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    how long do i need to keep ducklings in brooder with heat lamp?

    Hey i have 4, 5 day old ducklings and i was wondering how long i need to keep em under a heat lamp (were keeping them inside for now its usally 70 degrees in here) and I was wondering if i cliped their wings and put them on our pond would they be okay free range ducks? we do have some big cats...
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    Duck baby hatching emergency--please help!

    hey its okay i had almost the eaxt same thing happen to me i helped him out after it'd been over 24 hours i hit a vein (most likely) and he started bleeding i felt so bad. but it actuallly take up to 48 hours for a duck to hatch so i didnt need to start helping him yet i wet the membrane and i...
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    Please help baby chick with yolk sac problem! please please help!

    Oh my gosh I'm so sorry! I know how you feel couple days ago one of my chicks died he wasn't going and we soaked his rear but something white and hard was sticking out of his rear and we couldn't figure what it was when he died I cried so much that day :( didn't help my duck egg was have trouble...
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    Mealworms for Ducks?

    kay thanks! I'll pass on the mealworms and just give em some peas instead! I can touch duck/chicken doodoo (if I can't avoid it :P) but I think I'll pass on squishing up meal worms for em! Had to squish some bugs for a baby bird once the sound still haunts me. (It was a rollie pollie makes it...
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    Mealworms for Ducks?

    Hey anyone know if okay to feed em live mealworms? Cuz I have sum extra live mealworms that I feed my toads. And I reasntly hatched some ducklings, so could I feed em live ones? their about a week old. (sorry kinda asking a whole new question :P)
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    HELPP? duck with one eye closed and the other open???!?!?!?

    I use newspaper and paper towels over it so they don't slip and slide around once their older were gonna use pine shavings. But its weird sometimes he/she will open her (him?) Eye, and other times (most times) the duckie keeps its eye closed. Its very strange. I use tap water, they can get their...
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    HELPP? duck with one eye closed and the other open???!?!?!?

    Okay my duck hatched over 24 hours ago, she hatch with both eyes open. But now she's keeping one closed. She can still open the eye, but its like she doesnt want to I tried puting warm water over her eye with a q-tip, but it didn't help, please what do I do????
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    Baby chick not hatching? helpppp!!

    I help the chick out of the shell and he's all right he has splayed legs but we bound his legs with vet tape and he can almost walk normaly now! Thank you for all your advice! Btw his name is Samuel Sammie for short (well not really but wat eva) Ans my jatchwas a 70% hatxh rate really only one...
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