Recent content by blacklab789

So my great grandfather always raised guineas and would always tell me that if their heads did not turn white before first frost, that they wouldn't make it through winter. We live in the mountains of North Carolina so we see some rough winters. That being said, I am trying to raise some that I...

Good news folks! He's up and moving around as good as ever. I gave him (and her) a couple of doses of niacin and b12 and he got better within a couple of days. Thanks for the help!

Thanks for the help! I purchased some niacin, B-12 and some antibiotics. Another question though. If I treat the water with antibiotics will I have to separate the ducks or will it be ok to keep them together

We give them medicated starter while they were ducklings for a good while. I think this might be respiratory. He has some raspy breathing this morning. I'm in the process of building a duck pond for them but in the meantime we take them from their pin and put them in a kiddy pool. Yesterday I...

My wife and I have two Campbell khaki ducks that we raised from ducklings this year. They are nearly fully grown now. Today my Drake started acting strange. He acts like he's having trouble standing up and when he walks he just flops his feet under him. But he's mostly just sitting around now...

Thanks for the quick response! A few others have hatched before this one. But it is the only one currently in the incubator. Should I be concerned with infection of the site?

Went to be last night with a chick that had pipped. When I woke up this morning it had hatched but seems to have a problem. It looks like the yolk has not been completely absorbed. What should I do now?