Recent content by Fawkes

That's true, I'll have to get a cheap one for cases like this! Eventually I'd like to hatch my own birds for fun but I've always just let the momma ducks do it before.

Nope I see no movement, and don't hear anything. I thought maybe it had died since the last time I felt it moving, but I don't know. I figure the smelly drops are probably a good indication but I wanted to make sure before I remove it.

Hmm I don't know why but I can't get a video to load. Maybe a picture will work?

I think this should work...having issues uploading the vid

Yep here's the vid! There's some weird dark spots in the air sac area as you can see. I keep thinking surely it can't be alive because there have been tiny drops of clear, gooey, weird smelling liquid on the egg. But i feel its heart beating. There's just no way I can imagine that, it's obvious...

My muscovy duck's eggs hatched yesterday/early this morning except for two. One was definitely dead, the other I wasn't sure about, but now I just felt its heart beating. The mom has left the nest with the other babies at this point, except for one duckling that had issues yesterday and she...

I hope after she reaches the desired weight and you don't need to do the tube feeding anymore that she'll start eating enough on her own! Does she live with any other ducks? I find other ducks are handy for getting a duck to enjoy a certain food or treats that I'm wanting them to eat. Seeing the...

I've only ever ordered from mypetchicken. I got an order of 3 ducklings and all arrived perfectly fine :)

I was using ceramic bowls. I just tried to keep my ducklings' feet drier and cleaner and it went away. At this age they're producing so much poop and causing such a mess with the water that it's hard. Mine also tried to eat any bedding I tried using so I switched to washable puppy pads which...

That's good to hear she's getting better! How much colloidal silver do you put in the nebulizer? I'd like to use it in a nebulizer, I've only used the silver orally so far.

I've seen those cuts with some of my ducklings in the past, I thought they were from standing on wet bedding/surfaces too much, although I wasn't really sure. I wasn't using anything sharp like shavings. It didn't look normal to me.

I would agree with Canadian Wind - two ducks aren't that much different than one duck, really, and itd take the weight off you from having to worry about spending enough time with him. Female muscovies are only 6-8 lbs so they're not huge like the males are, and therefore easier to care for.

Regarding the panting, not sure if this has been mentioned but IME panting when it's not hot is an indication of a respiratory infection. Sometimes that's the only indication they have an infection. I first saw this a year ago when my blue Swedish got a respiratory infection. She was panting...

He's still improving, just maybe not as fast as I would like, but his episodes arent as severe and he doesn't need much help now. Although I'm still scared to leave for long periods. To control it now, i try to just slightly elevate his chest or hold his head and talk sweetly to him to calm...

What a cutie! Re aggression, the girls don't tend to get aggressive exactly, but they might have an attitude and be nippy sometimes. Rarely though, IME. I've had a lot of muscovies since I was a teen, I think the only girl that's gotten nippy with me is my girl who was born last summer. If...