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    Baby Chicken's Wing

    Clover is a really rambunctious 1 week old chick, and she's alread shown herself to be fully capable of jumping/flying on top of the brooder. Very energetic, and she seems very sure that she was meant to fly. A couple nights ago (she had attempted this before and failed) she managed to jump onto...
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    Prolapsed Duck Uterus?

    I pushed the mass back in, the floppy part of the uterus refused to stay in. We were talking about other options and then I discovered she had managed to shove ALL her intestines out. We killed her quickly after discovering that, because we don't have vets around here who would be able to treat...
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    Prolapsed Duck Uterus?

    I'm not sure but it appears that my runner duck might have a prolapsed uterus. I haven't closely inspected it yet, but when she left the coop I saw a massive and very bright red lump poking out from under her tail. It's really big and she keeps straining against it, but she's walking normally...
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    Mangled Duck Foot

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    Mangled Duck Foot

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    Help needed

    Okay so I couldn't find my copy of Storey's guide to Raising Chickens, but in it there is a section on predators and, if I remember correctly, their calling cards (one of which did include what your bird looks like). I'll keep looking for the book, but if I can't find it you also might want to...
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    Mangled Duck Foot

    Okay I'll get one to you as soon as I can :thumbsup
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    Help needed

    I had one that showed up like this. It definitely seems like a predator was the cause.
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    Fox Troubles

    Yes they are very cute. I spotted the fox on the compost heap eating compost and I kept thinking it was such a pretty animal. That fur is beautiful, and the legs and ears as well.
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    Mangled Duck Foot

    The foot is all healed. However the toe with what appeared to be BONE sticking out had to be amputated due to the fact that it died. She's now happy and walking just fine.
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    Fox Troubles

    Thank you for all the advice! We haven't seen it for a couple days now, but it showed up every day sometimes twice since I last posted. Scaring it off might have encouraged it to only come around at night which would suit us just fine, as they're always put away at that time.
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    Fox Troubles

    We've been having an issue lately (though not one we haven't had before). We free range our chickens and ducks, and we've seen foxes come around every now and then, but we seem to have a particularly bold one this time. About a week ago, I heard the distressed quacking of a duck being attacked...
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    Ducks, pond and snapping turtles question

    Just recently I discovered the hard way that they DO eat ducks. And attack them as well. We had to amputate a toe off a duck about a month ago, and less than half an hour ago I see a suspicious lump in the middle of the pond. I figured out it was one of our ducks, an Indian Runner duck named...
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    Mangled Duck Foot

    Here are the pictures. It's been a little over 2 weeks?
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    Mangled Duck Foot

    Unfortunately I experienced something MUCH like this even recently with one of my ducks. She's eating, drinking and getting around fine now but I'm still worried about the foot. We found her by our pond and she just let us walk right up to her, and her foot was a bloody mess, and we do have...
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