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    Bumblefoot, New Ideas on Treatment with pictures

    Thank you! I definitely would rather knock it out but it's good to know that if I need to skip a day for any reason it won't set me back either (just drag it out). I'm getting this iodine on my way home today!
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    Bumblefoot, New Ideas on Treatment with pictures

    Hello, friends! I randomly decided to check my duck feets and found a bumble on my sweetest girl (thank goodness as the other girls are much harder to handle). It looks like a very typical bumble, no heat and is not causing her pain yet. So, I've been irrigating it with veticeryn and...
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    Am I switching to layer feed to early?

    LOL!!! "hop on top"... I don't have any males so, I'm not sure what their mating behavior will be like. I have Storey's guide, I will make sure to reread and see exactly what it says! My girls are probably about 4 pounds a piece (not that they let me hold them much at all, so that is a TOTAL...
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    Am I switching to layer feed to early?

    Unfortunately, I have had no luck finding even all flock or water fowl feeds in a reasonable portion. My TSC has SMALL bags only (why bother selling only small bags, I don't even get it), which would just be too costly :( I appreciate the suggestion though and will continue to search! I do...
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    Am I switching to layer feed to early?

    Thank you! I went ahead and exchanged what I got for the starter grower. But I think you're on to something and I plan on getting the layer feed again in just a few more weeks to start mixing and slowly switching them over. I don't know why I didn't think of that... it's never good to switch...
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    Am I switching to layer feed to early?

    My Golden 300 Hybrid layers are going to be 16 weeks old on Monday the 20th and I'm about out of their start & grow and so, I think I only need a little more to get them through until I'm supposed to switch to layer feed and my TSC only sells 35+ lb bags of the feed, so I don't want to buy way...
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    4 day old weak, small duckling...

    Update: I think she is going to be fine! She is eating and drinking lots now! I think she is even getting a little bigger. She is still way behind the other girls but getting more active and not letting them push her out of the food and water. I am definitely going to find some of that...
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    4 day old weak, small duckling...

    Thank you!!! I will keep this in mind and not be forceful... the last thing I want it is to make her miserable or worse...
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    4 day old weak, small duckling...

    Thank you for all the support and advice! I think the vitamins and electrolytes and a bit of forced water drinking is helping. I'm sure we're not out of the woods yet but she has started eating and drinking a little on her own! Still weak but I didn't expect her to rebound in a matter of...
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    4 day old weak, small duckling...

    When I went home on my lunch break with the electrolytes, that was the first time I'd seen her not eat at all. I can't say if she's pooping or not, I will try to pay attention but I've honestly not witnessed any of them pooping... it's just everywhere (and I clean it up 3-4 times a day). Like...
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    4 day old weak, small duckling...

    Hello, my 5 female Golden 300 Hybrid Layer ducklings hatched from Metzer Farms in CA on Monday and arrived to me on Wednesday morning. 4 of them are doing wonderful but one now appears smaller than the others, tired and is now not eating or drinking much. I went and got some electrolytes today...
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