Posts by whisper237

I doubt that there is a vet around me that would have a clue on what to do for ducks. Heck we have to haul our horses over 30 minutes away for vet care. They only deal in dogs and cats around me and I live in farm country....

She has had weekly bath tub swims, they are just being put outside in a bigger pen so will have a small swimming pool for swimming in. She has been in the house because we felt she and another duckling were in need of more attention...

Thanks I will see what I can come up with. The look on the pharmascist face will be priceless when they ask what its for. 

  What is the cause of the wet around the eye, on the feathers? This is the only one with a issue of this wet and dirty around the eye. She has access to fresh water daily for cleaning and putting her head in. I just don't...

they are 2 ducklings out of 16 that were hatched March 15th, they were kept in a insulated building with a heat lamp and fed starter/grower crumbles and water. We brought them home and they were kept in the laundry room with a heat...

We have a couple of pekin ducklings that are 8 weeks old. One has yet to really grow out her feathers and both have or seem to have raspy breathing. So I'm curious is there something I can do or give them? Or will they just out grow...

Thank you for this thread. It explains alot, we are first time duck owners and I was really worried about our ducks this winter as it snows and gets cold. We were below zero windchills yesterday in MN. Explains alot as to why the ducks...

They love the water or at least ours do.

Thanks he is pretty excited about them and sounds like he wants to keep raising and showing them.

    My son and his Grand Champion Breeding Ducks, Grand Champion Overall Poultry and he won another Grand Champion Poultry award with them too. Yes, he looks oh so thrilled in the pic, but lack of sleep and heat played...