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Mallard Ducks
Hello, on May 30, 2024 I received 8 baby mallard ducklings. They were about 2 weeks old at the time. We have three large 1 acre ponds. It is now August 1, 2024 in PA. When should I release them to the ponds? Currently, I have been keeping them in a small barn barn and letting them into a run... -
Can pond water be dangerous for ducks ? Should I get it tested ?
Hello friends, I recently hatched som runner ducks(my first ducks ever) and I was going to let them swim in the pond that I had in my garden for years. It's nothing special just an artificial pond with some gold fish, but I read somewhere that there can be harmful bacteria so I was thinking... -
New to the forum, looking for quail info
Hi Group, I'm Anna and I live in Southern California. After having racoons eat the fish in our pond over the years, we did what we always wanted to do and enclosed our pond, turning it into an aviary. We have a couple of budgies and bourke already in the house, and plan to add finch, diamond...- buuzbee
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- aviary pond quail
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- Forum: New Member Introductions
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How to catch a duck in a pond?
Hi! I recently just adopted this adult female khaki Campbell duck 2 days ago and she hasn’t left the pond since. This is unsafe because I live in an area with a lot of predators. I have been trying to catch her to bring her up to her house but I have been unsuccessful for the past 24 hours. I... -
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Introducing new ducks/geese to an old goose - Tips?!
Hi! I am looking for advice on if I should introduce a goose or a duck to our pond to keep an old goose company. I know NOTHING about water fowl. We bought a farm a few years ago with a pond. The pond had 2 geese and 2 ducks on it for YEARS. They’ve been here much longer than us and live self...- chickentowns
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- duck goose introduce new duck introducing new goose pond
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- Forum: Geese
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Turtles for the pond?
Okay so, Me and my mom have been wanting to dig a pond for a while now, and we've been interested in getting a turtle(s) for it. Though there are a few things we are uncertain about nor can find information on the web for. We live in sweden, it gets real cold here. Average temp in the winter...- cassandrapettersson
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- pond ponds turtle turtles
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- Forum: Other Pets & Livestock
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Ducks Won't Go Into the Pond
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... -
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Questions regarding a mixed flock
So I will be adding ducks to my existing chicken flock. I plan on building them their own coops, and adapting the feeders to accommodate the ducks (and get a whole flock feed). As I think about what I'll need to change the thing that concerns me at the moment is having something for the ducks...- Dwayne Bard Rock Johnson
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- chickens ducks pond
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- Forum: Ducks
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Otter in the duck pond
So a few months ago my father thought we had a nutria in the pond, based on the tell-tale bubbles from swimming underwater. I had never seen it This morning I saw our bit it seems to be a Texas River otter I know they are predators but have never dealt with one. The ducks are all large... -
Using Duck Aquaponics to filter pond water and produce duck feed?
I'm currently in the planning stage of adding ducks and a small pool/pond for my backyard and have been doing a lot of research into keeping the pond clean from the nasty duck poop😵💫. We've owned ducks before and yeah, they muck it up fast. Which is what brought me to researching Aquaponic... -
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Laying in pond!
I have three female ducks that I haven’t seen one egg from. I assume they’re laying in our pond (natural), and they are fenced in with our 27 chickens. They don’t go in at night, and even if they did they’d be let out at daybreak with the chickens. They have a house that they rarely use and... -
How to keep water moccasins out of my duck pond
I’m making a new duck enclosure that will be chain link fenced in for 5 (maybe more) ducks. It includes a pond but i’m not sure how to deter snakes. I’ve looked up plants that deter snakes but don’t know which are safe for ducks. Should i put fish in the pond to eat frog eggs so there’s no food...- goatsandpeacocks
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- #ducks #predators deter snakes pond snakes
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How do you catch a sick duck in a pond - she can't get out
Hi, My lovely Cayuga (Coogie) has hurt one leg, maybe because with the drought there are a lot of exposed rocks at the edge of my natural, spring-fed 1/2 acre pond. We built a ramp to help the ducks in and out when the water levels started to fall a month ago. She has tried to stand at the end... -
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My ducks are scaredy-cats
Hi all, so I recently built a pond for my 4 ducks (7 feet wide, 4.5 feet deep) and the ducks naturally loved it immediately. We couldn’t keep them out while we were building it! Well as of lately they have been hesitant going in. The past few days they will approach the pond and examine it... -
Not new to BYC. New to birds.
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Many of you know me a little, and I'm grateful for your help and friendship. I've never done one of these interviews, so I feel as if I skipped a step. New to Ducks. I'm getting 12 Khaki Campbell Ducklings on June1st. Already...- rjmyooper
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- #wmichigander amputee ducks egg michigan pond u.p. of michigan vulcan winter yooper
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- Forum: New Member Introductions
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Predator Proofing Coop, Help PLS!
Hi.. I am really thinking about predator proofing my coop really soon before more predators start coming around. I've had ducks get taken away or injured, I really don't want to kill or relocate the animal and I want to spend more money on protecting my babies. I want to put posts in, hardware...- IvysAnimals
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- attack by predator chickens duck goose help house bird pen construction pond predator control renovating coop
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- Forum: Coop & Run - Design, Construction, & Maintenance
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Ill mallard?
We have a pond in our garden and mallards like to stop off and have a feed or take a dip in it. I’m recent weeks a single mallard male has been visiting the pond and he has feathers missing around his neck, a limp, He sits next to the pond most of the time, poops extremely frequently, and sits...- mallardpondzzzzz
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- male mallard mallard mallard duck pond
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- Forum: Ducks
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Just starting in 2022
Hello! I don't have much to share yet, but this Summer I will have 4 Welsh Harlequin Hens and 1 Drake. I wasn't planning on a Drake at first, but I may as well since I'm ordering Ducks anyway, and they will all be the same age. The picture below shows a beautiful Bahama Pintail Duck. I came...
