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    Duck missing eye.

    So, I’ve been rinsing several times a day with the vetricyn, but it’s most definitely infected, and as it’s been awhile since I’ve needed to get antibiotics, I have only just learned that you can no longer get them at feed stores without a vet RX!! Anyone know of any other ways to get...
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    Duck missing eye.

    Thank you. I actually have blu kote as well, I wonder if it would work any better.
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    Duck missing eye.

    Hey guys, You know that “when it rains it pours” thing? Yeah, I’m underwater, I already was, had a broody duck during a hurricane who refused to move. (She managed to hatch 6 fresh babies hatched over the weekend) Then we had a whole paycheck snafu, lost all the fridges and freezers worth in an...
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    The adventures of L & D & the bad hatch

    These are the newbies. Ones colored almost like my black Swede babies, but the face and beak are off. Also they have tiny feet, and seem much smaller than my usual ducklings… like, mine are this tiny for maybe the first day or two but that’s it. Is it possible that maybe they’re call ducklings...
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    The adventures of L & D & the bad hatch

    Thank you. I’m getting over it slowly, but I’m terrified of it happening again now. My neighbor brought me two ducklings as her way of trying to help (I have no idea what they are or where they came from) the other day. I’ve been watching them like hawks, and literally sifting the big chunks...
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    The adventures of L & D & the bad hatch

    Ughhh how horrible! I hope they took it back! I feel like the quality control for fowl feed might not be the best.
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    The adventures of L & D & the bad hatch

    Thank you. I can’t stop flashing back to it, it was awful. No, they hadn’t been outside yet, just in the brooder and in an enclosure in my living room.
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    The adventures of L & D & the bad hatch

    I’d actually thought of this. It might’ve worked. But…The entire brood of 12 all died several days ago. I’m absolutely devastated. And I have no idea WHAT happened. It’s like they were poisoned. Was brutally fast. L went a few hours before the rest-I wasn’t here when it happened and didn’t...
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    The adventures of L & D & the bad hatch

    Thanks. I’m encouraged by L’s progress and hoping I still have time to correct D’s issue-and that he will let me. I got him into the collar overnight finally but the splinting aspect didn’t last long because he managed to soak the 1/2 a cardboard tube I’ve been using (he can’t fit in the...
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    The adventures of L & D & the bad hatch

    Too everything off for swim time this evening. The bracing is definitely making a difference. It’s very obvious when L is next to D, the difference between bracing the neck and not bracing it The larger on the left and alone in the last pic is D. Tiny lil guy is L He’s very happy to get to be...
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    The adventures of L & D & the bad hatch

    Thank you!
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    The adventures of L & D & the bad hatch

    It’s funny you said that, I was thinking about bringing him with me to my next physiatrist appointment, and seeing if she has any thoughts. (Shes great, she would love the ducky visit.) My guess is muscles and such only because there’s always improvement after the collaring, but the longer I...
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    The adventures of L & D & the bad hatch

    Yeah. I’m hoping maybe folks here will have considerations I haven’t yet had about the topic, if I do decide to try it I want to make sure I’ve considered as many possible complications and issues as the collective here can think of.
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    The adventures of L & D & the bad hatch

    Thank you! A few people-including my mother and husband have said “maybe he’s not meant to live”. With this kind of thing, I tend to trust my instinct. It’s going to sound weird but I sometimes have a “feeling” with sick or disabled animals, about whether they want to live or are done-if that...
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    The adventures of L & D & the bad hatch

    One thing I forgot to ask- has anyone ever done any kind of traction with fowl? I feel like that would be the fastest most effective way to fix these kinds of neck issues. It’s not wry neck, they’re not floppy or particularly weak, just bent, both are stuck the same way they were stuck in the...
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