Recent content by duckmum

Thank you so much for your reply. I bought her inside and gave her a warm bath last night for an hour and some warm rice porridge. Also some hydrolites and some poultry wormer and today she has come good again. She's had some breakfast and is currently having another warm bath before I put...

Hi I've just gone down to feed my khaki campbell pet ducks and one cannot stand up, she has both legs completely stretched out behind her. Her crop feels empty and I've looked down her throat and cannot see anything. Does anyone have any suggestions? I've felt all over for paralysis tick...

Hi, my ducks have just started laying and they are laying their eggs in the kiddies pool that I use for a pond. I change the water every morning when I go down to collect the eggs and let the ducks out to free range (between 8am to 9am) so the eggs have only been sitting in the water not long...

thanks everyone for the warm welcome and thanks for the heads up on the Aussie threads Drumstick Diva. Yes, Silkies certainly make great broody hens, just when one finishes being broody, down goes another, yet they still lay enough eggs for our family. Having chooks sure is addictive lol, I...

Thanks for the reply,I will increase their calcium intake and hope that fixes the problem. Yes, they are playing hop on top lol. The white milky looking stuff could have been poop, but as it looked like a small puddle (or smear) I thought it might have been urine. They did get into the vege...

Hi there, my name is Jeni and we live in Qld, Australia. I'm fairly new to the world of chooks and ducks. We have 5 Silkie Bantams and 3 Khaki Campbell ducks. They freerange in our backyard during the day and are locked away at night. The Silkies are really friendly and come when they are...

Hi there, I am fairly new to the world of ducks, we purchased 3 Khaki Campbell ducklings back in June (they were 5 days old) and two weeks ago we started getting our first eggs, they laid one per day for the first six days but they always laid them in their pond which is a kiddies pool. My...