to sum up everything i found an abandoned duckling, none of the duck mothers wanted him, i took him inside, fed him, gave him water any kept him warm, i went out today, he was warm fed and happy, my sister took care of him, an hour after she checked on him he looked sluggish, so she held him for 3 hours until i died, i gave him the right food, always kept him warm, gave him water, he was drinking, eating and pooping alright, i dont understand what happened or what i did wrong and i feel terrible

i rescued this egg that was all by himself with little hope but decided to take it in and incubate. hes believed to have been laid like a day before a storm and i scooped him up the day after. no nest, no other eggs, and no mama in sight. these pictures were all taken in the same day, about the day 8 mark. theres a line but i cant tell if its like a blood ring or a vein. it only goes about a 3rd of the way around. there was barely a shadow when i first candled but now theres a prominent one. is he dead or alive?

It was lovely to see her so close up, such beautiful feathers.

My beautiful little lady just laid her first egg today! She’s an indian runner and 4 months and 23 days old. I don’t know if that’s average, soon or late, as she’s my first duck, that I hatched from an egg myself. I’m so proud of her (and me, I guess). She’s the only one that made it out of 6 eggs that I tried to hatch. I think she turned out gorgeous.

I’ve been feeding this duck for a while now. I’m pretty sure it’s a domesticated duck but I don’t know what its sex is. It’s much bigger than the other ducks at the pond I go to.

Hello, I live on a small lake and earlier this spring (shortly after easter) someone abandoned some domesticated ducks in the lake. One has survived and we are somewhat friends, although he will not let me get too close. We do have a solid breakfast and dinner routine. What can I do to give him the best chance at survival this winter? Parts of the lake freeze, though I’m not sure how much, as this is also my first year on the lake. Picture of Decoy as tax for your expert assistance. TIA

Hi all, I’m wondering if anyone in this community sells duck eggs. I’ve mentioned it to a couple people that when my buff Orpington ducks get older I will start selling/eating the eggs and everyone has found it odd? Is this not a common thing?😂 obviously it’s not as common as chicken eggs but an egg is an egg.

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duck I saw at work today in central MN.

My baby keeps opening her mouth like she is going to yawn, but then does it multiple times in a row, like she's gasping or coughing without sound. She has water. I'm worried she could have a pea stuck in her throat, but the time I fed them (crushed) peas was well over 12 hours ago. She looks otherwise healthy, but it's also my first time owning ducks. I'm more familiar with chickens. Is this something to be concerned about?

As the title says, I have had my ducks since February. They were ducklings when I got them. Later on I found out that one was a girl one was a boy. I did find out that they started to mate and started to producing eggs so I’m excited to announce that I will start incubating at least three eggs for right now to see how I do and started collecting her eggs to refrigerator and eat. So i was so excited I made a TikTok page for them. I’ll link it right here if I’m allowed to. But I’m 100% still new to this so if you wanna give me some advice, please do so. Thank you.🥰

Tickles voice is starting to change, but im struggling to figure out what she is. Hatched Sept 3rd, dad is a mallard, mom is a runner.

Happy 1st birthday to my sweetest, sassiest, feathery boys! 😍🦆

All the mess you make is totally worth it for the love nibbles and the absolute joy you bring! ❤️❤️

Love love looooove my beautiful boys 😍😍

My parents surprises me with 3 pekin duckings.
It's been about 7 months since my last duckling died (unknown / natural causes) and have been waiting for spring time to come back around so I could get some new baby's and I finally have.
They are a bit dirty in the first photo due to them just finishing eating and drinking and making a wet mess of food😂 they have since been cleaned up

I'm a developer, not a duck keeper. I built an incubation tracker, and waterfowl were the hard part: some guides say to cool and mist the eggs daily from day 10, others say it's unnecessary in a modern incubator.

Right now the app schedules cooling and misting for ducks and geese once a day from day 10 until lockdown (day 25 for ducks, day 27 for geese, day 32 for Muscovy), with 15–20 minutes of cooling and a mist of lukewarm water.

Before more people rely on that:

- Do you cool, mist, both, or neither?

- From which day, and for how long?

- Does it differ for Muscovy or geese?

I'd rather have this wrong in a reddit thread than in someone's incubator.

Duck pond has algae bloom clogging pump and hoses. Anyone know a way to kill it that is safe for ducks and geese to swim/drink? Thanks