Recent content by Billiegoat6114

Thank you all for your advice! The chick now has a new home with neighbors of mine who have a farm and a couple chicks the same age. She's a happy girl now!

Great idea! Will do!

Okay! Should I be worried about introducing the chicken to the ducks? I have in the past introduced new ducks and a new goose to my flock, do you think it would be much different?

I'm not sure if I would be able too - all the hatcheries near me aren't really selling chicks this time of year. I could possibly order one online?

Hi y'all! My neighbor had a batch of chicks where all but one died. She can't bring herself to keep the surviving chick. I don't raise chickens, but I do raise waterfowl. I was wondering if it would be possible to integrate the chick into my small flock (5 small female ducks and one female...

I only have female ducks. I have a Flock of 6 at the moment - 5 small ducks and 1 guard goose. Thanks for the advice! - I'll post this in the duck thread too!

Hi y'all! My neighbor had a batch of chicks where all but one died. She can't bring herself to keep the surviving chick. I don't raise chickens, but I do raise waterfowl. I was wondering if it would be possible to integrate the chick into my flock? Many thanks, -Billie

Oh my goodness! It's always fun to see fellow Vermonters on this site!

Thank you! I only have female ducks (as I raise them for eggs) and will be getting female goslings and ducklings this year, so mating season shouldn't be an issue for my flock. Again thank you so much for your input (especially about getting multiple goslings)! I feel more safe about raising...

Hey y'all! I already have a small flock of ducks, but I want to add one or two goslings this year. I also am adding a couple of new ducklings at the same time that I'd be adding the goslings. Does anyone have experience raising goslings with ducklings? And how do goslings raised with ducklings...

Hey y'all! I already have a small flock of ducks, but I want to add one or two goslings this year. I also am adding a couple of new ducklings at the same time that I'd be adding the goslings. Does anyone have experience raising goslings with ducklings? And how do goslings raised with ducklings...

Duckling Number 1 looks really good, I would maybe stop treating her but keep a close eye on her and keep her in the area with the dry bedding.

It really depends on a variety of factors. It shouldn't take too long, but if the sores seem to worsen or persist, it would be a good idea to extract the sores. If you do end up cutting off the sores/scabs make sure you wrap their feet with clean gauze so that bacteria isn't reintroduced. Good luck!

If it has the same active ingredient I would think it would work. Good luck!

Hi there! In your case the bumble foot seems to be caused by a combination of things. The cause of bumble foot is an infection of an open cut or scratch on the ducks' feet. The sharp gravel could have created these small scratches (even if it was only for a small period of time), or possibly the...