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    Any way to "neuter" a Drake?

    I have a loving Drake, incorrectly called "Big Duck" Also Quackman, also Big Quacking Boy. He follows me around like a dog, loves to play and have his bill massaged. Love the guy but he is so super horny he is hurting my Ducks. He is constantly on top of them, and he is nearly twice their...
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    Will putting fertile eggs in fridge "kill" the possibility of later hatching the duckling?

    I have three ducks and 1 drake who is in "love" with all the ducks . I sell my duck eggs and gather them up everyday , wash them and put them in the fridge. I have had a number of people wanting to buy fertile eggs for hatching and I tell them there is no way I can guarantee the eggs are...
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    Sick duck has now her intestines hanging out of her bottom

    "Feed her something poisonous to give her an INSTANT death.. Yes, that is what I want to do but what is there out there that I can buy that will do that? And I know of no poison that is quick and it is a painful death too. I washed her wound with warm water last evening an then poured honey...
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    Sick duck has now her intestines hanging out of her bottom

    My poor Duck was having a breathing problem for a couple of days and it sounded like she was forcing herself to exhale and she would make a short quack with every breath. She had this problem a couple of weeks ago and I gave her some antibiotics and it went away but now she split her stomach...
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    Sick Duckie...what medicine does she need?

    Not offended by the advice, just giving more details to eliminate where the problems may rise from. Possible she may have an allergic reaction to some pollen? A friend stopped by and started sneezing right away, said it always happens when he comes to Idaho and when he gets 30 miles over the...
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    Sick Duckie...what medicine does she need?

    Duckie is one of 8 ducks/drakes altogether and I provide clean drinking water every night in their pen and they free range during the day and go down to a clear spring fed pond and next to it is the river so she has plenty of clean water to blow out nares ???What are nares, nostril holes on the...
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    Sick Duckie...what medicine does she need?

    One of my Ducks appears to have a respirtory ailment. She is breathing with open mouth, with a quack at nearly every exhale and keeps shaking her head as if to dislodge something from her mouth. She also is scratching the side of her head. It is like she has clogged sinuses and her breathing...
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    Drakes too hard on my poor ducks

    Well, no help here so going on my own...I am just slathering on heavy coat of vaseline on the neck and back of head of the one poor ;little duckie with the bleeding neck (which has scabbed over now). I will see if the local farmstore supply employees might have a suggestion. I am keeping the...
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    Drakes too hard on my poor ducks

    I have 2 drakes and 6 ducks but all the ducks have their feathers ripped out at the back of their neck. One poor duck was cowering behind the fence tonight at suppertime and I saw her neck was actually bleeding. Can I buy some foul smelling bitter tasting ointment to put on the back of their...
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    Anyone know how to make a "Chicken Diaper"?

    Yesterday was a horrible day for me as I had to lay to rest "Droopy Girl" my beloved chicken who would have been 10 years old next Spring. She and "Molly" were the last 2 of my original 12 when I first started raising chickens years ago. I lost all of them due to illness mainly brought on by...
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    My watering bucket keeps overflowing..

    This is driving me crazy. I got one of those old 3 gallon watering cans with the outside shell that fits over the bucket and the circular trough at the bottom. Worked just fine for years but now it overflows, losing all the water overnight that is in the reservoir. There is no holes in the...
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    I hear peeping in some of my duck eggs

    OK, it is the 4th week mama duck has been sitting. I am new at this what does the term pipping and zippering mean? Duck has 20 eggs in her nest and she is small so doubt if all are getting the proper heat. I candles all of them today and saw 5 that light shined through completely so discarded...
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    Mother duck not sitting on eggs as much

    After sitting nearly a month on about 20 eggs, Ms. Quackette is not devoting as much during the day and wants to run around with her boyfriend and go swimming in the new duck pond I built for them. 2 weeks ago she had kicked out 2 eggs where I found them and they were ice cold so thought they...
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    Duck sitting on eggs..how can I tell if they are fertile?

    Thanks, I will shine a strong LED flashlight tonight and see. Feel sorry for Quackette, she is a first timer but is dedicated and it is so hot here, close to 100 but her nest box is on the ground in shade at least.
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    Maggots really hurt my poor chicken ..can she be saved?

    I have a RIR 7 year old chicken who always seemed to have a problem with droppings clinging to her backside. Occasionally I would take her in my lap and squirt warm soap water and clean her up...something we both really didn't care for. She was getting real dirty again and I noticed she was...
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