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    Mother mallard hatched duckling under den with a rat

    definitely trying to get that nasty critter. Can it give the ducks diseases? If so I didn't know. Also what signs would show the ducks have the illness. Even tho we took the babies she would except them if we put them together?thank u
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    Mother mallard hatched duckling under den with a rat

    Our mother Mallard has a nest under the den that is outside. We have been trying to fight a rat away we boarded up all edges and everything else but he has tunnels everywhere. Last night we realize she had her ducklings. The rat had already taken one she had six in all. We ended up taking the 5...
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    5-6week old Cayuga

    We have been trying catch or kill the rat.because on mallard has a nest under the den so we don't want it to kill her babies when hatch which is any day now. We have trieda have a heart train rate traps but its pretty smart n is not getting caught.
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    5-6week old Cayuga

    I have a wooden framed pen which I cover with a large piece of wood. It has fencing tacked to it we have one rat that is under our den. Do you think it's safe to put them out? The other four we had didn't get bothered until the were out in the open n it was a predator that takes heads that...
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    5-6week old Cayuga

    Lol. I couldn't find where my other posts are, I'm only seeing this one. I'm pretty new to the group. I used this over the winter on a frost bite situation.
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    5-6week old Cayuga

    They are in a tote with duck water dish food. I put the in tub every other day. I have been raising ducks for five yrs. Always same routine. First in tote then out back in large fenced in covered box and slowly introduced into large flock of 28 n two geese. Never had predator problem till this...
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    5-6week old Cayuga

    I put them in the tub every other day. We have a large flock outside so we have to slowly introduce them.
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    5-6week old Cayuga

    I have two five to six week cayuga's two females. When I first got them they were just a few days old. At first I had very fine shavings almost like sawdust, now I have better shavings that are less Dusty. One of the cayugas has a swollen nostril and sneezes once in awhile. They both are going...
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    5-6week old Cayuga

    I have two five week old Cayuga's, they are both growing fairly. One is a little smaller than the other, it also has one nostril that is swollen. When we got them at less than a week old we had more like sawdust shavings but have changed them. The one that has the swollen nostril sneezes a very...
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    5-6week old Cayuga

    We got two female Cayuga's at two to three days old. They are growing well just one is a little smaller. i clean them twice a day and they are feed well along with watered. I'm a little concerned due to one that sneezes a little and has one swollen nostril. There is no leakage or running eyes...
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    duck injured how do I tell if has broken leg foot bones?

    duck injured how do I tell if has broken leg foot bones?
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    Duck injured

    One of my Runners had gotten stuck in our fence yesterday attempting to fly over. He got his leg stuck and we didn't find him until after we got home from work. He is in a small confined area right now out with his friends or you can see everybody so he's not under a lot of stress about not...
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    Duck injured

    One of my runner got hung up on our fencing by her feet, she is now not walking. She is holding her feet behind her. She was hanging, not sure how long. Im wondering if there is a way to tell if she broke any bones or dislocated any. She is confined in a small cage we had made, she can see her...
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    duck with frostbite

    I let him out the other day. Hes doing great! Thank you soo much. Know we have a possum eating there food n he was In the den tonight I had to scoot him out with a stick lol. He doesn't bother the duck he's quite funny.
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    duck with frostbite

    hi there, its accually 43 right know not 30s that was earlier.. Lol, so i was going to see what your opinion on maybe letting Mr. Khaki out. I think he's missing his friends and he's only in a small cage inside. I do get to let him out into the breeze way that is a large area. Thank you
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