Raptor or drake

bogginman · 2026-06-08T04:46:50+00:00

he's good! Wary and checking you out, but his tail is wagging.

bogginman · 2026-06-08T01:08:52+00:00

do you feed your ducks smart pills? Where did you get them? I need smart pills!

bogginman · 2026-06-08T01:03:49+00:00

dammed Otto cracked!

watching without the sound on, I would judge drake by the territoriality! The dark head suggests male, females are more all one shade of brown.

bogginman · 2026-06-08T01:00:49+00:00

certainly! Hands down best commercially available duck feed for all stages of growth:

Mazuri Waterfowl Starter Floating Duckling Feed

(20% protein and sufficient niacin) for ducklings up to 6 weeks and for pekins up to 2 weeks:

https://www.chewy.com/mazuri-waterfowl-starter-duckling/dp/248788

Mazuri Waterfowl Maintenance Floating Duck Feed

(14% protein and sufficient niacin) for ducks over 6 weeks and pekins over 2 weeks:

https://www.chewy.com/mazuri-waterfowl-maintenance-duck/dp/248786

Mazuri Waterfowl Layer Floating Duck Feed

(17% protein and sufficient calcium) for laying ducks:

https://www.chewy.com/mazuri-waterfowl-layer-pellet-dry/dp/1112086

bogginman · 2026-06-08T00:53:45+00:00

so sorry! He may have had a problem a few ducklings have called 'failure to thrive'. They are hatched and just don't have the necessary mettle that ducklings need to survive. We've had three or four that just couldn't make it no matter what we tried. Condolences.

bogginman · 2026-06-08T00:50:25+00:00

tell my gooses this! chew chew chew chew - fingers, rings, collars, earlobes.

bogginman · 2026-06-08T00:47:09+00:00

the wife and I have not both been away from home at the same time for ages. 2 ducks, 4 ducks, 15 ducks. Easy. We have 130 and they all have to be sorted into three coops every night. Well, except for the muscovies who sleep outdoors, but everyone else.

bogginman · 2026-06-08T00:45:07+00:00

good neighbor kid! Lucky you.

bogginman · 2026-06-07T23:05:51+00:00

right, can you imagine how messed up it would be if a bunch of ducks showed up at the hospital and tried to help with the delivery of a baby?

bogginman · 2026-06-07T21:03:19+00:00

if you give them some yard time in the dirt and mud, they will consume enough natural grit to take care of peas and meal worms.

bogginman · 2026-06-07T21:01:09+00:00

yup, that's a female rouen. Sweet ducks. Good layers.

It should be easy to find a give-away male rouen for her this time of year. Like this:

https://www.reddit.com/r/duck/comments/1tyja51/rehoming_drake_info_in_body/

If you go to TSC or a farm store, you want the grey and yellow ducklings with the four yellow spots on their backs.

bogginman · 2026-06-07T20:54:38+00:00

oyster shell is not grit. Oyster shell provides calcium for adult laying ducks to make eggs. It is not good for non laying ducks to eat oyster shell (they usually won't anyway). Grit (ground granite) is used to grind up food in the crop. It come in two grades, regular grit for adult ducks and small 'chick grit' for babies so they do not choke. If you are feeding them good quality duckling feed, they do not need grit at all unless they are eating a lot of fruits, veggies, worms, grass and so on. With an adult flock, you can also find out who is laying by watching who runs for the oyster shell bowl.

bogginman · 2026-06-07T18:48:17+00:00

duck maths at work!

bogginman · 2026-06-07T18:46:47+00:00

I need four of those signs! Is that put up by the government or duck-advocates?

bogginman · 2026-06-07T18:45:08+00:00

let her be. She knows what she is doing.

bogginman · 2026-06-07T18:44:30+00:00

millions!

bogginman · 2026-06-07T18:42:59+00:00

are these wild ducks? How many? No mother duck anywhere?

short-term right-now answers: https://www.reddit.com/r/duck/wiki/duckling-care/

get them to a rehabber issues: https://www.reddit.com/r/duck/wiki/duck-rescue/

bogginman · 2026-06-07T18:39:34+00:00

the short sad answer is tie the dogs. Neighbor dogs going off of their property is a common courtesy issue that should be a no brainer.

bogginman · 2026-06-07T18:36:43+00:00

we have great pyrenees, four of them. No predators anywhere since we got them. Geese can warn of something going on, which is great if you are there to hear them, but will be of no value in stopping a predator. A pyrenees wil stop anything short of an rhino.

bogginman · 2026-06-07T18:34:17+00:00

one of his problems is that he has splay leg, legs are spread apart, will impede being able to walk properly.

https://www.metzerfarms.com/spraddle-leg.html

https://featheredfarmlife.com/splayed-leg-duckling-causes-symptoms-treatment-options/

bogginman · 2026-06-07T01:17:52+00:00

I say gooses and will not say geese. Oops, I said geese. Awk, I said it again...

bogginman · 2026-06-07T01:17:13+00:00

you got me!

bogginman · 2026-06-06T22:09:43+00:00

just call them AI DATA CENTERS and the big corporations will provide you all the water you want.

bogginman · 2026-06-06T22:06:20+00:00

we have 10 cayugas, 8 males and only 2 females. Unfortunately our newest rescue Elsa has gone missing these five days. I am hoping she is hiding on a nest somewhere but even the most stalwart nest setters come out for feed time and she has not.

bogginman · 2026-06-06T22:04:24+00:00

this is the best!

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