Recent content by JosieR
-
Are my ducks attacking me????
I had a problem with my drake going after one of my kids. The advice I got here was to hold him down to the ground, one hand on his back so he was flat on the ground like the girls are when he mates them. Then I was told to stand over him him, one leg on each side. I did that and had each of my... -
So mad I could strangle my duck... **UPDATED AND WITH PICS**
Quote: I was joking with a friend of my mother (who beat the crap out of my brother and I regularly) that the duck went to the same parenting school as my mother This place is quickly turning into a circus!! I haven't been holding the baby too much, don't want him to foget his a duck and I... -
Cold weather Ducks?
I don't know about Muscovy's...they fly, right? Do they roost like chickens? I would skip the shelf for sleeping, if they are like other ducks they will be just fine on the floor, leaning against a wall. The insulation in my duck house is in the walls and then there is some type of white... -
Chemical Ducks?
I didn't think they can give chickens and cows hormones. I think I remember reading an article that said there was a big markup on "hormone free" meat and meanwhile it's all hormone free. My daugther took a dairy class and they said they have to take the cows out of milk production if they give... -
Free ranging....
I have them trained to come to the back deck WHEN I RING A BELL They would usually start to hang around their house at dark so I just throw the peas up the ramp and then a handful into the bowl. Sometimes they would be off in the woods or something. So I took a big sleigh bell from Christmas... -
So mad I could strangle my duck... **UPDATED AND WITH PICS**
Quote: So glad to hear she is doing well considering what shes been through. My lil duckling had a simular experience, I found it hatched and mama trying to kill it, so I took it from mama and placed it under one of my broody hens who wasn't sitting on anything, came back a little later to... -
Cold weather Ducks?
The ducks willy just flop down in the bedding at night, they do like to lean on a wall I've found. Make sure you have a predator proof house. Other than that, a covered run would be nice so you don't have to shovel the snow out. I'm in upstate NY so we get plenty of snow and cold though... -
-
So mad I could strangle my duck... **UPDATED AND WITH PICS**
thank you, thank you!! Mom is a Cayuga which I thought was Fair-Good mothering according to Storey's book. Willy is trying to use his/her wings to pull up and balance on the fabric roll I put in front of the food for her to lean on. I also made a little donut at the vet's suggestion to place... -
So mad I could strangle my duck... **UPDATED AND WITH PICS**
So glad I didn't try to fix it myself. It's not the foot at all but a fractured tibia (spelling?). Found a very nice vet that my feed store suggested. They did xrays, assured me that I am not the crazy duck lady, they've had a couple of ducks before, even fixed up a pair of club feet once. It's... -
So mad I could strangle my duck... **UPDATED AND WITH PICS**
yes, I am resizing them right now!!! -
So mad I could strangle my duck... **UPDATED AND WITH PICS**
It's the foot, it looks like it might be broken. Let's say the leg is the side of the L and the foot is the bottom. The 3/4 of the foot, almost all of it is bent almost completely back so that when it walks, s/he drags that leg behind and the bottom of the foot is actually facing the ceiling... -
So mad I could strangle my duck... **UPDATED AND WITH PICS**
and you know, I stood out there crying because as much as this mama hurt this baby, it still wanted nothing more than to run under mama's feet when we came for it. -
So mad I could strangle my duck... **UPDATED AND WITH PICS**
OK, after much fighting, we got the baby. Her foot is bent back and she's hopping. It almost looks like it's bent so that she's walking on the top of it, if that makes sense. WHAT CAN I DO????