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    Scared Saxonies

    I'm trying to crawl on hands and knees, they only come to me when I give them water and they are a bit reluctant to drink when I'm around. I tried treats the other day using grass and they won't take it unless I back of a few feet.
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    Scared Saxonies

    I got saxonies from holdereads last weekish. Well they are about 2 weeks old. They are deathly afraid of and I don't know why. Whenever I walk near them they crowd in a corner and sometimes step on each other, one duckling was squashed in the bedding. Today I cleaned their kiddie pool brooder...
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    When can I stop feeding my ducklings nonmedicated feed?

    Ducks can never be fed mediated feed.
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    Ideal Hatchery

    Quote: If you want quality ducks and geese go with holdereads, metzers is a close second, they have good prices but holderead has harder to find breeds and all ship in great health.
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    Lock your ducks up @ night! - Very Discouraged... (slightly graphic)

    I know the treatment is used on people and cows, not sure if I'd try the peach twig treatment on a duck, but its your call, the twigs have phosphorus which is a mild insecticide.
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    Lock your ducks up @ night! - Very Discouraged... (slightly graphic)

    Quote: Your duck has myiasis, parasitic maggot infection. I don't think peroxide will help. Take the duck to a vet, what you can do first is try to remove most of the eggs and maggots with forcepts. The vet will take over and will use a mild insecticide for good measure. I do not know of any...
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    Lock your ducks up @ night! - Very Discouraged... (slightly graphic)

    Quote: Your duck has myiasis, parasitic maggot infection. I don't think peroxide will help. Take the duck to a vet, what you can do first is try to remove most of the eggs and maggots with forcepts. The vet will take over and will use a mild insecticide for good measure. I do not know of any...
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    Saxony breeding

    The Duck ABC's : I keep 8 girls for each drake and fertility runs very high. The boys are very possessive and will pick fights with each other. A 1 to 3 ratio is a dream with Saxonies. Having a 1-3 will stress out the girls and their fertility will go down. I would shoot for at least a 1...
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    Broody Australorp hatching chicks and ducklings

    Mediated chick starter is fatal to ducklings, I use dumor nonmedicated chick starter and I supplement a 500mg niacin pill to my waterer along with chick Electrolytes, my ducklings are growing big with no ill health. you can use chicken hens to hatch ducklings so long as the hen is treated for...
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    Saxony breeding

    I just got 10 saxony ducks from holderead. I was wondering what your breeding arrangements are. I read that each male can require 3 females. I haven't sexed them but ideally I would like to propagate two lines if possible.
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