Ducks

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Yes, human predators. In some cases the humans first trim the sensitive beaks of the muscovy. In others the vital flight feathers are cut, making this flight loving bird essentially crippled. Some are first kept prisoner before being eaten, where conditions can be akin to a concentration camp, most not even with access to the outdoors.Some are moved to much colder climes than are meant for them, with less down than other type of duck they do suffer frostbite. So yes the human is a lethal predator to the muscovy duck. In Florida, the only people who ate the Muskovy to my knowledge were the Vietnamese. The alligator was definitely a predator, especially to Muskovy eggs and newly hatched Muscovy, which this contributor has personally witnessed.

There is no name for a castrated male duck. An intact male duck is called a drake while a female duck is called a duck.

Caring for chicks.

When the chick emerges from the shell they are wet and tired from all the work they did.

There is no rush to take them from the incubator. They do not need food or water for up to 12/24 hours. (Auto turners must have been removed from incubator a day or two before so the chick is not crushed by the devise).

When all the chicks are out they should be removed from the incubator and placed in a brooder. The brooder is where they will live for the next few weeks.

The temperature of the brooder should be at 85F/95F for the first three days and reduced by 5 degrees F every few day thereafter in warm weather.

Chicks must be supplies with plenty of Chick starter feed which is small enough for them to eat and contains extra vitamins and minerals to give them a boost while growing.

Fresh clean water is needed and provided in a small container as the chicks will try to immerse themselves in the water for the first day or two. A small bowl with marbles or pebbles allows access to the water but prevents drowning.

As the chicks grow, and they will grow fast, switch the feed to chick builder. this food is larger but contains about the same ingredients as starter.

Larger water containers can be used by about 4 /6 weeks and the birds can be introduced into the main flock at about 3 months old.

The male chicken or rooster chooses a hen from the flock and does a mating dance or display for her. This lets her know she has been chosen to mate with the male. He will do little sidesteps and circles around her, then dip his wings. He sometimes drags his wings on the ground. At a certain point in this dance he grabs her by the feathers at the back of her neck. The hen will flatten out or squat down to the ground and the rooster steps up onto her back while still holding onto the feathers of her neck for balance. The hen lifts her tail slightly to offer access to her cloaca and the rooster touches his cloaca to hers. There is no penetration of sexual organs as happens with mammals since a birds anatomy is different. A Sperm packet is transferred to the hen via this contact. This is all over in 15 to 30 seconds and the rooster goes on to find another hen to mate with.

That flappy thing under the chicken's beak is called a wattle. On other animals, when it is covered with hair, it is called a dewlap. In some cases, the wattle is good for distributing heat when an animal does not have the ability to sweat. In birds, it is also a sign of sexual maturity and an ornament used in attracting the opposite sex.

Getting your ducks in a row means making certain that all details are taken care of and that you are ready for something that requires your attention (i.e., having your i's dotted and t's crossed.)

The origin:

Just like you have the ducks standing (or moving) in a straight line at a shooting gallery - and you need them to be in such formation for purposes of shooting and hitting them, that how you need to have all details squared away in order to get a project done properly

Another theory:

A duck mom is known to walk with her ducklings in straight lines. In this manner, ducks that fall out of line are easily detected. The notion of having the details (i's and t's) of a plan or project in an organized manner corresponds to the idea of a duck making sure that her young ducklings stay inside the line.

While a bird is in the egg, you can look at it by doing a process called "candling." This is when you take a light (like a flashlight). Depending on how big your egg is, or whiat size of light souce will be used, depends on how you can candle. I'll explain both ways. This must be done in a dark room. If your light is smaller than the egg, carefully place the egg onto the flashlight, make sure the egg covers all the light. If you have a smaller egg, and the light shines around the egg, get a piece of cardboard, and cut a hole into it. When the light is shone through the hole, you place the egg here to see the bird inside the egg.

Well I have two pet ducks and I can tell you that I have smelled them many times. Depending on what the condition they've been in is, the smell varies. Normally they smell like cotton. Other times they smell like sugar or something sticky. It is really weird to smell a ducky, and I did it because I love ducks.

Yes, a mixed breed duck that is half mallard and half domestic can still fly. Both mallards and domestic ducks are capable of flight, so their hybrid offspring should also have the ability to fly to some extent. Flight capabilities can vary depending on individual genetics and environmental factors.

The only way to accomplish this is to separate them until the chicks are old enough to stay out of harms way. Allowing the chicks to socialize with the flock can be done with a temporary cage, the chicks are protected yet among the older birds. All flocks of chickens have a pecking order and there is no way to safely stop this, the more grown up your chicks are, the better able to handle the pecking and chasing until peace reigns in the hen house.

Welll... a female duck only lays 3-8 eggs in its lifetime, but a snake can eggs whenevr it wants

Ducks can produce a variety of sounds, including quacks, chirps, and whistles. However, they do not have the ability to form words or have complex conversations like humans. Communication among ducks is usually through a series of vocalizations and body language.

The easiest way to determine the gender of a duck is by the feathers, if you are dealing with a breed that displays sex-distinguishing colors. If there is no obvious difference in the feather colors, look at the tail feathers. In some breeds, the males' feathers curl up a bit at the base of the tails.

Yes, duck's can drown. they coat their feathers with waxy substance from there bill's,to make theyre feathers waterproof. Ducklings in theyre first few weeks cannot provide this wax, therefore they often drown. If you wash a duck with detergent and remove its feather wax the duck will then sink in water and could very possibly drown.

It honestly depends on the breed. Normally, they only return to the same nesting grounds 75% of the time. However there are some breeds such as the Blue-wing teal that will only return 5-10% of the time. The article at the related weblink below may help.

No. Freezing kills the germinal disc and prevents growth after thaw. The frozen egg will also expand and crack making it impossible to incubate.

Depends... most likely result... they die.

even though it may sound weird there are only some fishes are unable to swim backwards. i have experienced this many times seeing fishes burst into a speed then suddenly stops and kick in the reverse gear. weird but cool

I read somewhere that mute swans make a hissing sound and wag their tails as territorial behaviour.

It is possible. If the duck was scared very badly that it staying on the nest would put it in too much danger.

one horse sized duck

Yes, that is why they change position in the flight formation, to take some of the wind resistance off.

A mallard eat duck weed