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Last year I raised 13 ducklings, 2 goslings and 2 chicks all together in the same brooder. To put it lightly it was a crowded (for me not them), smelly, nightmare. Not that they didn't get along. They were all good friends. But I do not want to sacrifice that many weeks of my life converting my...

Okay sounds good! I'll update tomorrow. And no, I checked for cuts or anything and saw no signs of anything. If it is actually infected there must be a cut that I completely overlooked or maybe its internal??? I know that in humans at least, my injuries will get warm even without an infection...

I gave her an Epsom Salt bath for about 20 minutes. She was calm and comfortable (but she kept trying to drink the salt water). I have a small area of the duck coop fenced off for her. This way she can still be with all of the other ducks and have the protection of their coop but she doesn't...

I do have some epsom salt so I will do that now. Where exactly is the tendon supposed to be? Should I push it toward the middle of the joint if its off to the side?

Update: It has gotten a little worse. She will still get up for food and water but she will not walk around with the other ducks. The injury is now visible. Her right (knee?) joint is clearly swollen. Is this a characteristic of a sprain?

Thank you. I won't bother her too much. Maybe I'll set up a deeper water tub for her to swim in and maybe supplement a little more nutritional yeast from now on. Hopefully it goes away soon

One of my female ducklings (a little over 1 month) is limping today. She has no noticeable injuries. No scratch. No infection. I don't believe it is niacin defincency because all my ducks are outside full time now where they have access to grass, bugs and an endless supply of worms from the...

I ended up letting them out and keeping a close eye on them. I kept the brooder going inside in case they started to look cold but they were perfectly fine. They've been outside continuously for a week or so now. No problems

I made the decision that I wouldn't name any of my ducks. Instead my friends would name them for me. Some of the names I like and some I don't but I promised them I would name the ducklings whatever they wanted. Ketchup Al Wheezy Fidel (the drake) Palmitopamba Dale Earnhardt Jr Wayne Kief Puck...

Thank you. I just checked that thread out. I'm going to wrap it up in a week or so. She will certainly still be growing then and the wing feathers will be a little more developed. Theres really not much to wrap without them.

Tonight looks like it is going to be the last cold night and I think its about time for the ducklings to get out of my bedroom. According to the 5 degree every week rule, they should be able to handle 65 degrees right now but being me I tested it out and the ducklings are more than happy to run...

I have a gosling that is just beginning to develop angel wing. He or she is about a month old now but the wing feathers haven't developed yet. When is the best time to wrap it up? Now? Do I wait for feathers to form?

I have been giving my ducklings nutritional yeast in their food since they were about a week old and it has been going great. I just ran out of nutritional yeast so they have been eating only chick feed for a few days. Are there any foods that I can give them while I wait to get more? I've been...

I have 12 ducks and 2 geese. The ducks are soft and fluffy as always but the geese are not anymore. They appear to be losing the fluff on their backs and no feathers are replacing them. What is there is just crusty. Almost like sticky hair. Is this normal or is there something I could be doing...

I have 12 ducks and 2 geese. The ducks are soft and fluffy as always but the geese are not anymore. They appear to be losing the fluff on their backs and no feathers are replacing them. What is there is just crusty. Almost like sticky hair. Is this normal or is there something I could be doing...