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    Duck Water Overnight

    I put their water in a container like this with a lid and inside the larger tub to catch spill but they still manage to drag/dribble water out and get shavings absolutely SOAKED for half of their coop, so I have to change shavings constantly
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    Duck Water Overnight

    I put their water in a container like this, inside a larger plastic tub, but they still manage to dribble and spill water all over the surrounding shavings, so shavings in half of their coop is SOAKED
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    Duck Water Overnight

    Hi all, I know there are many threads about giving ducks water overnight but they didn’t answer my questions given my particular setup. I have 5 Rouen females. I live in Maine. The previous owners of our house had ducks and had a small room/coop at the back of the barn for them so I am using...
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    Duck Stumbling/Off Balance

    Thanks for the info and I’m sorry to hear about your girl’s struggles! All 5 of mine are producing eggs now. They started the last week of February. It seems staggered at this point so some days we have 5 eggs, some 3, some 4. We live in Maine so it’s still winter so they may not be fully up to...
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    Duck Stumbling/Off Balance

    Actually yeah that’s what I have, brewers yeast and it has some garlic in it, I gave them some this morning when I thought about niacin, just wasn’t sure how often I need to add that, I’ll look into it thanks!
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    Duck Stumbling/Off Balance

    I do have a garlic powder supplement designed for ducks that has extra niacin, I give it to them occasionally but not often. I know there’s niacin in the flock raiser feed, and I do give them all a scoop of peas every night or so when they go to bed. Only 1 of the ducks is having this stumbling...
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    Duck Stumbling/Off Balance

    Hi there, I have 5 Rouen ducks, about 9 months old. They are fed Purina Flock Raiser and they have plenty of water all day. Today I noticed one of them stumbling, like a see saw, forward and backward. She’s eating and drinking normally and moving around a lot. I’ve attached a video. Any ideas...
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    MRSA Infection from Ducks?

    I do wear gloves when cleaning their coop out but not when changing their food or water, or rinsing/cleaning the food/water bowls. I do use hand sanitizer regularly after handling their stuff and always wash up right when I come in, but maybe I’ll start wearing gloves for the whole thing, thanks!
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    MRSA Infection from Ducks?

    Yeah that’s what’s weird, I am very clean about the whole thing. I have a hand sanitizer caddy on the side of their pen and use it very often and then also wash up when I come in! Very strange. I just can’t think of any other reason why this is happening to me now after never having it before...
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    MRSA Infection from Ducks?

    Hi there, I have five 3-month old Rouen ducks. Within the past 2 months I’ve gotten a MRSA Staph skin infection which I’ve never had before. I had it during the month of august and it cleared up with antibiotics and special soap, but today it came back. The only new factor in my life has been...
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    Ducks Afraid of Sound of Rain on Coop Roof

    Thank you! I figured they would like the water aspect of it, they’re just new to it falling from the sky haha. Glad to know they’ll be ok :)
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    Ducks Afraid of Sound of Rain on Coop Roof

    Hi all, I have 5 Rouen ducks, 7 weeks old. I moved them outside to their coop on Friday and they are doing great. Today it’s raining for the first time and I noticed they aren’t going inside to stay dry or warm. I went into the coop (it’s a fully enclosed room at the back of our barn) and...
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    Ducklings seem stuffy

    They all seem good :) I was reading online that starting at 2 weeks their peeps might start to become a half peep half quack so I think that’s all it is. I’ve continued keeping their enclosure clean, they have a new waterer like the style you use, with holes in the lid of a Tupperware container...
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    Ducklings seem stuffy

    I have them on pine shavings and I clean out damp and poopy shavings a few times a day. I’ve also been laying down towels for them and those do get damp but I’ve also been changing those out a couple times a day and washing and putting clean dry ones in. Last night I removed the towels all...
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    Ducklings seem stuffy

    I’ve given them a slightly warm bath and some water in a deep dish so they can dunk their bills but a few of them still sound stuffy. Can ducks get a cold? Or is this just their voices changing? Their usual nasal whistling sounds slightly honky!
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