Hi, So I was walking outside and I found one of our ducks away from the other ducks and she was slow when I was catching her. (Because I knew something was probably wrong) So I looked around on her and found to what looked like a solidified poop thing in her vent sticking out, so I thought I...
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If anybody remembers me, they’d probably know i had a Pekin mix, Khaki Campbell Mallard mix (who would possibly be this pairing) and a Orpington. (i got the Pekin mix and Orpington (both drakes) from tractor supply and recused the Khaki Campbell mix (hen/female duck)from being dumped at a...
Hello everyone. Can anyone help me? Ducky, our duck, has a problem with his foot...it was a year ago that he started limping...we noticed his right knee was larger that the other one. Then a veterinarian told us that he could take some medicine and vitamins....he got well but after that it...
My family bought some ducklings in early June. They were all growing really well up and staying at the same sizes until about a week ago we noticed one that is severely falling behind. This duckling eats and drinks the same amount as the other ducks, however, it's poop has gotten very green. The...
Are all 3 drakes!?
Hi, there! I’m new and loving the community vibe here at backyard chickens!❤️ I’ve had 🐔‘s for about 1.5 years. Currently have 9 chicks total; 1wh/crested blue polish, 1polkie, 1silkie, 5easter eggers and my top hen Sugar is a wh leghorn.
I recently got three 🦆’s(about 10wks)...
About 7 month ago my duck had a small odd growth that kept growing untill it was pretty big, then one day I went out to check on the ducks when it had just fallen off and left a hole. I thought it was a good thing and that it could finally heal but it just won't heal. It stayed as a black scab...
Hey yall! I recently got 2 pet ducks. One I rescued from the wild that was all alone and hurt and the other is a store bought pekin. I am not sure what breed of duck this is, so please help me identify!
I have six call duck eggs in my incubator at 99.5 heat and 60 humidity. They showed great development for the first 13 days and moved around alot, but for the last 3 DAYS they have showed zero movement at all:( have I lost them. The humidity dropped low over night twice, but it didn't seem to...
This is the oldest chicken we have, she is 14 years old!
Her name is Bubbles
Second oldest chicken is Lily at 11 or 12-
And then our oldest duck!
I think she is like 9 years old now?
She is blind in one eye because of our male ducks and she can be very cranky at times but she is doing...
while i was with my duck inside, i noticed she pooped out bright green with little brownish pebble like things in it (pictured below) and i noticed when she would walk for a certain distance, she would trip to the side and lay her wings up and out in an odd way… should i be extremely worried?
hi! a couple of my ducks have angel wing unfortunately. i’m assuming it was from their dad (who had angel wing when i got him and the people said it was just his baby feathers 🙄) they’re about 7 weeks old and i’m wondering if it’s too late to wrap them? the farm in my town said 8 weeks is good...
Hi, I’m looking for layers Or female duck in general. I’m interested in breeding my two drakes and I also want another duck. Anyone got tips? Can be about anything! I mainly want tips on where to find some ducks/ducklings because craigslist next button doesn’t work for me :’)
Although I...
last night, around 5am, i heard some quite noises coming from my ducks, which is weird at this hour. I decided to go check and found my one female duck with a mink on top of her. i ran over and grabbed the closest thing i could see and hit the mink with it. it ran under my deck, and i went to...
I ordered pastel call duck eggs and ancona call duck eggs. I hatched three and it looks like I got a purebred white call and one pastel. However, I can’t tell what this other duck is!!!!! (his name is Chuck)
Hi! So I have ducks. 2 drakes and 2 hens (lost 2 of my other hens to foxes in the spring,hence the reduced number of hens). All raised together since ducklinghood.
A couple of weeks past, I separated one of the drakes from the flock, due to fighting, leaving a better yet still not ideal, I...
Hello! So I’m hoping someone can give me some advice/answers or has had an experience with this.
A few weeks ago we bought some ducklings 2 of which are Rouen. For some background we did get them from tractor supply against my better judgment/experience, after some research into the hatchery...