Recent content by CoriM

Nice work duck mama!

Here are the photos - I used vet wrap around each leg, then a loop of vet wrap holding the legs in proper position. A video I made:

I'm so sorry for your situation with Rosie. It's so hard with the pekins because they have so many leg issues. I had three pekins and ended up using hobbles due to splay leg when they were little, but once they're grown it's hard for me to imagine them helping. Her hocks look swollen so maybe...

What Miss Lydia said! Treats make all the difference. My ducks know I'm the source of all good things - letting them out to free-range, bringing peas, kale, mealworms, or other goodies. Not that they get treats all the time, but at least once a day they get something. I also spend time just...

I always free-feed my ducks. I let them out to free-range a couple times a day, but they always run back to their food like they are starving, despite eating lots of greens and bug. They're domesticated birds and though they're good foragers, I think we should offer them whatever food they want!

Those look like Black Swedish calls! Last spring I had my first Black Swedish (full size) and they were my first ducks that ever developed angel wing. After researching here last spring I wondered if this breed is more prone to angel wing. I added more of the adult food to their diet, trying to...

When you have an emergency situation- where you suspect a problem already beginning, go for the liquid vitamin B complex because it's the hardest hitting and works best. You can keep that up for several weeks and when the problem is fully resolved just add some nutritional or brewer's yeast to...

They're beautiful!

If it's a slipped tendon you need to fix it though because just exercise isn't going to solve the problem! Probably need a vet...you can find more information on threads here about slipped tendon.

I have all girls and they lay lots of eggs, so I don't think it would impact egg production.

Yeah, it really is a trial and error type of thing. I've done plenty of that too! I've tried sand, straw, shavings, etc. My ducks do go in my flower beds but mostly looking for bugs. There are a couple plants that one of my duck likes but for the most part they don't bother them! They mostly...

The only thing about steps is if you have heavy-weight birds, like Pekins, I worry about their legs. At least I always worried about my girls when they would try to get up my steps - I always tried to grab them and set them on the ground so they didn't hurt themselves. Light weight birds might...

Usually when introducing new ducks it's best to have them separate but where they can see each other for a couple days, then slowly introduce them while you supervise closely. One thing to consider is you now have two speeds of ducks - pekins are slow and heavyweight compared to runners. But...

I've since put the rounded pea gravel around the pond and pine shavings in the other half of the run and in the sleeping area. During the day they spend several hours in a tractor on the grass, and free-range when I'm with them. They spend hours on the tiny pond inside their run - I think it's...

Covering a wooden ramp with astroturf or indoor/outdoor carpet is nice because it's soft on their feet and not slippery. You can hose it off when it gets dirty.