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    Call Duck

    Hello call duck lovers! I need some help, I have a call duck hen that I let hatch some ducklings, and she hatched 4. They are about 2 weeks old now and two are growing great, and 2 are still very tiny literally half the size of the other two. I have them separate and they have plenty of food...
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    Da' Cute and Cuddly Call Duck thread!

    Hello again! Well an update on my baby call is that she is still super far behind the other baby...the good news is that just yesterday she began walking better, and I also think she grew, not a lot but some at least. I have had her on antibiotics in her water for 7 days, and have been feeding...
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    Da' Cute and Cuddly Call Duck thread!

    Quote: Where do I get these for the birds? Also how do I know an adequate dose? Should I separate her from her mother and sibling while I do this or is it ok for them to have this too? Thanks so much! I have been trying to find a vet around that would look at her and none of them have ever...
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    Da' Cute and Cuddly Call Duck thread!

    Regarding my baby that wasn't growing normally...Today she can't walk normal! She has acted 100% normal besides being small until today...any more suggestions?
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    Da' Cute and Cuddly Call Duck thread!

    Quote: Thanks I am willing to try anything at this point I really want her to make it! Thanks!
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    Da' Cute and Cuddly Call Duck thread!

    Quote: This my 1st year with calls, but I had the same thing happen with gray calls. There were 5 hatched and one just didn't grow or feather out like the others. It ate and drank normally, but did tend to stay by itself even though the others didn't pick on it. Unfortunately, I thought I...
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    Da' Cute and Cuddly Call Duck thread!

    I have a question for someone who has raised call ducks....I have a snowy hen that hatched 2 babies 3 weeks ago, and one is pretty big already, moving good, swimming good. And the other is not much bigger than a newly hatched duckling. The one is literally double the size of the other, and I...
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    Da' Cute and Cuddly Call Duck thread!

    Alright so I have a few call ducks along with a magpie, a blue swedish, and a few pekins, I have one drake and that is a call duck drake, and he always got along with the girls fine. However now a few of them have ducklings and he attacks the babies like crazy! He does not just chase them they...
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    Few questions on call ducks and raising

    I have two main questions on call ducks...First how do you treat few day old babies for lice? I have never had any of my babies have lice before, but these 2 call duck babies are being raised by my silkie hen and I am not sure if that is why they have lice or what, none of my other silkies have...
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    Da' Cute and Cuddly Call Duck thread!

    Any good ides on nesting for the call ducks? I have a 2 year old and a1 year old, and want to get them to hatch something this year! I get about 1 call duck egg every other day, and they are always just scattered
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    Raising Silkies...please provide your knowledge!

    Quote: Great thanks, I will look into a few of these and see what I can get. THANKS!
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    Raising Silkies...please provide your knowledge!

    Carol.in.WV : A few things I've tried that the silkies seem to like are: using a black plastic tub designed for mixing concrete and then half filled with play sand as a roost. I put it on top of some other tubs so that its about 2-3' off ground level and the silkies have another tub to hop on...
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    Raising Silkies...please provide your knowledge!

    Thanks everyone for the great info, does any on have any good ideas on nesting? Also on dust boxes? I heard that silkies need grass year around and if you can't do that feed them cabbage is that true?
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    Raising Silkies...please provide your knowledge!

    Quote: Thanks for the info...what brand of feed do you feed, right now because this is what my ducks/big chickens get is cracked corn mixed with a layers mix, but was looking to see if something would be better for them. Also what do you give them for grit? where do you put it, does it matter...
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    Da' Cute and Cuddly Call Duck thread!

    Sweet THANKS!! These are my little ones!
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