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    New Member From Wyoming

    Hello from a fellow Wyomingite!! Welcome to BYC!! Best of luck with your new endeavor of raising geese. We have 2 mallards that we absolutely adore ❤️
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    Drake with infected preening gland

    How are your babies doing? My drake recently had a clogged preen gland as well. We brought him inside gave him a warm bath and washed him with dawn dish soap. Got him good and dried with a blow dryer and Kept him inside for the night. I also put nutri drench in his water for 2 days and he was...
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    Nutri-drench

    We got them as babies last spring so they will be one in April or so. He hasn’t had his first molt yet. I have noticed some feathers but not a ton. When do they typically molt? I’m assuming with us living in a colder climate it won’t be until closer to spring. 🤷‍♀️ I did the nutri drench for 2...
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    Nutri-drench

    So I have a question. My male duck ended up with wet feather this past week. I was reading about what the causes could be and I honestly don’t think it’s his diet. I think his gland was clogged due to lack of bathing. It’s cold here in Wyoming and they just can’t get in the water every day...
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    Ducks struggling with the cold

    You all were so helpful in this post. I love this forum and the interaction it offers. So many great ideas and questions. Thank you all for taking the time to get back to me isn’t appreciated so very much. I do feel better about this winter and out little feathered babies. Although I’m sure I’ll...
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    Ducks struggling with the cold

    I do lay straw out in the run when it snows and the coop is full of straw that they can get in to.
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    Ducks struggling with the cold

    On no!! That’s awful 😢 poor little guy. They get warm oatmeal at night and a small bowl of water. It’s not big enough to get in just big enough to dip their beaks in. I just want to make sure I’m doing the right thing for them. The summer was pretty easy but the winter is a little different and...
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    Ducks struggling with the cold

    Thanks for all the amazing tips on how to find a reliable site. Super helpful. I’m constantly trying to read and figure out if I need to be doing something different for them.
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    Ducks struggling with the cold

    I’m not sure on the brand and the protein % I need to look at that the next time I get a bag of food. Our local feed store only offers one type and brand of duck feed. We have some other chain stores like Murdoch’s and tractor supply but I’ve just always gone to the local feed store. So I’m...
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    Ducks struggling with the cold

    That’s good to know. I know they are much larger than my mallards. So sometimes I’m not real sure what breed they are referencing in the posts/articles I read.
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    Ducks struggling with the cold

    Yes we do and I apologize in another post I said bales of hay but it’s actually straw. When it has snowed we put straw down in the run for them so they aren’t standing on the snow when they are eating and drinking. This is our first winter with ducks and we actually acquired them from our...
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    Ducks struggling with the cold

    Oh theses ducks would come in the house in a second if we left the door open long enough to throw their fat little bodies over the threshold 😂 and honestly I would probably let them if it wasn’t for my husband. He’s a fun sucker 🤣
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    Ducks struggling with the cold

    I’ve heard a couple different temps too. And sometimes I wonder if they are talking about a specific breed like the bigger Muscovy ducks. My mallards are just little guys 😂 and it’s just the 2 of them so they don’t have a bunch of ducks that can snuggle together to stay warm.
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    Ducks struggling with the cold

    I apologize it is bales of straw not hay. It’s doesn’t usually get super cold here but it can get pretty chilly at times. This morning it’s 5 with a -5 wind chill. Mornings like this they seem to really struggle. We do leave the coop door open during the day so they can go in and out as much as...
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    Ducks struggling with the cold

    They definitely don’t like the wind. We leave the coop door open all day so they are free to get in and out as much as they want. I have 7 bales of hay in there coop. 3 making a u shape and the rest spread out around those bales. We feed them warm oatmeal at night to try and keep them warm...
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