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    Broken pin feather

    Worried that the other ducklings will pick on her and cause it to bleed again…
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    Broken pin feather

    Seems like my 4 week old jumbo Peking has a broken pin feather. Vet is not in for another week. Bleeding has stopped, and she’s eating and drinking just fine. Just wondering how long I should keep her separated from the other ducklings to keep her as safe as possible…
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    Sick or stressed duckling?

    Update: Took Lemon to the vet and there was some swelling in her left leg. No breaks, no fractures, no tendon ruptures… so that’s great news! Vet is confident that the vomiting and not eating is due to stress. Gave us some anti inflammatory to give to her and will check back on Thursday...
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    Sick or stressed duckling?

    We do not free feed the fruit. It is used as a treat, like the grubs. We are using brewers yeast for the niacin intake. Yes. By cold, I do mean negative (Celsius) temps. My mistake, we are actually using hemp straw bedding. She hasn’t worsened. She is standing a little more steadily after...
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    Sick or stressed duckling?

    To add: Right before this started, we let them out for playtime and gave them finely chopped strawberry tops in water. Cleaned their brooder (fresh hay, water, and food), while they were playing and eating their treat. Sat down to play with them and that’s when we noticed the strange behavior...
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    Sick or stressed duckling?

    We feed all 7 of the ducklings Scratch & Peck grower crumbles mixed with herbs and nutritional yeast. We also introduced grit for the first time and they get grubs and fruit treats every now and again. They have unlimited access to food and water day and night. No outside time yet, as it has...
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    Sick or stressed duckling?

    Update: Lemon hasn’t vomited in over 5 hours. She still isn’t eating, and she is drinking very little electrolyte water. Her legs are extremely weak and she spreads her wings trying to stand, but can’t stand all the way up and falls back down…
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    Sick or stressed duckling?

    Waterer is deep enough to dunk their heads in. We tried to introduce swimming to them yesterday, and they did not love it. Brooder is inside our house.
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    Sick or stressed duckling?

    Hello! New member and new duck parent here. I have seven 5 week old magpie ducklings. One duckling, Lemon, was doing fine this morning and acting normal. At around noon, we noticed that she didn’t want anything to do with treats or playtime. She started to vomit water and we immediately put the...
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