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post #28631 of 38167
4/29/12 at 8:24pm

 

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Originally Posted by cskotek View Post

Im just curious, so dont be offended please.... How do people kill their ducks, like how do you select which one to send to the grave? I know I would never be able to ring any of my ducks neck, I just dont have the heart or mindset. I would be balling my eyes out if I had to do anything to any of my animals....  So how do you do it?

 

 1.  don't make pets of them

2. treat them with love their whole life, good food, great comfort

3.  move fast  (we cut the bottem out of milk jugs, tack it to the wall, droop ducks/chickens in head first, let them set a few seconds, then a very sharp knife makes quick work, so do lopping shears.

4. Don't waste them - be sure to eat or share the bird.  Use the down for pillows, allow birds to use feathers in nests.  In the native american way, DO NOT WASTE LIFE or that dishonors it.

 

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post #28632 of 38167
4/29/12 at 8:24pm

 

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Originally Posted by Marty1876 View Post

 

 

 If you want.  I don't think it helps, but it doesn't hurt.  domestic duck is its own creature, not like wild ducks in flavor.

 

 Yep.  Your gonna get to know that boy real well.....

 

 

QJ - got any baby food like oatmeal, barley, or rice?  Let her slurp it up with the applesauce and banana.  Maybe a chicken love smoothie, with a bit of water.

 

And did I see that she has the maggots in her vent?  I think I'd be getting the chicken bum rinse going on here.  Maybe you should let her sit in a warm bath in the morning for 20 minutes, to drown them.  They don't belong there, obviously.  Probobly just followed to poo trail.....

 

 

I'm sure I have some oatmeal around here.  I'll have to make it the old fashioned way. I sat her in the bath twice tonight and I'm getting ready to check her again.  If I see them I'll do another bath for her.  If not, I'll wait til morning.  And I think you're right. They followed the poo trail.

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post #28633 of 38167
4/29/12 at 8:25pm

 

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Originally Posted by Iain Utah View Post

Jerry, you are a funny guy!  Congrats on the quail eggs. Paula, you are a saint. wink.png

 

QJ, excellent news on both fronts!

no Saint... I've got horns to hang the halo on wink.png

 

 

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OK Gang.... here is our new toulouse side yard. Would you try to integrate 7 ducklings same age into this yard?  Also, would you bring in at night?

 

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personaly I'd leave them out with a heat lamp if it was going to get cold.  We're sending ours out to stay at about 3 weeks but they have a heat light till they get older or it stays warm enough.

 

 

and with the 110... thats what I do with goose eggs and I even did the chicken eggs that way... it's a good thing I dont have small youngins just Jerry and critters big_smile.png

 

 

 

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post #28634 of 38167
4/29/12 at 8:26pm

 

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Originally Posted by cskotek View Post

Im just curious, so dont be offended please.... How do people kill their ducks, like how do you select which one to send to the grave? I know I would never be able to ring any of my ducks neck, I just dont have the heart or mindset. I would be balling my eyes out if I had to do anything to any of my animals....  So how do you do it?

 

Most of the time, it's a situation where one of the ducks is harming the others. The particular situation is one where a drake has killed one duck and severely injured another.

 

Some people specifically raised birds for meat, some choose not to. I've butchered birds, but my pets are my pets. And I won't lie, it's like culling an injured bird. Sometimes you'll cry.

I'm Kelly. Married to my enabler, man of my dreams, love of my life, builder of my duck houses. Mom to two awesome, if not a bit wild, children. Adopted mom to a mixed flock of ducks (Runner, Pekin, Cayuga, Swede) and a not-so-bright rescue dog named Mack. Auntie to all the animals at the farm I work at. Photographer (http://www.redbubble.com/people/evanskelly). Blogger of the obscure,...

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I'm Kelly. Married to my enabler, man of my dreams, love of my life, builder of my duck houses. Mom to two awesome, if not a bit wild, children. Adopted mom to a mixed flock of ducks (Runner, Pekin, Cayuga, Swede) and a not-so-bright rescue dog named Mack. Auntie to all the animals at the farm I work at. Photographer (http://www.redbubble.com/people/evanskelly). Blogger of the obscure,...

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post #28635 of 38167
4/29/12 at 8:26pm

 

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Originally Posted by QuackerJackFarms View Post

 

 

I'm sure I have some oatmeal around here.  I'll have to make it the old fashioned way. I sat her in the bath twice tonight and I'm getting ready to check her again.  If I see them I'll do another bath for her.  If not, I'll wait til morning.  And I think you're right. They followed the poo trail.

 

 once shes eating good again, the ph in the digestive tract will change, and be far less hospitable to them than now.  If you have a syringe, you might gently rinse her there to facilitate removal of creepers.

 

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post #28636 of 38167
4/29/12 at 8:27pm

 

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Originally Posted by Marty1876 View Post

 

 

 1.  don't make pets of them

2. treat them with love their whole life, good food, great comfort

3.  move fast  (we cut the bottem out of milk jugs, tack it to the wall, droop ducks/chickens in head first, let them set a few seconds, then a very sharp knife makes quick work, so do lopping shears.

4. Don't waste them - be sure to eat or share the bird.  Use the down for pillows, allow birds to use feathers in nests.  In the native american way, DO NOT WASTE LIFE or that dishonors it.

 

Yes to the Do not waste life comment.  the Indians had a good thing going.  

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post #28637 of 38167
4/29/12 at 8:29pm

QJ, no need to cook oatmeal for her.  Just run it through blendor to make it smooth and small, then add to her dinner or breakfast, with a bit of water to soup it up for her.  If you have any bran, that would be helpfull for her digestive tract flora. 

 

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post #28638 of 38167
4/29/12 at 8:29pm

 

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 1.  don't make pets of them

2. treat them with love their whole life, good food, great comfort

3.  move fast  (we cut the bottem out of milk jugs, tack it to the wall, droop ducks/chickens in head first, let them set a few seconds, then a very sharp knife makes quick work, so do lopping shears.

4. Don't waste them - be sure to eat or share the bird.  Use the down for pillows, allow birds to use feathers in nests.  In the native american way, DO NOT WASTE LIFE or that dishonors it.

 

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post #28639 of 38167
4/29/12 at 8:29pm

 

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 once shes eating good again, the ph in the digestive tract will change, and be far less hospitable to them than now.  If you have a syringe, you might gently rinse her there to facilitate removal of creepers.

 

Oh good.  I was hoping her poo would change and they wouldn't like it anymore.  I took a cup and layed her on her side.  Pulled one leg up and ran water over her area like 100 times.  She was letting me manipulate her any way I wanted.  And my 8 yr old was holding her head above water. (She wants to be a vet.  She's scared of nothing.) 

 

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post #28640 of 38167
4/29/12 at 8:30pm

 

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Originally Posted by Marty1876 View Post

QJ, no need to cook oatmeal for her.  Just run it through blendor to make it smooth and small, then add to her dinner or breakfast, with a bit of water to soup it up for her.  If you have any bran, that would be helpfull for her digestive tract flora. 

 

Ok, I can do that.  

 

Also.. forgot to tell you, she was able to wiggle her toes/claws.. whatever they're called.  Maybe some feeling is coming back.  

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