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    Call Duckling Beak Deformity

    Thanks so much for asking!! She/he is really doing well and growing. I need to weigh her. I decided to keep her on the Missouri water foul starter pellets So glad your baby is able to eat! That sounds like a process!! He is lucky to have you 💕 Little Midge is doing great!! She/he is still...
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    Chick sitting a lot/ walking strange

    Ok. I will get the b vitamins started asap. Thank you!!
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    Chick sitting a lot/ walking strange

    This little Wyandotte chick is in with 5 other chicks the same age. They are probably 10 -12 days old. They are on purina chick starter, water with added Nutri Drench and they have a heater, of course. Today I noticed that she was sitting around a lot and would get up just to move and then just...
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    Call Duckling Beak Deformity

    What a cute fellow! Thank you for sharing. I notice a lot of folks suggesting chick starter. I’m feeding the Mazuri waterfowl starter. Is chick starter better for baby ducks than waterfowl starter? I just ordered the Mazuri because I thought it would be the most nutritionally appropriate. But I...
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    Call Duckling Beak Deformity

    Thank you so much for this bath info!! I will give it a try this afternoon. They sure do try to play in their water. The little one is still doing great!! Such a little fighter 🥰 Angela
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    Call Duckling Beak Deformity

    What a handsome little fellow! Thank you so much for responding. We got a much bigger brooder today - a huge clear rubber tub so they have a lot more room. I separated the food and water as well. I will definitely start offering the baths. I'm not sure how old they need to be before they can go...
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    Call Duckling Beak Deformity

    Oh thank you so much!! I appreciate any help or advice on how to best help this wee one 🥰
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    Call Duckling Beak Deformity

    Thank you! Yes, I am keeping them separate from the chicks. I have also added warm water to their Mazuri pellets so it is pretty soupy. Its little beak is very, very tiny so I want to make sure it can get food in. It eats and drinks as far as I can tell. It is still surviving today so I am...
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    Call Duckling Beak Deformity

    I agreed to take a little call duckling with a beak deformity and I had a couple questions. I also took a more normal call duckling. It has just a slightly crooked beak. I've read about issues with call duck beaks due to trying to breed small bills and that may be what the issues is. Either way...
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    Leghorn Mystery Hatch- whose your daddy??

    Nope. The batchelor pad roosters (5of them) have been up for months and months. I can’t let them out because they harass the hens. My two old roosters are great with everyone so I just have them out with the hens. However!!! I found the culprits this evening when I fed their fermented corn!! I...
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    Leghorn Mystery Hatch- whose your daddy??

    Here is a better pic I just took this evening. He and the cream legbar both so this crazy walk that looks like they are high step marching. We have videod it. It is hilarious and we don’t know what on earth it means!
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    Leghorn Mystery Hatch- whose your daddy??

    This is my last Swedish flower hen. She is very old - 8 or 9 yrs. She was up under the cedar tree so not the best pic. It’s cooler under there so they spend the afternoons under it.
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    Leghorn Mystery Hatch- whose your daddy??

    He is actually a lemon cuckoo Orpington but his barring is not as good as his dad’s. I hatched them myself. I only have one Orpington hen now and she is a lavender laced English Orpington. Both those roosters are really old! Over 6 yes old but they are great protectors and that’s why I have them...
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    Leghorn Mystery Hatch- whose your daddy??

    The Swedish flower hen is so old she doesn’t lay anymore but she is a black and white color. She is 9 years old.
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    Leghorn Mystery Hatch- whose your daddy??

    These are the two roosters. I know the comb is not correct for the cream legbar. It got frostbite several years ago and he lost the top of it but he IS a cream legbar.
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