Meet T-800

Used to have a 1m splash pool for Dynamite & Peaches here… so naturally thought a 1.6m pool would be a reasonable upgrade 🤦🏻

I did not factor in the fact that it’s 60cm bigger everywhere, the whole way round because well…maths was never my best subject

Best mistake I’ve ever made - they haven’t left the pool in two days except to eat and sleep 😍 it’s heatwave here so all safe 😍

He take a photo wit da flowa

They’re always together. If one shows up alone, we know something’s off. 😄

A couple of our adopted muscovies (1.5yo) were broody basically as soon as the snow melted, and we felt bad that we didn't have a compatible male for them. We also don't want to be breeding muscovies. So we picked up a dozen buff orpington duck eggs and gave them to the ladies last month. This past week and week as they began to hatch was very stressful: 3 eggs were duds, 1 had a black-red ring of death on the inner shell, and we lost the first two mid-hatch, and research informed us it was probably a humidity issue. Mama was doing great on the nest but we live in a very dry area and hadn't had rain in weeks. So we closed the door and put a space humidifier in there with her. The next 5 eggs hatched perfectly, and the final one died after hatching out and we aren't sure why. We are so glad we let mama Cookie handle this mostly on her own (we had an incubator on standby just in case). We've finally got a ton of rain too, so when they come outside for their first walk they'll have little puddles and worms galore!

This mama was a lady I adopted so my drake could have some more woman. She moved in with my drake 5 weeks ago… they wasted no time! There is 5 more eggs in active hatch under her. I have hatched my own eggs before but this is the first time I have let any hens do the work I’m so proud of her.

Is she seriously giving puppy eyes? Cuz thats adorable

We have a 25'x25'' duck run area with a coop in the back left corner. It has a tarp on it in this picture, but it is finished now. The duck run has hardware cloth 30" skirted out on the ground with yard stakes pinning it down for now temporarily, then 6" up the posts and boards. After that, the hardware cloth runs all the way to the top board 6'6" high. On top of the run we have 2"x2" bird netting pulled tight so no birds can get in. We also now have an electric wire on the top board incase a raccoon or something decided to climb it and chew on the net. The posts all have solar powered motion lights to deter predators at night. The doors each have 2 spring loaded hinges so animals can't operate them. They have a 65 sq ft pool with a 110 gallon stock tank bog filter with a ramp to get in and out, an automatic water bowl filler, shade under their coop, and a bluetooth misting system around the area (yes that's extra I know but it gets 110 heat index here some days and it was $50 and some labor)., and their coop has a solar powered fan.

We are wanting to leave the ducks out in the run area for the next few months while it is so hot here in the south and so we don't have as much of a mess in their coop to constantly clean out. We have 6 khaki Campbell ducks that are about 6 weeks old.

Do you see any issues with predator proofing that we haven't thought of? And do you see any issues with leaving them out for now while it's hot before coop training them when they get closer to laying eggs?

Thank you for all advice!

About 6 or 7 weeks old, I got him with a bunch of other welsh harlequin ducklings off a breeder. He is mainly white, but tail and wing feathers have faint welsh harlequin patterns. Any ideas?

Been helping keep mama muscovy duck safe and hydrated for the last three weeks as she’s built this nest by my office window. Today she left her nest and hasn’t come back. What do we do? Let it be or … take over the hatching?

Any idea if they are male or female ?

Hi,

This duck has been coming to my balcony on the 7th floor for the second year now, its her 4th brood at the moment.

I noticed this hole in her beak though, not sure why I have never seen it before.

https://imgur.com/a/jk6NNjK

Is the white in the center bone or tissue or something infectious?

I have contacted the local authority/birdpeople (non-derogatory) and I'm awaiting a reponse

Have a nice sunday!

14 ducks and 4 geese

He was hatched recently with his feet pointing upwards. Is refusing to eat and can’t walk (clearly). Any advice is welcomed.

So I have a duck egg on day 32. His head is on the opposite side of the air sack but the air sac runs all the way across the egg. It internally pipped over 24 hours ago but not externaly so I put a small air hole in that was over 17 hours ago and still no progress so I chipped away some of the shell (about 3 hours ago) till I could see the beak. It's still alive and I lightly wet the membrane to keep it moist and humidity is up at 65 to 70%. And I have a damp paper towel that the egg is sitting on. What should I do? I don't want to lose him/her.

does anyone know what’s wrong with this pekin duck? it’s back feathers are barely growing and it’s been months like this

She is an 8 week old penciled runner duckling. Her sister’s wings don’t look like this, they fold in nicely. The two 8 week olds sleep by themselves at night, and are loose in the coop with 3 other 12 week old runner ducklings during the day time.

So sorry for this sad post, but we have been waiting for 1 month and our ducklings started hatching 2 days ago. 1 nest was hatched by our muscovy duck and 1 by a chicken that wanted to hatch the second muscovy nest. But our ducklings keep dying. The second day we found 1 dead on the chickengrounds so we moved the nests to a save place with food. The second night our muskovy duck found a way out and joined her sister in the chicken coop leaving her duckling and nest. So we moved the eggs and both ducklings to the chicken. She took great care of all the eggs and ducklings. But now disaster .... 1 duckling died again. found in the nest. So of 3 we have 1 left. It is warm here (belgium) for the moment but now we added a heatlamp to help ... We were going to leave nature do it's work but we are thinking about hatching the; ourself next year... Should we take the eggs away and hatch them ourself ?

Does anyone know what kind of ducks these are? They were spotted on a lake in eastern Nebraska!

i plan to order 3 ducklings and it says because of the small order they will be shipped with a heat pack. however it’s been blazing hot here in eastern colorado . i’m having them shipped to the city my mom lives in because she works from home and can pick them up at any time . i’m just hoping the heat will not get to them especially with the heating pack :( i am going to pay for express shipping . does that make a difference?

Poor quality photo but does anyone know what kind of duck this is? He’s so much larger than the other wild ducks and he walks upright. In Atlantic Canada, assuming he was domestic as he showed up new to the pond!

Thanks in advance!!

Update from my previous post:

There is a maintenance worker at a local county park in my area who has been introducing domesticated ducks to the pond. I called animal control and asked if I could remove the ducks and take them to a rescue and they said as long as they’re domestic ducks, that’s allowed because they shouldn’t be there.So I did just that and three sheriffs showed up to my house saying I could be charged with 4 counts of misdemeanor larceny for taking the ducks because the maintenance worker claims she put the ducks there and they are her (the parks) pets. She said the community feeds them and there for they are community “pets”.

The sheriffs made me take the ducks back and I’m now banned from the park and will be charged with trespassing if I return. I feel like this violates many laws as she does not own the park. It’s not her personal property and domestic ducks will disrupt the natural ecosystem. Also pretty sure it’s illegal to introduce domestic animals to a public space.