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Injured duck
So sorry to hear and see the damage from the Goanna : ( A large goanna spooked my guineas, and later I found them in a very high tree. They came home that night and I penned them, and closed the high trap door, that they and the peafowl use. The next day I saw the large goanna near the pen, and...- Moon888
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- Forum: Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures
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Injured duck
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- Forum: Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures
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Please Help! 😭 2 ducks have died & now 3rd one is also sick with a bleeding prolapse
My birds (peafowl, ducks, hens and guineas) to date have not had prolapse, and I make sure that I give them oyster shells and sometimes crushed chicken egg shells (calcium). My birds freerange whenever it is not too rainy (we have had excessive rainy weather over the past few of years in AU?)... -
Please Help! 😭 2 ducks have died & now 3rd one is also sick with a bleeding prolapse
I have read that if an egg is stuck inside your duck, she may prolapse. People have mentioned giving them calcium ... in the form of powder, crushed oyster shell, and even crushed chicken shell ... I hope I am correct in what I say (as I am replying from memory of past reads) -
Sudden Prolapse Death
The "pee" on the blanket turned out to be egg yold, dark yellow. So it appears that the pea hen died because she could not pass the egg, and this caused the pretty bad prolapse ... excuse the graphics (for educational purposes only)- Moon888
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PEAFOWL AGES?
Thank you for your response. The large pen that the peafowl were locked in for over a week is absolutely critter proof; the trap door (1.4m off the ground and 0.6x.05m wide opening) is again open so that they may come and go ... however, they are not moving out. I put the peacock out and he... -
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PEAFOWL AGES?
Hello Everyone, Just an update on Rajah and Rhini ... Rhini still has "dropped" flight feathers which apparently indicates that she is either wanting to lay or has laid an egg ... Well, it has been over a week since I locked both of them into the pen, and there is no sign of eggs. Yesterday I... -
PEAFOWL AGES?
Hi Everyone, Today I observed Rajah's dance and noticed that he was slightly more assertive, and Rhini was sticking around a bit more. I also noticed that Rhini's wings were drooping towards the ground (as per shared pics). So tonight, once they had gone back inside their pen, I closed the trap... -
PEAFOWL AGES?
Okay, so there is hope ... I will keep an eye on them, and also look deeper in the woods for a nest or eggs : ) Funny how the peahens seem so disinterested. I watched a few videos on the mating and saw how the peahen crouches down just before the pounce. Rhini has been walking around, showing a... -
PEAFOWL AGES?
Thank you for your amazing response ... yes, they would have been locked in during the winter months. Unfortunately I let the ducks nest in the box that we created for Rhini to lay in. Rhini did not seem interested in this box and the ducks were laying eggs all over the place. So I locked them... -
PEAFOWL AGES?
Thank you for that ... seems Rhini's spurs are not over sized, so perhaps she is not too old : ) However, it seems that spurs are not always an accurate way of telling age : ) -
PEAFOWL AGES?
Thank you for that, I will watch out for the feathers dropping down : ) She has been showing a little interest (about once a day) by walking around him whilst he displays ... I watched for ages today and he does not push forward and she does not crouch? -
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PEAFOWL AGES?
THANK YOU for your kind and helpful response : ) When the peahen laid an egg within the first month of bringing them here, they were locked up whilst we made them a more "critter proof" peafowl house. The one and only egg was moved from the hollow, and two days later disappeared (no shell seen...