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My ponds seem to be a death trap for ducks. I don't know what is getting them, but every year, they seem to get eaten by something. This year we have lost already 3 wild duck families. Yesterday there were 4 Wood Duck babies and Mom, and 8 or so Mallard babies and mom. Today, there is 1 Wood...

I need to get a high concentration of calories into my sick duckling. What is the most concentrated calories she can/will eat? Someone suggested bacon fat? Is that safe? I think sunflower seeds are high in oil, therefore fat. I have a large bag from last years sunflowers. If I ground those...

I took my little duckling to the vet today because she is 1/3 the size of her hatchmate. Well, to be exact she is 99g and her hatchmate is 345g. They did an ultrasound and the lower part of her heart is enlarged. She is using all the energy from her calories to make her heart beat and doesn't...

I built my duck house this weekend. My 3 ducklings are only 2 weeks old but one of them is a few days older. He/She is a black runner/Rouen cross and is just too big to be in the house already. Here is the setup. Tell me if I should go and bring them in. I have a wooden dog house that is...

I came home today to find broody off her nest. She left 5 apparently unfertile duck eggs, 1 chick egg and 1 half hatched perfect chick that looks like her head has a piece of shell smashed into it. She was perfect. I have been gone for 7 hours. She was on the nest when I left. Here's the...

I came home today to find broody off her nest. She left 5 apparently unfertile duck eggs, 1 chick egg and 1 half hatched perfect chick that looks like her head has a piece of shell smashed into it. She was perfect. I have been gone for 7 hours. She was on the nest when I left. Here's the...

I tried to move Broody before we set her on her eggs. She had 2 infertile ones then. Moved her to a small dog kennel at night and she moved back in morning. People said to leave her. We decided to leave her and were going to put a 6 in. lip on her nest box so the chicks couldn't fall out...

I saw this on craigslist. Don't know why, but it never occured to me that people incubate ostrich eggs. If anybody does this and has any pictures of ostrich hatches I would love to see. Just curious. http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/grd/689446000.html

I put 6 runner duck eggs under my broody and then 5 chick eggs 7 days later. Supposedly they will all hatch on the 28th. What if I screwed up and some hatch and she leaves the nest early. It would be my fault and I would hate to compromise any of these babies. I have candled, I know we have...

My husband is always intersted in the outside temp because of his garden. For a gift one year I bought him a clock from Brookstone that projects the outside temp and time on the ceiling. When I brought home my ducklings I was worried about temp, so I stole his external temp monitor and stuck...

I am having trouble with a coturnix and texas a&m quail. The guy at the feed store said that coturnix are very cannibalistic, but also that quail won't survive alone. They have to have other quail. I can't put a bloody pecked half to death baby quail back in with anybody else, so she has to...

I have been looking on several websites that say that these 2 are the same thing. Is that true? It doesn't say Sevin on the can. Also, it only says it works on northern fowl mites. We have 2 kinds of mites on our chickens. Will it work on both? My hen's clutch is due to hatch on the 28th...

I have called every feed store in town looking for organic game bird starter. I can only find organic poultry starter. Several manufacturers claim their poultry starter is fine for ducklings, but I was under the impression that they need slightly higher protein and more niacin. I would really...

I know nothing about quail! The guy I bought my ducklings from slipped them into the box, he thought he was being generous to my daughter who said she liked them! Now I have this tiny little quail. My sister was holding her today and she dropped her. She was sitting down when it happened so...

I bought a used playhouse to convert to a chicken coop. It has some mold on the inside. I was going to remove the inside paneling but it is screwed on from the outside, but under the siding. I don't want to take the siding off. So can I wipe it down with bleach and paint it will KILZ primer...

I got 3 baby ducklings on Saturday. 2 were just a few hours old and 1 was 2 days. Dandelion has looked weaker than the other 2 since she was hatched. She is making progress every day, but is still behind her sister that she hatched with. You know how when they are first hatched when they...

I got 3 baby ducklings on Saturday. 2 were just a few hours old and 1 was 2 days. Dandelion has looked weaker than the other 2 since she was hatched. She is making progress every day, but is still behind her sister that she hatched with. You know how when they are first hatched when they...

I went to a farm today to look at the goslings. They were all sold, so I decided to buy some runner ducklings. The guy took them straight from the incubator, put them under the light until they were mostly dry and home we went. He also threw in 2 quail as a suprise. I know nothing about...

Broody is on her nest 14 days into setting on duck eggs. I was candling tonight and saw a couple teensy pale translucent greenish bugs on the eggs. are these mites? I am trying to find DE but can't seem to find food grade locally. I guess I will have to order. It's not too late to dust is it?

Someone on craigslist here found an orphaned wild duckling in the city. I refered her to a wildlife rescue or told her I would take it. She needs to know what she can feed it in the meantime without going to the feed store. (she's in the city) Is there any good substitute for wild game...