Recent content by oldload

I had two dogs that came onto my property. I told the owner of the dogs to control them or as I put it to him "they will rot where they drop". I thought I had everything secure. One day we came home from work and all my ducks and chickens were dead. 10 ducks and 6 chickens in 2 separate pens. I...

I have successfully used Nutri-Drench diluted to around 40% drench, 20% MCT oil and 40 % water. It has saved a number of my ducks and recently used it to save a chicken with a bad case of sour crop. I only administer it to a chicken very slowly. One or two drops in their beak and then let them...

I use Nutri-Drench for my sick ducks. I can't tell you how many times it's pulled them through when they quit eating. I have a 7 year old now that hasn't laid for a year. She's just coming out of molt and trying to lay eggs. Passed a couple balloon eggs to my surprise. Usually a bad situation...

Here's her good eye. And here's her bad eye. This apparently came on slowly. It looks well defined in the pictures but you really have to get pretty close to notice it, and they're not real easy to get that close to. When I'm around she always has her good eye turned toward me. I guess you...

Thanks for the quick reply. There are no other symptoms. No irritation or oozing. She looks normal. Just noticed the cloudiness and then when giving them some chopped grapes she didn't see the ones dropped to her left. When talking about human eye drops, do you mean like Clear Eyes or something...

I have a duck that seems fine but her right eye is cloudy and she can't seem to see with it anymore. The left eye is clear and bright but the right is cloudy and I can't see a pupil. Are there some drops I can get? It doesn't really look like an infection so I didn't necessarily want to use...

I've lost 3 birds to hawks where all they eat is the head and meat from the neck. We put netting over our run and it helped until I got a hole in the net during a storm. I was going to fix it but I put it off a couple of days and a hawk got in through the hole. My rooster tried to fight it ...

I put in a t-post with a gate and some fence to make a small cage in the corner of my run. I leave the gate open until I need to herd a bird in, when I do I get them in the "catching cage" and pick them up. With the cage open, almost all the time, it's one of their favorite places to dust bathe...

Our girls absolutely love corn on the cob. We buy it still in the husk, shuck it at home and use the stalk to tie it up, swinging. They work on it all day.

That's what we do. There's a place called the Mission of Hope nearby that helps recovering addicts, alcoholics and just indigent people in general. They have barracks and a chow hall. When they see my wife coming they say "Here comes the egg lady". They're always happy to get the eggs, sometimes...

I talk to my rooster as well, I think he knows his name. I think he knows when I'm being stern. I let him rule his territory but I think he knows I'm just there to help. Honestly roosters aren't near as aggressive as drakes but drakes are just funny. I have 2 drakes one named Ninja and the other...

My best rooster was awesome, he tended to his girls, and was always on the lookout. He always made sure his girls ate first. Unfortunately a hawk got through a hole in my netting after a storm. He fought the good fight but his foot got caught in some netting and the hawk got him. He was almost...

I have 4 new babies, all have eaten the same diet. I have been very cognizant of protein levels due to previous issues with angel wing. 3 of my babies are beautiful, 1 has angel wing, both wings. I wrapped him for 4 days and see some improvement. They are hard to wrap and I'm not sure I got the...

My experience was a dog. Killed 10 ducks and 6 chickens. Dogs don't eat anything when they attack, they just kill. I treat roaming dogs as predators. Someone on here once said "your dog on your property is a pet, your dog on my property is a predator". The dog that killed mine won't do it again...

I hatched 4 new babies and they are all insanely afraid of me. They are 6 weeks old. This is my third hatch and I can't for the life of me figure out why. I want to separate the group and start to introduce the babies to my others to see if they'll lose the fear. My other ducks are as sweet as...