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That is great advice, thank you!! I did not know about the air sacs. I stick the syringe as far back into her mouth as I can and slowly push the liquid out. The vet did not do a good job prepping me for giving duck meds!

Thanks for asking! I decided to suck it up and do whatever it took to get her to take the medicine. If I hid it in her food she refused to eat! So twice a day I wrap her in a towel and my friend holds her while I open her beak and administer the antibiotics and anti-inflammatory. Seriously don't...

I have been unable to upload any pics since the last iPhone update! Will submit another help request. Took some gorgeous pics of them just a couple of days ago!

A few weeks late but I'm 99% sure she's s girl and he's s boy! Lol! Her quacks are quacky and his are low and rattled. Sweet babies!

Thank y'all so much for your responses! My nervousness got the best of me and I went to the vet. An x-ray and $275 later she seems to have a (they think?) bacterial infection in her left joint and will take antibiotics/anti inflammatories for the next week or two. I'm having a hell of a time...

Is it possible she is being over mated?  A proper duck to drake ratio is 2-3 ducks per male minimum.  If he is mating her too much, she can be sore and possibly hurt - which could impact her walking.  How old are they? [/quote They are both just 11 weeks old this Saturday, so too young to mate...

Thank you for your reply! We have recently sectioned the ducks and chickens (2 ducks and 4 chickens) off to grow grass in the majority of our yard. They are currently in mostly dirt and gravel, sand in their pens. I feed the ducks Dumor 20% (bought the big 50 lb bag and trying to finish it off)...

She seemed to be limping and when she walks rocks heavily from side to side. I have thoroughly checked for Bumblefoot and any feet/wing injuries and nothing! She's always kinda walked that way but lately it seems difficult and she's been a bit immobile, though still has a healthy appetite and...

I have two six-week-old Pekin/Mallards, the larger and squeakier one I have always assumed to be male and the smaller mostly black with quacker to be female. Over the last week the assumed female's head has begun to turn green as has the small patch of black on the male's head. I'm waiting for...

My 5 1/2 week old pekin/mallard doesn't have any feathers of her little baby wing! Please tell me this is normal and she's about to start growing her big girl feathers!