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    duckling with deformed beak, and lots of smelly gas...

    That is correct. No breeding for her just in case it is genetic. All her 10 siblings turned out normal.
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    duckling with deformed beak, and lots of smelly gas...

    She was hatched in an incubator and there may have been fluctuations while I was out of town. I had to help her out of shell and work hard to keep her alive at first but I’m glad I did. She comes into the house and sits with me. She does everything else with rest of flock and seems real happy.
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    duckling with deformed beak, and lots of smelly gas...

    She gets separated from the rest of the flock for breakfast and dinner because she needs a bowl of pellets that she can scoop up and eat. It takes her about 20 mins to get all she wants down her throat. She drinks normally. Then she rejoins the flock. She is happy.
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    duckling with deformed beak, and lots of smelly gas...

    Update: Mugsy turned out to be a beautiful female. She is about 7 months now.
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    Call Duckling Beak Deformity

    Hello Angela, How is your little duckling with deformed beak? Mine is doing good and has gained just over 1 oz since I posted (it has doubled in weight). It has a hard time eating from a food bowl so I hold it on my lap and cup the food in my hand and that works best but it takes about half...
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    duckling with deformed beak, and lots of smelly gas...

    Here is another photo. here is another photo from the next day…
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    Call Duckling Beak Deformity

    Hello Angela, I think your little one will be fine if it is eating and drinking. You can see my little call duckling with a more severe bill problem in this post if you wish. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/duckling-with-deformed-beak-and-lots-of-smelly-gas.1521595/#post-25624619...
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    duckling with deformed beak, and lots of smelly gas...

    Thank you WVduckchick. Yes, he is a snowy call duck and his full name is Mugsy Malone. I'm playing with soupy food to see what works, and trying to gently align beak which seems to not be working yet.
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    duckling with deformed beak, and lots of smelly gas...

    Thank you. I will play more with soupy food. I have been doing the gentle pressure to align beak more. It didn't seem to be making a difference yet but I will keep trying. I was feeding tuna because it was easy for him to break off a flaky piece and because it has niacin. I'm wondering if...
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    duckling with deformed beak, and lots of smelly gas...

    Hello. My call duckling has a deformed beak, lots of gas, stands all the time.... looking for any ideas about what to do. Pics of Mugsy attached.... 1. Their was a piece of beak missing and it only had 1 nostril. It has become worse and very scissor looking. 2. Mugsy has lots of smelly gas...
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    I finally joined after reading info on BYC for years...

    Hello, I have had chickens and ducks for 4 years and frequently find useful info on BYC. Right now I have several snowy call ducks that hatched and more in the incubator.... Last year Momma Quack hatched out 5 (with assistance from me) out of 10. I also have 1 khaki campbell duck, 2...
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