Ducks are messy. This is true if you have a pair of bantam ducks or an entire egg-production flock. The ground cover or duck pen “flooring” you choose can have a big impact on the amount of work you have to do as well as the health and happiness of your ducks. It can be…
“My duck is panting- should I be worried?” While ducks do pant when they’re hot or stressed, similar to dogs, ducks don’t do it as readily. This can mean that it takes more heat or stress to get a duck to pant, and may mean that the situation can quickly escalate from panting as a…
Do male mallard ducks sit on eggs? Do male muscovy ducks sit on eggs? No matter what type of ducks you have or happen to be observing, you may occasionally observe a male duck near or even on the nest. What are they doing there and could they be preparing to incubate a clutch of…
I’ve always been genuinely astounded by how persistent ducks can be with their noise. They’re a little like crickets – ducks seem to be able to quack on forever, filling every moment of silence with noise. It’s almost as if they’re in love with the sound of their own voices. However, I’ve also been fortunate…
In nature, ducks like to hide their eggs. This is especially true if the duck notices that the eggs they had hidden in a “nest” over the last few days or weeks have gone missing. The hiding is instinctual, this is how the duck will keep its eggs safe from predators of all kinds- from…
Walnuts are a readily available snack food and as ducks and other birds are known to eat some nuts and seeds in the wild, it may make sense to assume that walnuts should be a safe treat for them. However, not all types and forms of walnuts should be fed to ducks and there are…
Walking into your duck pen and noticing a snow drift of down one morning can be cause for alarm. While it could just be time for your ducks to molt, there are nearly a dozen other common reasons ducks can lose their feathers. Below you can learn what these are and what you can do…
Pekin ducks are not your typical egg-laying duck. They’re much larger, more of a “classic duck” shape and they are less likely to roam or lay eggs in interesting places. This, along with the larger egg size and pure white color of the eggs, is usually why they are sometimes still chosen as an egg-laying…
You’ll likely agree that ducklings are among the cutest baby animals you can own. Unfortunately, those friendly little balls of yellow puff inevitably grow up. Usually, ducks are usually content to waddle around, splash in puddles, and hang out with their buddies. But, in some cases, you’ll watch those cute little ducklings transform into aggressive…
Peanut butter seems to be a controversial subject among those that keep ducks as pets or on hobby farms. Some blogs, forums, and influencers say that they feed their pets peanut butter all the time as a treat. Others maintain that peanut paste is fine but peanut butter is deadly. Are peanuts themselves even safe…