r/duck • u/Elegant-Scholar-2471 • 3h ago
Meet the Flock My two newest additions
Got two female runners to keep my older two call ducks happy. They’re the best of friends after only a couple weeks! They’re shaq and snowy
r/duck • u/bogginman • Apr 14 '26
there seems to be a recurring misconception about determining whether a duck is male or female by looking for drake feathers. Having a drake feather indicates that the duck IS a male, but not having a drake feather means nothing, as all ducklings, all females, many breeds of males AND males in eclipse molt do not have drake feathers. Even within some breeds, like Pekins, some males may have a drake feather, while others will not.
addendum: rarely, some females can develop a drake curl if they are dealing with hormonal issues. The only way that's 100% accurate is the quack test or finding laid eggs or examining for a penis.
attribution: image shamelessly stolen from https://kingofdoodles.blogspot.com/2017/07/what-is-drake-feather.html.
r/duck • u/whatwedointheupdog • Jun 22 '23
r/duck • u/Elegant-Scholar-2471 • 3h ago
Got two female runners to keep my older two call ducks happy. They’re the best of friends after only a couple weeks! They’re shaq and snowy
r/duck • u/ItsaBing • 4h ago
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This duckling is still alive, but listless and has this backbend going on. Any ideas on what is wrong and how to help it?
r/duck • u/Timberlee1995 • 9h ago
Hatch day is today! So far 6 have hatched and 2 more seem to be hatching!
r/duck • u/MultiversalTraveler • 6h ago
found these two babies in my front yard, in shade from the heat. i think their ducks, but i just wanna make sure. They probably came from the lake in my backyard. I want to take them there but I don’t know if that’s the right decision or not. I also saw a big iguana that got scared off, so maybe their siblings were eaten, or they were hiding?
Not sure what to do, does anyone have advice?
r/duck • u/Coco_the_duck • 16m ago
She doesn't have a name yet, but she'll have one soon!
r/duck • u/Dull-Blacksmith-1722 • 1d ago
Do any of u like muscovy ducks? Personally, I love them sm:3 I have some of them at home and I really enjoy watching them. They're very communicative with their body language, which is quite interesting to watch. They're a bit shy (the drake doesn't like me:(( ), but the ducklings were happy to sit in my hands (one of them is on the photo). By the way, did you know that Muscovy ducks have the longest incubation period of all duck species?
(Srry if my post seems a bit odd or something. English isn't my first language lol)
r/duck • u/ResearcherFit3861 • 1h ago
I am incubating some call duck eggs right now and Theyre reached, and pasted their hatch dates. out of a 12 egg lot 2 are remaining, however only one has made any progress, which is a half inch hole still covered by the shell fragments. is there anything I can do to help the poor guy or is unfortunately not possible to save him. he hasn’t made any progress for more than 6 hours and it’s been 2 days since the hole originally popped up.
r/duck • u/Specialist-Archer-31 • 9h ago
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That's A LOT of bebes!!
r/duck • u/-redit_account- • 18h ago
r/duck • u/LeftHandedLefthand • 18h ago
2 babies in the first hour of the 28th day ! I am sooo happy and proud 🙂 hopefully the remaining 5 will also come soon🥳
r/duck • u/whatinthecluck- • 9h ago
Has anyone used this for their babies?? How does it hold up? We had a cheep plastic one but it cracked, which not a big deal it was 12 bucks.
I want one of the big plastic ones you can at tractor supply but I’m in Canada so very limited.
Recommendations pleaseeeee
r/duck • u/TheFuckingDingbat389 • 10m ago
I got an adult duck about a week ago, and one of my drakes is desperate to mate with her. Is there any way to stop this? I have 6 other female ducks, too
r/duck • u/No_Stable_8329 • 53m ago
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Super hot weather today making sure the birds are properly hydrated, also cleaning the pool
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😂
r/duck • u/BlackBeltYoYoMaster • 21h ago
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r/duck • u/Legitimate-Page-2695 • 2h ago
I have 3 hens and one drake their muscovy and their 9 months old. Two of the three hens started to fight and i do not know why. They do not fight all the time but i am concerned they damage each other
r/duck • u/Kimchii808 • 1d ago
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One of ducklings are showing the distinct chirp to quack transition. Our other which is slightly bigger has a tiny raspy breath… I’m afraid it might be a drake as we’d have to get more hens to satiate his thirst for mating.
Could the bigger one be a late quacker? He chirps still.