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I'm not familiar with the illness afflicting your flock, but since Vetericyn is a topical treatment it may not solve your problem. Just wanted to make sure you looked into the potential problems with Baytril. Hope you get it under control soon.

I would be very cautious about using Baytril. Did you read the info on its restrictions? I looked into it when one of my ducks had bumblefoot. From what I understood it is illegal to use Baytril on any poultry that will EVER be eaten or produce eggs for human consumption. I don't know if it...

Unfortunately Logan died about a month and a half ago. I had him separated in a little pen with his own food and water so he could rest his foot and tried a few different remedies and bandaged his foot. There really wasn't much change until finally some black sores started showing on his foot...

Point #3 is true, somewhat. Ducks will make a mess if they can. Ducks are usually happiest if they have access to standing water. However, if you put a little pool in the center of an area of large drainage rock, then they can't really make much of a mess. When it rains, they love to make...

"Logan", my Welsh Harlequin drake has been limping around lately. I looked at it when I first noticed it, couldn't see anything obvious other than swelling near his "ankle". But it has been over a week and he doesn't seem to be improving, so I took another look today. I read up on bumble...

Must be a finer grind than my stuff, because there was no way mine was gonna flow.

I'm not sure what kind of calcium the rest of you are using, but the oyster shell I buy in a 50# bag will clog up in an opening that small. I'm going to try to make a dispenser out of either a large diameter pipe or plywood like my feed dispenser.

When you do start getting eggs from them, you might want to test them before she build up a clutch and stops laying. They might not be fertile for a while. I've got a young duck who started laying, but when I tested her first few in the incubator they were not fertile. Unfortunately, now she has...

I think they make crumbles more for the sake of chicken owners than for the chickens. Other than for tiny newly hatched chicks, pellets will do fine, and they make less mess and less waste.

If you post a picture I'm sure someone could verify the sex of your ducks to help solve this mystery. If you found two eggs on one day, I would say it's possible one duck did that, depending on when you checked and what her lay cycle was. But two days in a row of two eggs a day seems highly...

A cheap lamp timer will work, at least in the short term. You can buy them new for under 10 bucks I think, but often you can find them at thrift stores and garage sales for a dollar or two. Then just plug in a lamp. I don't know for sure about the light thing, I've just always heard it is...

Has anyone had good success with outside portable nesting boxes? I just built a new coop just for my ducks so they won't make such a mess of my chicken coop. It's taken a bit of work to get them used to going in there at night instead of the chicken coop, but they are starting to get the hang...

If you were letting them free range previously, I would only pen them up at night. Put a light on a timer and gradually increase it so that they get a least 15 hours of light a day. I have mine setup so it comes on at 6 am and goes off at 8 pm. Pretty soon I'll be up to 15 hours and will stop...

While breeding crested to crested was definitely not recommended, the quote in that discussion was taken out of context and misapplied by many posters. With responsible breeding you shouldn't have to worry about the deformities and neurological problems. Sounds like you just need to get a...