Update on the ducks!! They are doing wonderfully! The only way to tell my little guy from all the others is that he is still just a tad bit smaller and seems to be about a week behind in feathering. I found a really good vitamin and electrolyte powder to put right in the water at my local...
Ok, so they did not like the mashed banana. With or without the herbs. Maybe I just have strange ducks. lol My little WryGuy is doing so much better! The only reason you can tell him apart from the others now is a small size difference that gets smaller and smaller everyday, it seems.
I actually saw results pretty quickly once I started the herbs, but had been adding Vitamin E and Selenium to the water for about a week before that, so overall I would say that it was probably almost 2 weeks. I did lots of cuddles and neck rubbing too. I am not sure how much time you have on...
I was quite discouraged at first, and he isn't 100% better, but he seems much happier. He can swim with the others, he "talks" like they do, They are going to be introduced to outside tomorrow, if it stays warm enough. I am so glad that I have gotten the chance to bond with this little guy! He...
Today I am noticing a difference. I put some of the herbs from the good vitamin list in their water for the last few days. It makes like a tea as it sits and they seem to like the little pieces floating in the water.
We have helped several friends and when I was a kid my grandma had guinea hens and chickens, so when we decided that we are moving out of the city, I decided that I want to have a small "farm". We are already used to planting a pretty big garden and we inherited a few other animals that had been...
I very recently got my first set of poultry to raise all on my own. I am the very proud mama of 5 Rhode Island Reds, 5 Bard Rocks, 5 White Leghorn, 5 Brown Tetras, 10 Black Sex Links, 12 Americanas, and 4 ducks. Now the chickens were gotten purely as a food source, we will be butchering some and...