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Hi all, I have a call duck with what looks like a broken toe and a puncture wound. I have her inside in a clean bed and am spraying the wound with vetrimycin and using triple antibiotic ointment. I want to give her an antibiotic orally as well. Was going to try amoxicilin in her water but it...

Hi all! We have an older (maybe 5 or 6) female Pekin that we rescued a few years ago. She is NOT a fan of humans so handling her has always been an issue. We noticed she seemed off yesterday so we were able to grab her quickly and give her a once over. She has, what looks like, a large pressure...

Noticed this today. This is my call duck drake. Is there anything I should be doing? I saw some posts about letting him soak in warm water. I am going to try that and try to maybe spray it with vetrimycin but basically what I need to know is if this needs the vet ASAP or if I should give it a...

Hi all, I need to tap into all of your experience with ducks to see if anyone has any idea what is going on with one of our runners. Ducken is 3 years old, female runner duck. Let me start by saying she was immediately taken to the best avian vet possible in Westchester, NY (Dr. Hess) first...

Hi all! My runner drake dislocated his hock yesterday. I was standing there when it happened. He was laying down and stretched his leg behind him and the leg then stayed that way when he tried to get up. I picked him up to try to see what the problem was and I felt the hock pop back in. I took...

Question for anyone who has standard sized ducks and call ducks. . . We rescued two Indian Runners, one had been hit by a car (there were three the other was killed by a car), long story of people who had no right having ducks on a busy road. The female runner who was hit by the car and survived...

Hi all, I decided to add two call ducks to our flock. We have 8 hens, one female indian runner and one female pekin. The call ducks are only about 2 weeks old now so they are, of course still living inside in the brooder and being spoiled rotten (just like our hens and indian runner were, the...

Hi all, I have an interesting issue or maybe it's not an issue, I really don't know which is why I'm here! I have 8 orpingtons (2 english lavender and 6 more Americanized buffs) and 2 ducks. For the past few months the two lavenders have sounded a little congested. They have no nasal discharge...

When the leaves fell from the trees out came the hawks. We went from never seeing them to having them take a shot at one of my hens with me standing close enough to touch its wing. Our chickens have a 10 x 10 covered dog kennel with their coop inside (we’ve got a ton of coyotes too). They also...

Hi all, Duckens, 3 month old female runner, has a few feathers on one wing that (left side) that don’t seem to lay the same as those on the other wing. I’ve heard about angel wing and was wondering if this maybe a mild case or maybe this is normal? I’m attaching some photos. As always, you...

Hi duck folks!! You may recall my posts about raising a singleton Indian Runner. Our little duckling turned out to be a female and once we were fairly certain we adopted an adult female duck to try to transition our single into a new duck life. I felt an adult in need of a good home would be...

Hi all! My beloved Charles Duckens seem to be coughing a little here and there. Nothing horrible but it is a new thing and being new to ducks I am not sure what it could mean. She doesn't do it while she's eating, she always has lots of fresh clean water to wet her entire duck if she feels the...

Well, we are pretty certain Charles is a girl so we adopted a friend for her. Meet Lily! Lily is 1.5 years old and both of her duck friends in her old home were hit by cars so she ended up alone. Her owner didn't want any more ducks so when I posted on Facebook looking for a female duck she...

Hi all, I am new to chickens and started my flock in April by ordering eight Buff Orpington hens. Fast forward to August and I have six amazingly sweet and friendly hens and two horrible roosters. Well, one horrible rooster and one who is borderline horrible. :) My one rooster (Cluck Norris)...

OK awesome duck folks, I need your help. Is Charles Duckens a boy? Here’s a video where you can hear him starting to quack or whatever he’s doing.

I have two buff Orpington roos in need of a good home. Both beautiful purebred and hand raised and only five months old. We are just not set up for two roosters (I only have six hens). I ordered eight hens and, well, you know how it goes. Free to good home. Not considering a home where they may...

Hi! Just joined the site so here's some info on me and my flock. (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Yes! We moved to a large piece of property in NY state in January. In April I started my chicken journey. :) (2) How many chickens do you have right now? I ordered 8...

Hi all, I'm new to chickens (just moved in January and started our flock in April with 8 buff orpingtons, two of which ended up being roosters (which was NOT what we ordered but we love the anyway). A friend/neighbor stopped by on their way off on vacation on Tuesday with an only hours old...