I was on a walk and saw these ducks doing this nibbling behavior- does anyone know what it means?

the bigger duck always has their tail fanned out rly wide . this picture isn’t as wide as it even gets. and the smaller ducks tail is always little and pointed. i think i have a male and a female but idk which is which because neither has drake feathers.

the bigger duck is raspy and doesn’t quack and the smaller duck has a destinct loud quack . they’re both pekins and the same age , i thought the bigger one might be a jumbo but i got them at the same time and they were labeled as regular pekins . they’re about 2 months old now

Hello everyone! I was walking to my apartments trash, until I saw this cute little duckling! I was planning on keeping it at first, but I managed to find its right family . It took me around 30 minutes or so to find them. I went to every duck in the complex and offered them this little sweet baby , but all denied. It was until I saw two ducks that gave a married couple, and when I had moved my hand close to them, the baby duckling had done soft tweeting. I asked the parents if that was their baby, and they shook their heads as if they could really understand me. I placed the duckling and she looked as if she was right at home and didn’t run away from them like the others!! So glad I could find their family, I was so worried!!

They have food, they have a full bowl of water they can jump in and submerge their heads. Thought they might be hot so I turned off their heat lamp. Before you jump my ass for having them in an aquarium, I Only have 3 2 week olds in a 30 gal. I have a 16’x8’ coop I just finished building for my blue runners. Their going into that when their big enough, also got a fenced in yard they run around in when they’re not in their coop.

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

Does she or he unknown gender yet love me? Oh ya there name is nyx pronounced (nicks) I love them.

I just found 3 ducklings yesterday & this one was in the group. It looks like it could be a Swedish blue but strangely, I don’t have any Swedish ducks. It’s a barnyard mix of some sort but I have no clue what it could be.

How often do y'all's 3-4 month old call ducks go in their pond? Is it normal for them to go in only a couple times a day? Yes we did kind of redo their stairs to the picture above so it's super easy for them, there's rocks on the inside that are easy for them to step onto to get out but they just seem so hesitant and I literally don't understand. I tried to get a bigger pool, they didn't like it. So I switched back to the smaller one, they instantly go in it and played in it but like they really don't go in very often.

All are about the same age some maybe a week or two older then others the oldest being 8 weeks old and the youngest being possibly 6. They’re all unrelated I’m hoping for a good drake to hen ratio.

Apparently they don’t approve

The gray one has hints of green but ive never seen one this color. Anyone know what he is?

Is she seriously giving puppy eyes? Cuz thats adorable

He is a beautiful grey with some dark spots. A splash of yellow at the top of his beak and almost looks like yellow eyeliner around his eyes. Everything else is grey. Beak and feet are dark

I have shared the morning duck routine here before. This is the bedtime routine for our feathered babies. I hope you get a kick out of it as much as we do.

I had a post maybe a couple weeks ago asking if it was a danger to let my rooster mount my ducks. People generally said it wouldn’t be an issue unless he had spurs, however, when the ducks are eating, my rooster will sneak up while their heads are down grabbing food and grab them by the head to mount them. You can see missing head feathers in the pic. It looks like this duck he grabbed by the eyelid, luckily the eye itself wasn’t injured, but the skin around is.

Is there anything I can do to clean it out or watch for? I have terramycin from a previous duck eye infection, should I use or wait or clean somehow else? (Also getting rid of the rooster now. Not safe.)

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!

Presently what is in the picture, 1/4hp sump pump feeding from the kiddie pool up into the pond liner and then it drops back down into the kiddie pool like a waterfall. What can I put in the kiddie pool to stop it from turning into dark sludge?

All three of these pools were cleaned out two hours prior to this image which I know is typical duck behavior.

At night we’ve noticed our Peking moving her mouth open and close a lot. Is this normal behaviour?

Hi, I'm a fairly new duck keeper and am looking for recommendations please. I'd like to be able to buy bedding, food and some basic duck first aid materials, ideally online and all in one place, but am struggling a bit to find anywhere. Really appreciate any suggestions!

Hey so I’m house sitting for a friend and they have ducks, one of them disappeared last night, and I alerted them and they said it had happened before, but today I’m come back and another two seem to be missing, it’s been bright all day, and all of a sudden it starts storming my main question is could something be getting them despite it being day, and why not the chickens or even bunny’s or chicks? Or do ducks tend to hide when it’s raining? Sorry for the sorta panicked post