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    Drake help

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    Drake help

    I am a long time duck owner but haven't yet seen this. Adult drake (5yrs) is all of a sudden unable to walk, shoves along on his chest if at all, and flips on his back and can't right himself. I have seen this in ducklings and would look at niacin boost, he gets niacin, have upped it the past...
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    Gosling type?

    A friend got these a few weeks ago at the farm store and has no idea what breed. I raise Cotton Patch, and know these aren't them, Pilgrim, or Toulouse. Any ideas on breed? I was thinking African perhaps. Thanks!
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    Old Drake Losing Feathers

    Full body pic from today
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    Old Drake Losing Feathers

    This is a good idea. Can't hurt. I've just never has to worm or do anything in so many years but there's always a first time.
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    Old Drake Losing Feathers

    I don't think so, other than the tiff that led me to see the fatherless-Ness. He's always been a very strong hold his own type drake, but at 9, I'm sure he's faltering. He melted in the fall and was back to full plumage throughout the winter. He loves baths, always the first in to make himself...
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    Old Drake Losing Feathers

    We have 5 drakes, and 20+ females. They free range over a large area and typically stay in their little chosen groups. This guy and 3 old ladies pal around throughout the day.
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    Old Drake Losing Feathers

    I will get a pic tomorrow. This is his back/under his wings.
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    Old Drake Losing Feathers

    He is Ancona. Yes, pool and yes, he's a very preening boy. I did see another drake bullying him yesterday when I separated him and saw the rest of his body. I did not see any mites crawling. He is happily eating. We put him in a separate pen for now.
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    Old Drake Losing Feathers

    I've somehow missed this (though I know he's been looking better more recently than not), but my oldest drake (he's 9) is looking rough, losing feathers, don't seem to be more coming in, somewhat flaky skin, maybe itchy?, and he's lost weight. The loss is across his back, under wings, some on...
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    Old Drake Losing Feathers

    I've somehow missed this (though I know he's been looking better more recently than not), but my oldest drake (he's 9) is looking rough, losing feathers, don't seem to be more coming in, somewhat flaky skin, maybe itchy?, and he's lost weight. The loss is across his back, under wings, some on...
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    Duck leg wrapped with baling twine 😔

    I'm putting vetricyn and bacitracin on it and have her in clean chips. Vet wrap is a good idea if she'll keep it on. I found some silicone finger sleeves on Amazon that I can slip on once it heals. Looking for prosthetics now!
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    Duck leg wrapped with baling twine 😔

    Update: we now have a peg-leg princess. I kept her up a few days after the accident, she got around fine after, and yesterday, two months to the day it happened, I went out to find her with a peg leg. Little bloody, so I put her up in a crate with a friend, and am looking into a silicone leg...
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    Duck leg wrapped with baling twine 😔

    She is still hobbling around! I look at her daily and wonder what we should do long term, but her foot has kind of curled up and she walks on the heel. Her foot is clearly dead to the knee, but she seems healthy...eating, drinking, laying. I'll try to grab a pic tomorrow.
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    Duck and Chicken at same time?

    I'm certain this has been answered, but I can't find it searching past posts. I have incubated ducks lots of times with great success. Was thinking about incubating some chickens this year as well, and I know about the differences in humidity needs and incubation length...but can they be...
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