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What’s a good way to dry up mud/water fast
So here in north AL we have had a lot of rain so far and to say the duck pen is a muddy mess is an understatement Drainage is normally good but the retention pond in my yard the pen drains into is also flooded over so water is just backing up into the pen Normally I wouldn’t mind too much as... -
Virginia creeper
So over this last week a vine has consumed my duck pen. It went from a couple strands I pulled off the side to covering half my pen in just a couple days A Plant ID app I downloaded identified it as Virginia creeper. Going to try to pull it off as much as I can today and tomorrow but is it... -
Duck not doing well
My sweet girl Arya has been losing weight I noticed yesterday. She was just sitting in the back corner of the coop. I went and checked her out and she was thinner than normal and very dirty As I went to pick her up. She of course tried to scurry away and she was very wobbly and was using her... -
My Ducks’ have a super fun new game they invented…
It’s called “let’s fill the water dish with all the straw we can til it becomes a clump of solid muck” 4 water dishes and all look like this. They started doing this a few days ago. Then squawk angrily at me when I come check on them because they have no water to drink 🙄 -
Weird thing on ducks mouth
So my girl Arya, I noticed last night she had something sticking out of her mouth. Thought it was a leaf. But as I picked her up and checked her it looked like an abscess. But when I opened her mouth it looks more like the skin inside her mouth stretched and is sticking out the side. It’s not... -
Floppy takes a walk
So Floppy is the duckling I took in and raised that someone had dumped at a marina and had a sever niacin deficiency Her legs and feet were like cheap plastic and felt like she didn’t have any bones at all. We’ve given her niacin regularly but 3 months later and she still couldn’t take more... -
Inside duck and flies
So one of my ducklings I took in with the severe niacin deficiency has been getting slowly better. Her legs have mass and bone now. But she may never get to be an outside duck. One leg is almost like it’s fused and doesn’t bend well. The other the leg has formed straight but the knee joint is... -
Anyone ever use a duck wheelchair/hammock for injured feet?
So Floppy’s bones are getting thicker and stronger with the niacin. But she still kept them bowlegged under her so we’re starting to form mid-shapened. Saw stuff on line where people made duck wheelchairs / hammocks for ducks with injured feet. Pvc pipe frames and something they lay in that... -
Good niacin supplement
So took in a couple pekin ducklings that someone had dumped at a local river. They both had bad niacin deficiency. One is responding well. The other’s legs are so bad. They were basically sideways pointing in. Normally I use the B complex from TSC. I had a little and one’s legs are looking... -
Any way to help straighten the legs on a duckling with severe niacin deficiency
So after we got our 2 ducklings, a friend who runs a rescue asked if I could take in 2 more pekin ducklings that someone had dumped at a local marina Ones legs were severely pigeon toed. Started them on b complex. They were a hair smaller than my ducks who were approaching 3 weeks old. So... -
One side of ducklings chest bigger than the other
So my 2 little ducklings, kinda noticed this but as they are getting bigger it’s becoming more noticeable, looks like one side of their chest is noticeably larger than the other. Something to be concerned about? Trying to get a good picture of these little weirdos is tough 😂 -
Duckling pooped clear liquid
So bought 2 ducklings to raise for my granddaughter since the ones I was hatching didn’t make it. Had them a little over a week. 2 pekins. Think one is male and one female which is fine. The male has just 2 times in a row now, pooped out clear liquid. Not normal poop. Just like… pure water... -
Egg pipped
Egg has been popped for about 24 hours Been in this state since about 6 pm last night Lil guy chirps every so often At what point might they need help? I don’t want to do more harm than good -
Mites
So my jumbo pekin male, Howard… he has a hard time getting around. One of his legs is noticeably larger than the other. As such he has a hard time getting in and out of the pools so he gets dirty a lot. He likes to be sprayed down with the hose though so I put it on shower and spray him down to... -
Flooring for duck pen
I have a Muscovy that feels all plant life is an abomination and destroys it. I tried growing Tracts of grass and planting the grown grass in the pen. Gone within an hour. Tried growing some lemon grass plants. Full grown lemon grass. 4+ feet tall… she digs it up by the roots and knocks it over... -
Maybe not bumblefoot?
So day before yesterday one of my smaller ducks, Patty was limping. I checked her foot and she had what looked like advanced bumblefoot. Scab, large swollen lump. The works Brought her in. Soaked her in warm epsom salt bath. Got the teeezers and the scab came right off… And a large pool of jet... -
How to tell if a young muscovie is male or female
So for a while I thought Jp and Sascha were one male (jp) and one female (Sascha) but now I’m not sure. They are both roughly the same size. Both about 18-0 weeks old. Neither makes a lot of noise. Any reliable way to tell before spring comes and hormones take over? -
Found one of my muscovies passed away this morning
Little primrose. Her sister Katniss was killed by a male i rehomed due to that a few months ago. Her and Katniss were such mischevious little ducks together. Primrose was doing ok. I got a few more muscovies and she was the #2 Muscovie in the pen. Last couple days she had been keeping to... -
Growing Muscovy sounds
So my little Muscovy ducklings are growing nicely. Taking them out to the pen a few times. All the ducks just welcome them in except for one young female Muscovy of mine that straight out attacks them. But I’ve been taking them out supervised and that’s getting better, and these 2 are getting... -
New ducklings
So when the duckling, DJ, from the giant egg that killed my duck Delilah didn’t make it, my wife and I were working on putting away all the stuff we got for him. A brooder, bedding, heat lamp, duckling crumble, etc Then a friend posted on Facebook about the humane society having orphaned...