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    Needle advise- Water belly

    I’m sorry to hear she passed. It sounds like you did all you could for her and gave her a wonderful life. I hope you don’t mind my asking a few questions I’ve had a hard time finding answers to. What gauge needle you were you using (I’ve heard anywhere from 14 to 18, but not sure which is...
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    Suspected water belly in 4-year-old female Muscovy

    We suspect our 4-year-old female Muscovy may have water belly. Over the last year her egg laying has become sporadic and less frequent. About 4 days ago we noticed she’d developed a squishy, tennis ball or so size sac that hangs down behind her legs, under her vent. This development seems to...
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    Water belly question

    Do you have access to a vet? If so, he/she, depending on the underlying cause of the water belly, may be able to prescribe a diuretic to prevent the buildup of fluid.
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    Needle advise- Water belly

    Hello, I found your posts while searching for information about water belly and appropriate ways to drain fluid as I think that’s what is going on with one of our ducks. I’m hoping others with more knowledge and experience will offer some advice here as well. I’m sorry to hear about your hen’s...
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    human Herpes Simplex 1or 2 be passed to chickens?

    Can HSV 1 or 2 can be passed to chickens?
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    HELP please… Dosing/Administration instructions needed

    Thank you for responding. From the doxycycline dosing instructions 1/4 tsp in a quart of water is the entire daily dose so I’d be concerned about giving 1/4 dosing tsp at one shot.
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    HELP please… Dosing/Administration instructions needed

    I have a 9mo old SLW rooster who presented a day ago with mild clear discharge from his left eye and nostril but was behaving normally. The following day, today, the discharge had stopped but he’d developed a slight, intermittent gurgle (still acting otherwise normal) but by the evening had...
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    Muscovy first laying season and panting

    We’ve always free fed our ‘poo crew’. Even though we have both Muscovy and Pekin not sure how the mallard derived Pekin laying compares to others mallard derived breeds or how prone they may be to becoming egg bound but if you’re sure you can rule that out amd/or that the infection’s completely...
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    Muscovy first laying season and panting

    Is she currently laying an egg in the morning? She may be ‘working on it’ overnight. My Pekin doesn’t really but my Muscovies will still pant a bit while they’re in the process of laying. Does yours seem otherwise okay?
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    Muscovy first laying season and panting

    She’s doing well. She ended up laying that first time for 25 days or so, the average for a Muscovy being 18. She’s still a pretty prolific layer but rarely as long as that first time. We now have two female Muscovies along with a female Pekin. Both Muscovies get very broody and develop a squeak...
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    Dwarf Muscovy?

    One of my girls is so low to the ground, her legs being so short, that she looks like one of those wind up toys that you just see the feet moving. Is there such a thing as a dwarf Muscovy? Her underside is just barely off the ground, especially when she’s ‘with egg’.
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    Wet Feathered Muscovy

    That’s what I’d understood you to mean. Frustratingly though I can only see her gland when she’s preening. When I go to find it I cant.
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    Wet Feathered Muscovy

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    Wet Feathered Muscovy

    Thanks Everyone, She’s an indoor(house)/outdoor(patio) duck so don’t think that muddy, dirty feathers are the cause and she loves her little kiddie pool so maybe it’s a seasonal thing? Time, and a good molt, will hopefully tell.
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    Wet Feathered Muscovy

    No pictures at the moment but just imagine a completely feather soaked hen. She’s Black body with a white head. She’s approx 10 mos old and this is a fairly recent development. She seems otherwise fine with no sign of parasites and housing is clean.
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