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    Ended Waterfowl & Water Photo Contest

    Entry number two: Catriona in Bath Mode. No one bathes like Cat!
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    Ended Waterfowl & Water Photo Contest

    Entry #1 Admiral Nelson knows he's magnificent.
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    Only One Fertile Duck Egg, Now What?

    Thanks for your input! We ended up ordering three more ducklings (two Cayugas, a hen and a drake, and a Buff), they should be coming this week. When the single egg hatches, we'll try to introduce the new babies (monitoring Magnolia very closely, of course). Hopefully, all will go well. I'll post...
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    Only One Fertile Duck Egg, Now What?

    Our Rouen duck Magnolia went broody just before Easter, so we decided to give her some eggs to hatch. We gave her four duck eggs, two were apparently not fertilized and were discarded, and two were developing quite nicely. Unfortunately, one of the eggs was destroyed this morning. We are pretty...
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    Concerned about possible EYP in 5 year old duck

    Hello, I'm sorry you are having this problem. Are you sure this could be EYP? We have had episodes before where "rubber eggs" broke inside the duck and were subsequently passed. Neither of the ducks who had this happen to them developed any health problems. Are you sure Luna didn't lay the rest...
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    Possible Respiratory/Sinus Infection In Khaki Campbell

    Okay, thank you!
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    Possible Respiratory/Sinus Infection In Khaki Campbell

    Hello, thanks for your advice! We ended up starting her on amoxicillin yesterday. (Perhaps a paranoid decision, but last year we had a very sweet Cayuga, Flora, die of bacterial pneumonia, and I didn't want to take any chances). She seems to be doing quite well. There is no more discharge from...
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    Possible Respiratory/Sinus Infection In Khaki Campbell

    One of our Khaki Campbells, Catriona, has been occasionally coughing and having sneezing fits for the last two or three days. Other than that, she seemed fine, just as jolly, loud, and boisterous as ever, huge appetite, drinking, bathing, and following her adored drake, Alligator Bob, with...
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    Mulch Mining and Other Deep Litter Questions

    Okay, thanks. Should I remove the mulch I already added? Again, it was dry and didn't smell moldy. I probably should have been clearer when talking about the litter. The system we're using is closer to the "deep bedding" method than true deep litter. The rest of it is made up of pine shavings...
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    Mulch Mining and Other Deep Litter Questions

    We are using the deep litter method in our coop, as well as using wood chips in the run. This summer, we got two truckloads of fresh mulch from a local arborist company, and have been using this as well as the remains of a previous mulch pile from last year. When using the fresh chips, we have...
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    Winifred's Nesting Box Weirdness.

    That's good to know, thanks for your input. I'm also sorry to hear about the dog attack! Winifred is definitely molting, there are feathers everywhere today and she is starting to look pretty shabby.
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    Winifred's Nesting Box Weirdness.

    I'm sorry for taking so long to provide an update. It looks like Winifred stopped laying (or rather pretending to lay) altogether a couple of weeks ago. Her crop problems resolved soon after I posted my last update. She may be molting (I found several Sussex feathers in the run today, but she is...
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    Winifred's Nesting Box Weirdness.

    Thank you for your reply, I'm sorry for not responding sooner. I don't think we'll have to section off a part of the coop for her, as she seems to stay in the nesting box when she is "laying". She went through her little routine today, sitting in the nesting box. Nothing. There's a tiny chance...
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    Winifred's Nesting Box Weirdness.

    Hello, Our Speckled Sussex, Winifred (roughly a year and a half old) has been acting rather strangely lately. We're not sure how long this has been going on for (maybe since August?), but she has taken to sitting in the nesting box, turning around, and acting as if she is going to lay an egg...
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    Bobcat Attack: No Apparent Injuries, But Now What?

    Good news! Marjy is back out in the coop with the others. Later on Thursday afternoon, she began to wail and then wished to go outside. She walked across the yard to the coop, tail up, looking back to normal. Freckles, our rooster, was ecstatic. He kept running around and wailing. Marjy wanted...
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