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    Need advice... Mallard duck sitting on nest

    Mallards are wild the temperature will not be an issue I am in Michigan, they have a coop and a heat lamp, but the mallards do not use it. They say out side on a little straw.
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    Need advice... Mallard duck sitting on nest

    I have a female mallard that does the same thing. They are wild by nature and I let her say on the eggs. The first year all 6 hatched but were quickly eaten by predators. This year I let her sit again and she hatched 12 we still have 11 of them she learned how to protect the young. I am always...
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    Will My Ducks Get Friendlier?

    Hi I have 4 of them they are stand offish and my least favorite of all my birds. I have 12 blue runners 16 mallards and 19 Guineas. They are all better birds than the black and whites. I read the same thing I don't get it. Paul
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    Mallards

    Hello I posted earlier in the year, my mallards hatched 12 little ones. 11 of the made it the only issue is they are quite wild. They stay a good 20 feet away from us and will not go in the run or coupe. Only at times during the day to eat. They spend their nights on the pond and around it...
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    Fox in the hen house

    Thank you I think I am more traumatized than the ducks, it was a horrible experience. I raised all of the little ones in the house and just isolated them in the run to get acquainted with the flock. I had them fenced off with no place to go! Paul
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    Fox in the hen house

    Hello I have a huge run and a wonderful coup for my ducks and Guineas'. I let them fee range during the day. I lost 1 Guinea last week in the day time. Yesterday I lost 6-7 Guineas, 4 ducklings and 2 adult ducks. They were all acting funny and would not go in at night. As it turns out there...
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    HELP!!!! antibiotic for duckling

    I had the same problem last year. I crushed up Niacin pills and mixed it in the water. Along with electrolytes, in about a week he was 100%\. I am not an expert but crushing up one pill 100Mg in a gallon of water did the trick. Good luck
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    Mallard ducklings

    Hello My female mallard has nested under a pine in my yard and does not come in at night. She did that last year and hatched 5 little ones, after 3 weeks they were all eaten. She has just hatched little ones again. Should I take them and raise them or will she get smarter and raise them with...
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    Birds dying

    They have fresh food always. I have never wormed them, and they are still laying. I think the one in the coop most likley hit its head good point, I have old ladders in there the roost on near the roof. What do I do to worm them. Paul
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    Birds dying

    Hi I have had a flock of 12 birds i am down to 6 now. in the last month we have lost 2 for no reason the just acted sick one day and the next morning was dead today I found another one in the coop dead, it never even seemed sick. Any ideas? They free range all day and are in a large coop with...
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    Just got guineas

    Hello I am not an expert butt I have 11 of them, I hope you like noise. If you leave the coop open it will be stripped clean in a week. I built mine off the ground with air gaps between the plank and use deep hay. I feed them chicken scratch meal worms and the like lettuce as well. I do no...
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    Help sick duckling

    Thank you for the help, my little one is doing much better and growing quickly
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    Help sick duckling

    It is amazing the others huddle around it as to protect it. I am going to try to the vitamins, I will keep all updated.
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    Help sick duckling

    Thanks for the help It does eat and drink,I have them on chick starter it is a blue runner or possibly a mix of runner and mallard. I took it from mom of 6 ducklings only 2 have survived they keep stepping on them and killing them. They are in the kitchen in a large reptile type aquirum with...
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    Help sick duckling

    Hello I posted a picture of ,y 1 day old that hatched in our coop last week Sunday. The little guy is not growing as he should,sits all the time and is limping when he walks. He looks like he is very sick. Any suggestions? Should I take him into a vet can they help? Thank you Paul
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