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    Confusingly Ill Goose

    I have a white chinese who's about 4 years old. Over the past 6 months, he's been slowly losing weight, despite grazing all day every day on poultry feed and greens. When I first noticed his weight loss, it was cold out and I assumed he would plump up as there were more plants available. At one...
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    A real shame. (Warning: Graphic photo.)

    I have a really worrying update. First of all, her last clutch didn't hatch. She eventually stopped sitting for two days, just long enough for them to die. She's on a new clutch now. I just got home to find blood trails around the barn. The same duck, it seems, ripped open yet ANOTHER egg with...
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    Is there a name for this color?

    Some things have changed since last year. They became fantastic foragers. Pretty amazing flyers too. I've never seen such a survival savvy group of animals. One of the males was hit by a car last week. His sister and remaining brother were so lost without him. They began visiting the...
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    Mama Mallard Depressed

    Oh dear...that's horrible. >< I've never heard of something like that happening. My first thought in regards to helping her would be buying her a pair of ducklings to take care of or placing some new eggs in her nest, but if this predator is still around, I'd be terribly worried about it...
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    A real shame. (Warning: Graphic photo.)

    That'd make since...it seems my girl's temperament is extremely passive aggressive, until she can't take it...She had showed no signs of disliking me touching the eggs, until that moment. Hn. Thank you, though. At least I learned something today. Hopefully next time I can read her better.
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    A real shame. (Warning: Graphic photo.)

    Hn, it really is. This is my first fetal loss. I'd be more ok with it if I understood why my muscovy (Abba) ripped the egg out of my hand and destroyed it. She's been really motherly to these eggs aside from that moment...
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    A real shame. (Warning: Graphic photo.)

    It seems so, yeah. He was still alive when the picture was taken, but seemed to pass a few moments after.
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    A real shame. (Warning: Graphic photo.)

    My muscovy hen is working on her first clutch, and it has not been going well. First the other ducks disturbed her nest, so she moved it, losing three eggs. Now I checked on her eggs myself, and noticed one had a crack. I was excited! Well, the hen ripped the egg out of my hand and bit into it-...
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    Just days old, and already has bumbles.

    Hi guys. Yesterday I went to the local farm supply store, and ended up walking out with their last gosling. A cute little white chinese. However, it seems he/she was the only gosling in there for some time, because it's been picked on. Eyes are watery from pecking, was a little dehydrated and...
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    INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

    Thanks so much! I'll definitely give them a call.
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    INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

    Hey guys, I'm looking for an avian vet in north east Indiana. One of my ducks had a toe amputated by a snapping turtle last summer, and though I thought it healed correctly, there's some odd stuff going on with it now. Could someone point me in the right direction? My own search has turned up...
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    Ducks Vibrating Their Necks

    I've seen that multiple times- I've taken to thinking of it as a really aggressive action. My pekins in particular are prone to this. When they see a new duck invading their area, they do this before lashing out to bite hard or shove with their beaks. The vibrating stops when the new ducks are...
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    Our first egg! But- (Is this normal?)

    I'm really prone to worrying, so this may be an overreaction, but the duck who laid this egg is whimpering quite a bit. She's the smallest of my pekins and about 10 months old. She isn't exactly the tamest duck, but I brought her inside for a warm half hour bath and am waiting for help to check...
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    Concerning an intestinal blockage

    Thank you so much Amiga, you're always such a huge help. Since your post I've given him an epsom flush and some medication against parasites. He's passing small, firm amounts of 'normal' poo now between puddles of uric acid, so it seems to have helped a little. I'll admit I've never given my...
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    Concerning an intestinal blockage

    Boris is a [jumbo?] pekin of about two years. I adopted him in November I believe from a member here on BYC along with a friend. For a few days now, I've noticed Boris' feces have become little more than white liquid. After some searching, I've decided that his symptoms and appearance match up...
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