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    Drakes moulting or fighting?

    I just found it strange as they grew adult feathers in about 4 weeks ago and then began to moult and grow in new feathers.
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    Drakes moulting or fighting?

    Ok thank you, I’ll keep an eye on them though.
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    Drakes moulting or fighting?

    Just took a closer look at one of the drakes and I noticed a lot of new pin feathers coming in underneath the down. I found this strange as they cannot be moulting at 9 weeks old as you said. They were hatched quite late on so this might have something to do with it?
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    Drakes moulting or fighting?

    I have two drakes (both 9 weeks old) and I have noticed that they are dropping a lot of chest feathers over the past day or so. They have no green on their head so I suspected that they were just moulting into their adult breeding plumage as the female that hatched with them isn’t moulting at...
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    Breed?

    Pretty sure that is a Blue-Laced Red Wyandotte.
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    Protein levels in growing ducks?

    On the feed bag for the baby chick crumbs it says that: For waterfowl, goose/duck starter pellets OR baby chick crumbs can be fed up to 3/4, when birds should be gradually changed on to goose/duck finisher pellets. I admit that I was a week late between switching them over to grower feed, but...
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    Protein levels in growing ducks?

    Ok thank you, they look healthy and their legs are strong, I'll watch out for any signs of illness. I will add brewer's yeast to their feed if they look unwell.
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    Protein levels in growing ducks?

    I have not supplemented as the chick feed says it is suitable for waterfowl too, so I presumed that it would supply the right amount of niacin/other minerals for the ducklings without the need of niacin supplements.
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    Protein levels in growing ducks?

    I have 3 5 1/2 week old ducklings and I was wondering what the ideal protein level is for their age and if I need to lower the protein percentage. From day 1 to now they have been on Small Holder Range baby chick crumbs (17.5% protein), and now I am transitioning them onto Heygates duck and...
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    Pullet with injured eye, foaming.

    thank you very much for your feedback, I will completely quarantine her away from the other chickens to stop any spreading. this was an image from this morning. It has seemed to have got worse.
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    Pullet with injured eye, foaming.

    I recently got three new pullets, one of which is a Maran. Today I noticed that one of her eyes had been "stretched" where there was a big gap in her eye socket. There was no bleeding just some inflamed skin around the eye. I checked back about half an hour later and it had some clear bubbles in...
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    Juvenile duck with drooping wing?

    here's a good example of how the wing is always untucked. It doesn't flop out to the side like angel wing but sits on top of the back feathers.
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    Juvenile duck with drooping wing?

    I noticed it about 5 days ago when the white wing feathers properly started to come in.
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    Juvenile duck with drooping wing?

    it is always untucked unlike the other wing which is always tucked underneath the back feathers.
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    Juvenile duck with drooping wing?

    here's one from the back in comparison to the left wing and one from the side.
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