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Battery cage hens not doing well! Help!
yes, I think that's a good idea - I got dewormer pellets last week and just haven't used them yet. Thanks!- MrsClucky
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Battery cage hens not doing well! Help!
We adopted 11 ex battery cage hens in November of last year. Needless to say, they were a mess: skinny, half feathered, and ravenous all the time. They improved quite a bit and have been doing quite well until the last couple months or so. They are all losing feathers again but I don't think...- MrsClucky
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Pigeon-toed duckling! Will they straighten out?
they had a vitamin/electrolyte supplement in their water for the first few weeks - I'll make sure it has niacin and continue to add. I haven't seen her legs shake, she's just horribly pigeon-toed. She CAN get around - especially when she wants to get away from me And other than he feet, she... -
Pigeon-toed duckling! Will they straighten out?
Hi everybody-- I posted this question a couple of weeks ago but I'm getting more and more worried about Doris. She's a Pekin duckling, now about 5 weeks old and severely pigeon-toed. She steps on her own feet, has a lot of trouble walking and sits down most of the time. Last time I posted, a... -
Pekin duckling appears pigeon-toed! Is this normal?
Thank you, Kmoreau! That's a huge relief. And your the first person I've seen on this site who listed husband first! -
Pekin duckling appears pigeon-toed! Is this normal?
Doris is about three weeks old and her feet are both pointed in and overlap, making walking tricky for her. She steps on her own feet. She seems to sit an awful lot. She's in the house, in a big sheep trough with another duckling (a Buff who walks normally), hay for bedding, brooder lamp -... -
do ducklings' wings go bald before they get their feathers?
Oh, I'm relieved! Thank you! And you're not kidding about mess-makers... -
do ducklings' wings go bald before they get their feathers?
I have two two-week-old ducklings, a Pekin and a Buff. They both appear to be very healthy and active - good appetites, eyes clear, etc. The Pekin has lost about half of her down on her little wings and has sparse down on the back of her neck. The Buff has lost a tiny bit of down on her wings... -
Help! Newly adopted ducks are gone!
Thank you all so much for your very kind words. I really, really appreciate them. And I will indeed seek a pal for Edgar - I would prefer to adopt an unwanted adult duck (all my other animals are rescues). In the meantime, he's hanging out with the chickens and I'll keep an eye out for the... -
Help! Newly adopted ducks are gone!
Thank you, Calea, that IS good to hear! Gives me more hope for them. -
Help! Newly adopted ducks are gone!
Sadly, no. They weren't even in the pond when we went over yesterday about 6:00. Went again this morning and they weren't there but when I was walking home, three small brown mallards flew out of another neighbor's field, staying very low to the ground, and flew off to a foresty area. I can't... -
Help! Newly adopted ducks are gone!
I think they're Mallards or Mallard mixes. And I'm very concerned about raccoons. My husband and neighbor are going to help me catch them this evening. I don't have high hopes for that but we'll try our best. The neighbor whose pond they're in has ducks of her own but they've never discovered... -
Help! Newly adopted ducks are gone!
thank you for all the replies! I hope they get hungry and come home - but isn't there an awful lot for a duck to eat in a pond? -
Help! Newly adopted ducks are gone!
I'm hoping they come home - they did yesterday about 6:00 p.m. which is why I made the mistake of letting them out again. I just assumed that they'd slipped through the fence by mistake and had come back after looking around the empty pasture on the other side. I thought it was a fluke - had no... -
Help! Newly adopted ducks are gone!
I have left a trail of food from my neighbor's property to mine. I don't think I can catch them. When I saw them, they immediately went into the overgrowth around the pond. It's impenetrable. Is there any way to lure them into a crate? I can't think of anything more enticing to them than that pond.