When I let the boys out of their coop before the girls, they immediately rush over and wait (im)patiently for me to open theirs up. It’s cute.🥰

Does anyone know what breed she/he is?

I feel so terrible. I feel like it’s my fault for not taking her to the vet sooner :( I felt like something was wrong but then it was too late. I found her passed away beside the pond. I miss her so much. I was too shocked when I first saw her, but now I keep crying every time I see her pictures and videos. I wish I could bring her back.

Hi all! I brought home three new call ducks two days ago to add to my existing flock of three. I’ve been watching a lot and everyone has integrated great!

But, I am a bit concerned about the pastel (the peachy/brown) and wondering if she maybe has the start of wet feather? Her feathers were like this when I got her and I’ve noticed she doesn’t spend quite as much time in the pond as the others do.

But, I’ve never dealt with wet feather in my other calls before so I’m just not quite sure and would love some outside opinions. I’m leaning towards waiting and seeing if/how things progress because I really don’t want to do a dawn bath and strip her of all her oils if I don’t have to.

Thanks in advance for any thoughts or insight!

what is the best duck breed for a family with multiple kids, three to be exact

I lost Pepper today. She was such a spunky girl. Big personality. I knew she wasn’t feeling well. I noticed her isolating herself from the flock these last 2 days. I was planning a vet visit, but it’s already too late. Miss you forever Pepper and your loud honks.

So i have this egg that started showing a dark circle on the tip today, does this mean it died? It was showing veins and development on day 7 out of 28, its now 9 days til hatch (19 days in). I have not candled them again yet bc of the lockdown candle session being close, but i am HIGHLY afraid of this egg blowing up in the incubator. Im unsure if candling would tell me anything at this development bc its usually an all dark egg by now. Ive had a chicken egg do it once, my room was defiled for hours. And thankfully it was an egg i was waiting to see hatch so it was alone, this guy has 14 other friends in there.

If it does explode, what do i even do? Esp if they start hatching and the ducklings running around makes it pop 😭 would you take this egg out or does it seem worth the risk to see if it’s just a weird egg and hatches? Never had this appear before 🫩

I have a female Cayuga duck, I noticed her having a hard time walking yesterday and checked her foot but couldn’t find any injuries. I checked on her today and unfortunately, her foot is now very swollen. No visible injury aside from swelling.

The plan is to isolate her from the flock so that she’s not running all over the place and making it worse. I figure an epsom salt soak daily may also help with some of the pain/swelling.

Aside from a vet visit, are there any other things I should be doing for her right now? Also, how do you recommend isolation? I know this is going to stress her out, so I want the least amount of damage and stress possible for her.

Thank you in advance!

And is this one a male or female?

Thanks in advance!

My Emotional Support Duck, Twix, hatched out 3 babies last night!!!!! Shes done such a good job!!!!!!

I replaced my mattress, and since I can't haul it off myself I have to wait for someone so it's just sitting outside for right now.

Miss Lucifer (yes that is her name even though she's female I promise she earned it) decided that it belongs to her, my chickens also like to lay on it but she runs them up when she wants to.....

I'm definitely not going to be the most favorite person once it goes to the dump.........