but 2 that was around 2 years ago. So, i’ve had the duck eggs in the incubator for 18 days and the ducks are wild as the mother abandoned her eggs(i know this because i saw her with them but kept checking back however she...

Is there really that much of a difference between Cackle hatchery Cayugas and milliman(duck hollow farm) Cayugas? I recently bought some that came from cackle hatchery, but I'm still thinking about trying to get some from Milliman. If there is a big difference in quality what specifics make...

Ive been incubating a couple crested and cayuga duck eggs the past few weeks and today as I went to remove the egg turner so I could place them on lockdown and as I was returning them to the incubator I noticed that 3 of the eggs had pipped! Im just worried that me moving them around while...

A friend of mine brought this to my attention.... Lower Providence Township in eastern Pennsylvania will vote to virtually eliminate the ownership of all chickens in their community. There will be a meeting July 20th at 7pm to vote in an extremely unfair amendment to their rules. I don't live...

Hello, i’m deaf and I own chickens for 7 years. I got near 20 chickens now have 6 more new chicks. Overall is 26. I have five ducks~. Preview i had 6 guinea fowls but one got hit by car which is my last 7 years old guinea fowls. I sold 5 guinea fowls to a better place where not too close a road.

1 year old, male call duck. He used to have a black head, but malted a few months ago and never gotten it back. Does anyone know what colour he is? 😊 The last pic was when he had a black head.

1 year old, male call duck. He used to have a black head, but malted a few months ago and has never gotten it back. Does anyone know what colour he is? 😊 The last pic was when he had a black head.

Hello! I found this forum while researching ways to help my duck with an infection. I’m still battling this issue and may make a separate post later if I can’t find the answer in another post. I started my flocks a few years ago. We hatched chickens through my work at the local elementary...

Hello everyone! I was just wondering what is your preferred method for feeding grit to your flocks? Do you guys set it aside in a separate container for them to pick what they need? If you do this method, what containers have you found works the best so they don't scratch it out? Do you mix it...

I have chickens and ducks. they have separate coops but have the same run. what is the best thing to put on the ground in the coops and run? The ducks soak the run and make it all mud and smell like a pig pen and the chickens dig holes that make me trip when hauling water in. I have heard some...

Hi all! I haven't been on here in a couple years and laughed to see that my last post was "ducks won't come OUT of the water!" 😂 Sadly since then we lost all of our ducks (f&^*&^ mink!). About 6 weeks ago we got 5 new female Cayuga ducklings. We started out with them inside in a brooding box...

Hey, everyone! A few weeks ago, I remember seeing a post that was a list of the foods ducks could eat and at what age they could eat it. I looked and couldn't find it again anywhere. Does anyone know which post I am talking about? And if so, could you please link it? Our silly ducklings are...

Hi, We have recently moved house and have 4 ducks. There are quite a lot of cats around and most pay no interest in our ducks. But there is one, quite big cat, that is becoming more and more threatening. It’s ran at our ducks quite a few times and stalks them like prey. We have put lots of cat...

Hi all! As things are warming up and my girls are finally outside in their enclosure, I wanted to get some opinions on different forms of insect control (specifically mosquitos and flies). For Mosquitos~ My ducks (3) just upgraded from a kiddie pool to a large 4' x 12" (~80 Gallons) pool...