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    Cayuga cross with Drake that looks like either an orpington/golden cascade

    Awesome! I got the same results with mine. It’s great to see a confirmation of it. I also have a Welsh drake so I wasn’t 100% sure mine were Buff/Cayuga. Thanks for sharing!
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    bloated duck

    Thank you, I started putting oregano in the feed and she seems to be doing marginally better. They have Hen Boost in their water on occasion as well. I’ve been wondering if it’s ascites, but I don’t want to get needles and drain her unnecessarily.
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    bloated duck

    I’m going to piggy back on this post for my Khaki Campbell, Curly. She’s a little slower than everyone else. I thought maybe she was egg bound, but I have not felt an egg. She laid a few eggs in early spring but hasn’t lain one in over 2 months. She frequently squawks like she’s broody, but I’m...
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    Egg bound, vent gleet, motility problem story

    Bad news. She’s not able to pass the eggs on her own :hit I’ve extracted three broken eggs from her and I know that there are more now. I wonder if the original burst egg cut an opening between her digestive tract and her oviduct. This has made it impossible, even with calcium supplements, for...
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    Egg bound, vent gleet, motility problem story

    I checked her again after her soak. Turns out the egg I felt was in her shell factory still. It’s a hard egg and I’m really hoping she passes it. Time will tell
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    Egg bound, vent gleet, motility problem story

    Goldie was having some trouble again. Her feathers were all wet around her vent starting a couple days ago. I gave her a soak yesterday and discovered a soft shell egg inside her, not quite to the vent. I administered a calcium citrate tablet right down her throat (avoiding the glottis) and put...
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    Not again 😣

    Goldie was able to poop like you describe when she had a solid egg inside, even multiple. Did she have an egg? Even still while broody and empty, Goldie’s poops seem rather forced. It’s so good to see that she is doing better, or at least having good moments. I hope she can recover fully.
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    Egg bound, vent gleet, motility problem story

    Update: Goldie has been setting her nest for about 2.5 weeks now. Her feathers have grown in again really nicely and she seems to be in great health overall. She had been looking skinny and not very fluffy for a long time, but now looks really well. Her vent is nice and tight, has no signs of...
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    Not again 😣

    I haven’t read through your full thread, but at one point you mentioned that you thought her poop might be runny. My ducks all had runny poop, then I started probiotics (Hen Boost) and it’s made a HUGE difference. The other thing I’m trying is worm and mite management with putting diatomaceous...
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    Egg bound, vent gleet, motility problem story

    It took about 2.5 weeks. I think it would have been shorter if I was able to set her up in a smaller space and had started with more light throughout the day. As it is though, it finally worked out. The article I read on Tyrant Farms said 5-7 days, but they had her in a pet crate in the house...
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    Egg bound, vent gleet, motility problem story

    Update: Goldie is officially broody. Up until this point she was producing 4 eggs every 4 days. She had 2 eggs Monday which I left and I only extracted 2 eggs today (Wednesday). YAY!!! So she went 2 days without producing eggs. Her vent is also much cleaner and tighter. I think the healing has...
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    Swollen oil gland and tiff off thick feathers growing out of it

    I’m glad things are improving. That whole thing just sounded awful. Are you still wanting to get her to stop laying? I’m currently treating one of my girls with an egg motility/gleet problem and I’m currently in the process of making her go broody. The hormones are starting to kick in, so I’m...
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    Swollen oil gland and tiff off thick feathers growing out of it

    How’s Dasher doing? I’ve been thinking about her and hoping things are improving.
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    Egg bound, vent gleet, motility problem story

    She’s still producing about one egg per day. I was checking and treating her daily until I decided to let her go broody, so I’m now checking every 4 days. I have been giving her calcium over her food. She has been rejecting treats since the start of this, so I’ve wanted to get the liquid form...
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    Egg bound, vent gleet, motility problem story

    Here she is on the nest
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