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    Runner duck lump on head

    Any idea what this might be? My runner duck has a strange lump on the left side of his skull and it's pulling his skin to the side. He has also lost the use of his left leg. Back in April he was very stressed when two other male ducks in the flock started to abuse him after the female died...
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    Moldy Bill??

    One of my runner ducks has spots on its bill. It looks like her bill is moldy. What the heck is it? Is there something I need to do for her? We tried cleaning it up but it doesn't come off.
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    HELP!!! Rooster attacked by a dog!!

    I am treating a duck that has been attacked by a snapping turtle. Just a couple things I'm learning as I stumble along. #1Keep him inside so he can't get maggots in the wounds. One fly can lay 300 eggs and it can only take a few hours before they are infested.(the duck already had them by...
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    Duck attacked by Jaws

    Ok I have dial up so it took me over an hour to get the youtube but it was worth it. I NEED TURTLE MAN!!!! I'll even buy him some front teeth if he cleans out my pond! That guy is crazy! Hummmm...just maybe.... if my husband studied turtle man's technique....hummmmm YA! That could work! I...
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    Duck attacked by Jaws

    rlhbond.....ha.. ha.. I wish you lived closer to me you could come over and give us a few pointers. We would provide to beer.
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    EWWWWW!! Maggots in vent-use capstar?

    I am treating my injured duck for maggot infested wounds. Today I noticed she still had a few INSIDE HER VENT! I removed the ones I could get to and haven't seen any more. Her vent is all red and raw. We had treated all her wounds but didn't realize she had them in her vent. I called a...
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    Duck attacked by Jaws

    Hummm...I need to catch turtles but not the catfish...tricky. We had a 5/0 hook on a steel leader attached to mason line. Maybe the shrimp would work. We used chicken liver catfish stink bait.....and we caught 5 catfish....no turtles. I like the trap idea. That might work. Lord I have no...
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    Duck attacked by Jaws

    I think my runner was attacked by a snapping turtle. My husband has seen a big one in our pond. It could have been something else but the ducks are afraid to get in the water now so we are thinking snapper. The ducks are all locked up in the coop again until its safe. We set a line across...
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    Duck with seriously torn webbing -what do I do?l

    Just wanted to say thanks for your help. The duck is hanging in there. When I caught her I thought we were just dealing with a bad foot injury and two wounds on her butt. Turns out she has 4 punctures on her chest too. At first I just saw the foot issue, next morning I saw strange looking...
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    Chick smacked hard by coop door. Floppy now.

    I did this very same thing to one of my polish last year. Door slipped out of my fingers and smacked her in the head. Then she went to sleep because it was night and I thought for sure I had killed her. I brought her into my house and the next day she was totally fine thank goodness. I love...
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    Handicapped Chicken getting pecked Bald! BLU-KOTE didn't help!

    Once the pin feathers grew in I took the band off and the chickens pecked the pin feathers. Then I started over and waited for the pin feathers to break open then took the band off and they didn't peck her head after that and ( knock on wood) it hasn't happend since. I think it started after...
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    Injured duck-flock took care of her

    That is a good possibility. I would think if it was coon or dog she would be a dead duck right now. And they didn't swim today like they had been. The other night the kids and I were fishing and my son put a grasshopper on his hook. Well he didn't even cast it, just plunked it in the water...
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    Handicapped Chicken getting pecked Bald! BLU-KOTE didn't help!

    I had this exact same problem. Polish with the center of her head pecked bloody. I couldn't seperate her easily. I used small rubber bands like the groomer uses to put in hair bows with and pulled the feathers around the wound together over the top of the bald spot. Like a pony tail. I had...
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    Injured duck-flock took care of her

    I have 6 ducks that I let out on our pond for the first time 4 days ago. Well once they were out they refused to come back to the coop at night and have been sleeping outside unprotected, giving me gray hair. We tried to herd them back in but couldn't get them out of the water. So today...
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    Duck with seriously torn webbing -what do I do?l

    Any one out there have experience with duck foot injuries? I put my 6 ducks out on out pond for the first time 4 nights ago. Then I couldn't get them to come back in! They have been sleeping outside unprotected. ......Something seemed off with them today but I couldn't get close enough to...
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