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Interesting feathers
My rouen duck has one brown feather in place where one of her iridescent blue ones should be. Anyone know what causes this or what it's called? I've never seen it before and Id love to know -
Duck injured and not eating
3 days ago my duck was attacked by a raccoon in her coop. It dragged her by her neck it she has some wounds. I've given her antibiotics and cleaned them. Since then she has not eaten at all. Ive closely monitored her and ive seen her drink but not eat. ive tried manually feeding her mushed up...- Lindsayy
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- injured duck neck injury not eating racoon attack urgent
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- Forum: Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures
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Duck bit by Snake
My sister heard my ducks making some noise and found a snake wrapped around one of my 6 and a half week old ducklings. She was almost strangled and was bitten on her neck. I brought both the ducklings inside and cleaned her wound with hydrogen peroxide. What else should I do? I know the snake...- Lindsayy
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Mean Ducklings
I have 2 four week old ducklings, both girls. My saxony duckling recently started being mean towards my other 3 adult ducks; Chasing them out of the pool, running after them with their beak open, chasing them away from their food, ect. I've seen adult ducks be mean to ducklings but never vice... -
Overmating or mites?
One of my ducks neck looks really bad, what can I do for her? I don't have any male and only have 2 other females. They mate every time I refill their pool, which is basically everyday. I can't stop refilling their pools everyday since its dangerous hot here in texas, what else could I do...- Lindsayy
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Egg bound?
Can anyone tell me what's wrong with my girl Celeste? 😢. She hasn't been her normal self today. Shes been standing up stiff and straight like she's in pain, and making grunting noises when she moves. what could it be? The only idea i possibly have is that shes egg bound :( -
Hawk Deterrents
Do those owl statues actually keep hawks away? Is there any other solutions? I've been looking for some sort of hawk repellent since they've been so bad for us, one attacked my runner a few weeks ago and I've just been so nervous since 😥 Ive been keeping them locked up for most of the day but...- Lindsayy
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- hawk
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- Forum: Predators and Pests
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Bumblefoot, callus, or something else?
I’m still struggling with my ducks bumblefoot, at least that’s what i thought it was. i’m starting to think it’s not even that at all. people have been saying this doesn’t look like bumblefoot and that it’s something else entirely. what else could it be??? and how do i fix it? please help asap -
Duck Bumblefoot Help
One of my hens has a pretty bad case of bumble foot, so i checked the rest of my ducks and i found out my 2 drakes have it too but it’s not that bad. Since they don’t have a scab how can i get the pus and stuff out? also, i can’t really tell if the rest of my flock have it very slightly too, or...- Lindsayy
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Where to buy Indian Fantail Pigeons?
I’m looking to buy an indian or mindian fantail soon, but i’m struggling to find any reliable breeders near me/can ship to me (austin, texas) and aren’t sold out. I’m specifically looking for an almond or beige/dilute-red hen. if anyone knows any breeders that breed those colors, please let me...- Lindsayy
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- in search of looking for pet pigeons pigeon breeds pigeon colour pigeons as pets
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- Forum: Pigeons and Doves
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Blue Swedish with Brown Feathers
My blue swedish drake got his adult feathers recently and he has some brown feathers on him. I’ve never seen one like this, could it just be from his parents if one of them was a mallard or rouen? -
Rehoming 3 Ducks Near Central Tx, 1 Drake And 2 Hens
Unfortunately i’m looking to rehome my mallard hen, rouen hen and rouen drake. they were all hand raised and imprinted on humans, and i would love if the went to a home together. They hatched may 15th, 2022, on the blood moon eclipse. their names are mars, saturn and venus. they were being...- Lindsayy
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- ducks in need of rehoming rehoming rehoming duck pair rehoming ducks
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- Forum: Animals In Need of Free Re-Homing
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cutting mallard dewclaw
Is it too late to cut off my mallards dewclaw? i hatched her from an egg and wasn’t sure if she was a mallard or rouen, since i had 2 other rouen’s hatch in the same clutch, so i just never cut it. but now she’s 4 months old and i know she’s 100% a mallard. would it hurt her if i cut it off... -
Aggressive ducks + outcasting
recently one of my ducks passed away from a raccoon. she was the boss, everyone respected her. she and my 2 other ducks were raised together and were best friends (a buff orpington, blue runner and welsh harlequin). i hatched 5 new ducks and they were very aggressive to my other 3 as early as... -
Duck throwing up
i noticed my blue runner duck, pluto, has been acting strange. it was raining for the first time in a while and she normally loves the rain and all the mud, but she was standing still & heaving. i knew something was wrong and started recording and she threw up. could she have eaten something...