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Hello, My muscovy ducks have seen to develop wet feathers, and I really need help! I've bathed them today in my bathtub and dried them fully before putting them back with their flock Is there anything else I could do? + How do I wash them? They're really dirty and the dirt won't come off in...

Hello, My neighbor's duck has not been doing well. A couple of days ago, he started to limp and we thought maybe he hurt his foot. Then he mostly stopped walking and uses his wings to help him balance when he does walk. He also is farther below the surface when he swims in the water than usual...

Ive had this duck for two weeks now. Her and her sister were pretty neglected but are looking so much better now. Today I heard a duck screaming and came running and notice she was moving her head weirdly and squirming low on the floor. I thought she was dying she looked out of it and then she...

My 3 week old duckling was outside in her pen when I noticed she couldn’t close her beak. Upon further inspection, the roof of her mouth in her upper beak is very swollen causing the beak to look tilted to the right and unable to fully close. Drinking water and eating is appears to be a bit of a...

Annabelle Video Hi everyone. I am a new duck owner and desperately need some guidance! On July 2nd, we were gifted a male and female duck. They are somewhere between 4 and 6 months old. The previous owner did not have a body of water for them- just a baby pool- and that is all I know about...

Brady and Janet Wolfe . Duckling Name is TripAllen. (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? We are very new to this hatching thing and we saved this egg from getting eaten near our neighborhood pond (2) How many chickens do you have right now? we have one Ducking...

So my two Pekin ducks (pictured), Niles and Daphne, are about 11 weeks old. I have no reason to think they are unhealthy in any way but now that I've successfully kept them alive and happy and grown up I want to make sure I've got them eating properly. Currently they get two handfuls of duck...

I have a duck, shes about maybe 2 months. she just had a very weird moment. her body looked wide and flat while running around. then 10 mins later, her body was completely ruffled and stayed that way for awhile. im now seeing her neck looks alittle big and thick, is like closer to her body, if...

Hi I picked up my female Pekin duck this morning and noticed the orange Bear spot on her belly any idea what it is? Thank you

Background Info: I have a muscovy That I rescued when he was A day old. I tried for 4 months to integrate him with other ducks. Every time I would step outside He'd latch onto my ankle in a tantrum and try To get in the car with me or come inside. He was petrified of the other ducks . I...

So one of our indian runner ducks decided to make a nest outside, the first batch got eaten so we thought she would stop, but about 11days ago she made another nest with only two eggs and began sitting on them. We put her in a dog crate and got her seven eggs from a farmer(we were sure her eggs...

I have a broody duck right now and I was wondering do I break her the same way i would with a chicken or do I need to do something different

Now my saxony and black Swedish are presenting with what I suspect would be stage 1 angel wing but I’m not for certain. I started them on nature serve starter/grower feed until 4 weeks old and then switched to purina duck pellets 19% protein and add 1Tab of josh frogs brewers yeast per cup of...

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...

I have a pekin duck, hes super sweet to me, but as hes gotten older, it seems like hes been distant to me. he doesnt like when i pet his wings. is that regular? also sometimes itll be quiet, ill be with him and he does one singular LOUD quack that startles me haha. but im not quite sure what it...

I have a Welsh Harlequin duckling that is not doing well. She(?) acts like she feels ok but she is not growing and she has an area around her eyes that is missing down and just looks unhealthy. (See photos) I tried frequent assisted head dunkings but it did not help. All the other 40 ducks...

So I’m switching my flock over from a layers feed to an all flock feed because of my ducks do I need to offer extra calcium for the chickens or any other supplements and is there anything else I need to know about switching feeds?

Hi!! My two oldest ducks (about 1.5 - 2 years old) appear to be possibly molting. It is the beginning prime summer time where I live (Maine) and it’s starting to get very hot out daily. I’m unsure if it is molting or if they are sick. They are acting normal, eating and drinking, their poop looks...

One of my Welsh Harlequin hens looks as though she is broody. She was sitting on 4 eggs this morning, and I added another 3 collected from our other hens this morning, thinking, "Why not?" When I did this she tried to peck at me and ran off a short way, but returned and sat on all 7 eggs and is...

So previously i’ve posted about my first time hatching ducks. When i posted the photos of my duck eggs i was told that only one of them was fertile. I cracked the eggs (exept for the one i was told is fertile) and yep, no baby. So it’s day 29 of this fertile egg being in the incubator. We can’t...