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    How to make my ducklings life easier

    I have been raising ducks for a few years and every now and then hatch ducklings. My last group of babies had two with deformed feet. The front of their feet were curled under. One has grown out if it and her feet are now flat but a little short with less webbing and she gets around as well as...
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    Please help ducklings dying.

    Thank you after speaking to a friend I believe that the shavings are indeed the problem. She has had the same experience in the past. I will be taking them out and replacing them with your suggestion. Have more eggs in the incubator so here's hoping it won't happen again.
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    Please help ducklings dying.

    It's a plastic brooder. I use pine shavings for bedding and we have a regular heat lamp, not Teflon coated I heard those could be bad. They have a small chick feeder and a water dish that they can stick their whole head in if needed. The chick was in with the ducks, idk if that would affect it...
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    help please!?!?!?

    What's your ratio of drake's to ducks? If there are not enough females to makes they get aggressive and can kill a female fighting over it, sorry not trying to scare you. With the change in environment you might be seeing this behavior more between the males.
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    Please help ducklings dying.

    I've been raising ducks and chickens for five years now and have incubated chicks before but this is my first time hatching ducklings. I have temp and humidity right in the incubator, after a few miscalculations, and have had two ducklings and a chick hatch. Didn't realize my kids put a chick...
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