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Hey guys so I had a chicken hatch out 3 ducklings two days ago. They are all acting fine, eating and drinking, and following momma around. However I notice one of the ducklings has its bottom wet. Investigating further it seems like his vent is sticking out and every time he poops the area...

Every season my drakes decide to pick favorites and go after a select few of my ducks. I have 2 boys to 14 girls, yet I end up with many bare necks. A few days ago I noticed one of my ducks had her eye sort of sunken in, and the area around her eye was wet. I am hesitant to separate them...

I was wondering how much those of you who free-range feed their ducks. Mine free-range - they have a bush they like to sit under during the heat of the day and go out to forage in the evenings and early mornings. We have 5 acres but the ducks hate to go out into open spaces so they only come out...

So one of my ducks has a swollen ankle. She had a bumble under the foot which I removed, but now has developed swelling in that foot. Up until yesterday she was limping and I had been doing epsom salt soaks, but today she is not even getting up, using her wings if she needs to move. I gave her a...

So we hatched out 10 ducklings on Tuesday. The last one was out about 12 hours after the second to last one (which also happened last time I hatched and the runt turned out fine although he was smaller than the others). I noticed this duckling was smaller than the rest of them and always...

Association Between Bird Color and Predator Activity So I wanted to know if anyone else has seen a correlation between the color of their birds and whether they are more likely to be targeted by predators. I've had 4 attacks over 2 years on my flock, 2 of which were fatal, and all of which were...

So glad we have ducks to take care of any snakes! Found a baby snake and gave it to them; they had a blast!

About half my flock did not molt last year. 3 have already molted this year - all of which molted last year. The feathers of the ones that did not molt are basically just shafts. How do I get them to molt? Other than forcing the to molt by withdrawing food and water? Any ideas? I'll see if I can...

So I hatched 9 ducklings a month or so ago. Today for the first time I let them free-range... before this they were in the dog kennel separated from my older ducks. They are going through a phase where they are deathly scared of me. When they were small and lived inside they would let me touch...

I have got some egg questions. I have 9 ducks (2 drakes, 7 hens), White Layers and Golden 300's who are prolific layers. They turned 1 last August (2017). They started laying in January 2017, (back when we had 8 hens) and once they all started laying, I was consistently getting 8 eggs a day...

So it is Day 26 for my duck eggs and I put them into lockdown yesterday. I candled right before putting them into lockdown and could see shadows in the air cell in all of them except for 1 or 2. They were moving around as well. I put a no-slip liner underneath the eggs and positioned them so the...

Blood/water in her nostrils. Hard to turn neck. is attempting to drink and eat but is struggling to turn neck... one eye is half closed. trying to shake herself but can't (ruffling her feathers). Pictures attached. Any ointments we can use? How can we clear the stuff in her nose?

Hello everyone, So we live in Georgia... and this week has been (and will be) especially cold. It snowed around 2 inches and temperatures are in the 20's. I know ducks are very cold hardy but I am worried for them. I let them out this morning and noticed them just sitting on the ground and...

Hey guys, So I'm out of town for 2 weeks due to a family emergency and had to leave my precious duckies with an uncle and cousin who were living with us. I miss them terribly (3 more days and I'll be back!) and I was just curious what the duck's reaction would be. What is a ducks memory like...

Two days ago one of our ducks was killed by a fox in the middle of the day while Hurricane Irma was passing through. We only found out about an hour later, through a video recording from a camera aimed toward where the ducks forage. We had never seen or expected a fox, especially in broad...

Hello, Our duck has been acting weird all day. She's normally a very quiet duck but today has been especially quiet, not being with the rest of the flock. Went "missing" a few minutes ago, we just lost one of our ducks to a fox two days ago so was afraid the same happened to her even though I'd...

Our ducks are an year old. Our 8 females have been consistently laying an average of 7 eggs a day since they started laying in January. Most days we would get 8 eggs. However, their production has been going down, 5-6 eggs is normal now; 8 eggs is rare. Today we only got 4 eggs. There hasn't...

Hey guys, One of my ducks has a foot problem. The same duck that had issues earlier this year. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/swelling-and-scab-on-duck-foot.1165626/ We noticed she was limping and so I soaked her foot and wrapped it up, thinking it might be the beginning of...

Hello, I didn't know where to post this... but here goes. A bird's nest was removed from an awning in our church. The nest was placed under a nearby tree. It had 5 baby birds in it. Not wanting to leave it on the ground (putting it back wasn't an option) we brought it back home. They seem...

One of our ducks has a lot of swelling on her middle "toe". There is also a redness and a moderately large scab on the bottom of her foot, but doesn't have the tell-tale black scab of bumble-foot. The foot is also hot to the touch. Could this just be the beginning stages of bumble-foot...