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    Are mealworms safe for baby ducks?

    I have a big container of dry mealworms I give to my chickens for treats. Are they safe for baby ducks? I do have some live "superworms" that we feed to our leopard gecko I could give them also but they are about 2 inches long and seem like they would be too big for baby ducks. Since they eat...
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    Baby duck troubles! Bent leg and swollen face

    We bought 8 baby ducks from a local hatchery on the friday before Easter. They were hatched April 12th so they are a little over a week and a half old now. We have 4 Khaki Campbells, 2 Buff Ducks and 2 Blue Swedish ducks. One of the Campbells developed a swelling on her face about four days...
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    Eggs are hatching!

    I've got my phone livestreaming to FB the hatching of egg #8. It's taking longer than I thought it would. Maybe you still have time to join in and watch! I had no idea that it was going to take this long. Also amazed that the later eggs are still able to hatch after all the instructions I...
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    Neobicide wormer - what is correct administration?

    I have a sick little chicken and a fecal sample showed positive for ascaridia and caplillaria worms and coccidia. The local stores don't sell medicine for coccidia but did have a liquid wormer, Neobicide. I bought some neobicide locally but the people in the store gave conflicting information...
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    Rare breed Pullet has crippled leg. How can I help her? (Video included.)

    I posted this video as private, so it won't show up on my channel, but you should be able to get to it with this link. I wanted to show what is wrong with my little pullet, Tophat. It's hard to hold the phone and the chicken at the same time though, so I don't know how helpful it was to...
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    Hens with respiratory infection, now one also has a swelling on her face. Please help?

    We just moved to Idaho from Oregon. This was supposed to be a wonderful move to a large property where we could have animals and the chickens could have grass and room to roam (safely within our fenced property) and lots of happy animals. It has been anything but that. First Amber, one of my...
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