Recent content by Lilybljm
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Anyone else have an unreliable broody?
My reliable one is 12 and a half now, guess it depends on the lady haha. This was the first year she didn’t brood.- Lilybljm
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- Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
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Help, young duck unable to walk, seems to have something very wrong with him.
Forgot to update this but it worked great! He made a full recovery. Better late than never. -
Help, young duck unable to walk, seems to have something very wrong with him.
alright, she’s going to pick it up tomorrow. Praying it works, thank you. -
Help, young duck unable to walk, seems to have something very wrong with him.
I will let her know right away. -
Anyone else have an unreliable broody?
Sorry I never replied, unfortunately a mink killed her shortly after this post, but she was 10. It did not get my reliable broody at least, so I have a full flock back now. Maybe she was just getting too old for mom life hahaha- Lilybljm
- Post #3
- Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
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Help, young duck unable to walk, seems to have something very wrong with him.
She said he keeps wing-walking as well. I just asked her and she said she’s been putting Niacin in their pool, now I’m worried he’s overdosed. -
Help, young duck unable to walk, seems to have something very wrong with him.
Unfortunately this is the only image I have as these are not my ducks, someone I know just knows I have ducks and wanted my input, but I haven’t seen a duck sit like this before. He’s only able to walk a couple steps before collapsing and can’t seem to stand at all from the video she sent me... -
Help Please Sick Duckling
I’ve been at this for a decade and let me tell you I’ve hatched lots of ducklings and only 3 of the probably about 8 or 9 sick ones ever made it to adulthood. If I had one with a similar issue to yours it wouldn’t last long. I had one simply collapse mid-step and was dead before she hit the... -
Poll for those who have had chicken deaths
I’ve got ducks and not chickens but a mink got into my coop and killed fifteen of them. Thankfully we heard the commotion, but by the time we got out there it was a bloodbath. I had two males and two females left, and both males were injured quite badly. They made full recoveries but it was...- Lilybljm
- Post #66
- Forum: Predators and Pests
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Help Please Sick Duckling
Sorry to hear that :( they’re such delicate little creatures and unfortunately sick ducklings often won’t make it. You did the best you could. -
Anyone else have an unreliable broody?
I have a hen that becomes broody every year and will give up on the eggs after about a week. Sometimes she’ll come back to them for two more days later on, but usually she won’t. The eggs spend more time cold than warm, so I don’t trust her to lay on them anymore. I keep snatching them and...- Lilybljm
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- Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
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Foamy eye disease
I’ve been looking but haven’t had any luck finding any females nearby. She’s made a full recovery and rejoined the flock! She’s now sitting on some fertile eggs so hopefully I’ll be able to reestablish some of my flock size. Unfortunately even when I had a bunch females she was STILL the... -
Foamy eye disease
Will try the warm water, thanks. I did a saline one already and it didn’t budge. Yeah she’s part of my original flock. The only one left. She has one boy that would always defend her but unfortunately a mink got in my coop and killed the majority of them, including him. The only two males I have... -
Foamy eye disease
It must be. She’s hissing at me if I get too close to it but hopefully it’s helping anyway. Poor baby. I’ve had her for ten years and she’s never been so touchy. Certainly doesn’t look any worse this morning thankfully, though I wouldn’t say it looks better. She’s a little more cheery now it...