Well now I have a follow up question. I have always gone to the feed store and purchased duramycin-10... I can't find it anywhere! Now what is my option?
I have a female duck I am about to start on antibiotics - the males were very rough and her head wounds appear infected. My question is - is it okay for a healthy duck to get the meds, too? I have another female penned with her for company and want to make sure both can have the antibiotics...
I am struggling with this one and I guess I just need someone else's opinion. I have a duckling who's knee joints appear to be fused. Both legs. He is sitting up, alert, ans trying to walk but those legs just don't unbend.
Does this have any chance of resolving or should he be culled?
My ducks are on the way out of their eggs. The first one came a bit early and was developmentally behind but I am pleased to say today is day three and the baby does better every day! The other 4 have been in hatching process for about 36 hours and still not out. They have large enough holes to...
This is my first time using an egg turner. Iam just over two weeks in (some duck, some chicken and I know they have different hatch times, have a seperate bator set up for hatching) but I have noticed that a few of the eggs seem to have stopped progressing and moving. So I got looking into it...
I'm in Arkansas and having a very bad success rate as well - however, this is also my first year raising chicks inside, and out. So I am new and I know a lot of the mistakes are my own.
I've seen on here that someone mentioned using an egg carton during the lock down stage, with the bottoms cut out so there is plenty of air flow.
My eggs aren't staying very stable and I'd like to pop them into a carton for stability because I found two eggs that had rolled the wrong way and...