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    Silkie chick with sore feet

    Oh no, so sorry for your loss. It's so frustrating when you try your best and spend so much time caring for them and just as they seem to be getting better something else happens. Kept her indoors with a close eye on her today. Soaked her feet in epsom salts, rubbed vaseline & antiseptic cream...
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    Silkie chick with sore feet

    How's your girl doing riverlane91? Afraid my little silkie isn't too good at the mo. After treating her legs daily with vaseline the white scabs from the leg mites dropped off and she seemed to be getting better. But she was still having a little difficulty walking which has gradually got...
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    Silkie chick with sore feet

    Just wanted to say a BIG thank you to SunkenRoadFarms, I followed your advise and my little silkie is doing much better. I treated the entire flock at the same time. The worse one still has a couple of small scabs left but I'm treating her daily still. She's walking around a bit more now but...
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    Silkie chick with sore feet

    Thanks, will stock up on the Vaseline & treat them all
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    Silkie chick with sore feet

    Just returned from holiday & noticed one of my silkies is having trouble walking, as if her feet are sore. Picked her up & her legs & feet are covered in a hard white scabs. She's also spent most of the day sat in the nesting box, don't think she's roosting on the bars at night!! Could this b...
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    Duck owners in England (uk)

    Hi Little Witch We're fellow duck keepers in the UK. We're in Lancashire & have a every expanding family of 12 Aylesbury ducks, 10 Silkie chicks, 2 Barnacle geese & fresh out of the incubator this week another 22 Aylesbury ducklings. You'll love this site, there's always somebody on hand to...
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    Duck has swollen belly - any suggestions???

    Yeah my squatters are Mallards, they let me know they were checking out at 6am again this morning - it's almost as if they're saying 'yipee, another night of free board & lodgings' QUAAAAACCCKKKK!! as they flew over my bedroom - lol x Glad to report my little girl is improving every day, think...
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    Duck has swollen belly - any suggestions???

    oh almost forgot to mention - I've had her in a tub of water for about 10 mins in the mornings, she's had a good splash around, seems to be really enjoying it and think she's preening better now as the water seemed to run of her feathers and not soak in!!
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    Duck has swollen belly - any suggestions???

    Thanks to everyone for your advice & support while I've been caring for this little one. Good News, for the last couple of days I've been putting her into the shed at the side of the pond during the day (door is open with a cage across so she can't get out but can still see & hear the others)...
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    Duck has swollen belly - any suggestions???

    Thanks again Miss Lydia, will try rotating the others a bit more with her tomorrow
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    Duck has swollen belly - any suggestions???

    Just a update, my little duck has now spent a week in the shed with another duck for company. The shed is right next to the pond so during the day I've been opening the door and putting a cage in front of the door, so they can have fresh air, see the other ducks but can't get out. Because the...
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    Duck has swollen belly - any suggestions???

    She seemed a lot better this morning - think the company of the other duck is doing her the world of good!! I had been bringing another duck in on a evening but the company duck seemed more stressed out than poorly duck and this seemed to make her worse - so haven't brought another one in for a...
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    Duck has swollen belly - any suggestions???

    Its a natural pond, has fresh running water. Drains down from the hills into the main pond which then drains out into a overflow pond on our land - not exactly sure where it drains out to from there!!! It's certainly been a roller coaster ride with her, she's been up and down these last couple...
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    Duck has swollen belly - any suggestions???

    The X-ray showed that there weren't any metal objects in her little body, vet thinks it maybe some toxic in the pond! To test specifically for lead costs more money, given lots of vitamins & antibiotics and seeing small improvements so gonna give her a couple more days and see how she is!! My...
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    Duck has swollen belly - any suggestions???

    Sssshhhh, I'm hiding the vet bills at the mo!! Daren't tell my boyfriend how much its costing - the vet assures me that if it is lead poisoning then it's totally curable, so the money spent will be worth it, fingers crossed
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