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    4 day old chick with bumblefoot

    I will try this, thank you!
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    4 day old chick with bumblefoot

    Sorry the second picture is a little blurry. It looks like classic bumblefoot, it’s just shocking to see it in such a young chick.
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    4 day old chick with bumblefoot

    I have a four day old chick with a red swollen foot/leg and what looks like a small bumble scab on the bottom of her foot. She’s heavily favoring the leg, and not coming out from under the brooder to eat or drink as often as the other chicks. I’m unwilling to cut her foot to drain the swelling...
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    Hot hot hot 🥵

    Do any of you keep water in their coop overnight? I never have because it’s so messy—but if it’s going to be in the high 80s overnight, I feel like maybe I should.
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    Hot hot hot 🥵

    Is anyone doing anything special for their ducks during this heat wave? The heat index here is getting up to 110, and I’m sure we’ll see worse heat waves this summer. At what point is the heat truly dangerous for ducks, even with plenty of water and shade?
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    Pekin leg amputation—what would you do?

    She seems to still be doing well! She has a limp that’s worse some days than others, but she gets around just fine and she doesn’t seem to be in pain. She loves swimming and peas and hanging out with the other ducks. Thanks for checking on her.
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    Midge's story : A feral hen's ability to adapt

    But who is the dad 🧐
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    Is this normal?

    Sometimes when they’re that young, they just fail to thrive, and there’s not really anything you can do to turn things around. I think it has something to do with genetics or how they develop in the egg.
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    My 6 mo old BR hen has something stuck in her throat

    Also, is it possible that it’s a tumor? I remember a post a while back where someone thought their hen’s throat was blocked and caused a lot of pain trying to massage it down/pull it out before realizing it was actually a tumor.
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    Avian influenza found in South Carolina

    I’m curious how long people are planning to keep their birds in flockdown? Especially those with less than ideal set ups, whose birds are in cramped quarters right now.
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    Wild or dumped ducks?

    If you end up going this route, here are a few tips: the door isn’t super useful since it’s hard for a duck to step over the lip, but most dog pens like this also have a spot where you can disconnect the walls as well. We realized that standing far away and tossing the treats into the dog pen...
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    Wild or dumped ducks?

    If she’ll come for food, could you try getting a mobile dog pen and luring her into it with treats? Something like this: We recently caught some dumped ducks in a park using this method, and I don’t think we ever could have caught them otherwise.
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    Duck Bumblefoot Up Into Leg

    Ouch, that looks painful. Our duck's foot also had a spot like that where it looked like pus was working it's way to the surface--eventually it burst. Once it opened up, I put decolorized iodine on it a few times, then left it alone. Metzer Farms recommends these antibiotics: "Different types...
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    Duck Bumblefoot Up Into Leg

    Oh, we also switched to a food that’s high in vitamin A, I read that bumblefoot is linked to vitamin A deficiency.
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    Duck Bumblefoot Up Into Leg

    Does the swollen spot feel hot? If so, I bet it is bumblefoot. We have a duck whose ankle looked similar: I ordered Baytril from the site linked in @Miss Lydia’s post. Our duck weighs 9 ish pounds. I gave her .6 ml twice a day for 7 days, which is a higher dose for longer than recommended, but...
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