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    Grieving Ducks

    Thank you, I’m sorry about your 2 ducks. Glad to know that your drake did okay by himself for a couple of weeks. My remaining duck, Faye, is very vocal right now when she sees us or hears us but seems to settle down when I sit and hang out near her so I’m doing that when I can to help her be...
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    Grieving Ducks

    I’m so sorry for your loss. Thank you so much for sharing your experience!
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    Grieving Ducks

    Thank you. I am heartbroken. I loved them very much.
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    Grieving Ducks

    I lost 2 of our 3 beautiful girls two nights ago. One was killed by a raccoon, the other injured and we had to have her put down at the emergency vet. It was a very traumatic experience for me. I’m feeling horrible guilt because I didn’t realize they weren’t penned up that night. For 5 years...
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    Duck eye infection?

    Hi there, thanks for the reminder, Isaac. Faye’s eye has healed, but it is still cloudy. I think her injury resulted in cataracts in that eye, unfortunately. Not sure if we had done things differently if that would have made any difference. She seems to be able to see out of that eye but not...
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    Duck eye infection?

    Hi Miss Lydia, Yes she is acting normally- eating well, laying eggs and foraging with the other girls. I changed all the bedding in her pen and am making sure she has clean water to dunk her head in.
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    New to keeping ducks

    Hello, I just made my first post today and thought I should also introduce myself. My partner and I have 3 beautiful Ancona ducks. We are urban homesteaders with lots to learn. We’ve had our girls just over a year and they are wonderful- such a joy to have around!
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    Duck eye infection?

    Hello, My girl Faye has an eye problem. We’ve been treating it and it seems to have been improving but looks very strange. Has anyone ever seen this? Not sure what happened- one morning just over a week ago when we let her out of the pen I noticed her eye was closed. We used Vetericyn eye...
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