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    Lucas, my special needs duck

    Hey everyone! Just an update on Lucas, my special not so little splayed legged duck! I’ve learned he’s a bit big/older for an easy correction, so we’ve been improvising and had success so far. We have been using a alightly stretchy material that we make a circle then knot high on one leg...
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    Is worming necessary?

    I use food grade diatomaceous earth for my chickens every few months. It works great, don’t have to worry about the side effects of medications, and I just mix it in with their food :)
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    My Island Of Misfit Ducks

    I seem to be a magnet for what my daughter terms “oddballs”... this will be the 4th duck that has come home with me that has had an issue... happily I am learning (with much thanks to many of you) to help them as much as possible, and and 2 of the 4 have actually recovered and will be normal...
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    Anyone in WV???

    I am in Raleigh County WV :)
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    Lucas, my special needs duck

    Thanks everyone- After hearing all the suggestions, I asked around for a vet that sees birds. I can get a consultation for Lucas for a reasonable price. He still gets around pretty well but tires out easily, but he’s not even 4 months old yet.... And honestly if this is common for ducks, it’s a...
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    Lucas, my special needs duck

    I am trying to figure out exactly what the underlying issue is with Lucas. He came home with about 35 other ducklings... one had issues with being pigeon toed, but with increased niacin in the diet the problem has mostly been corrected. They were all hatched back in late January, early February...
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    Anyone in WV???

    Sadly, yes. I really thought that would be the answer. But no joy.
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    Anyone in WV???

    I am in Coal City, just outside of Beckley in Southern West Virginia. I have about 60 chickens of various ages, a dozen ducks, and 40 ducklings... I do have a question- is there nowhere in state that sells grown ducks? I’m finding it all but impossible to find any grown pairs or Laying females...
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    Duck with Dissociative Identity Disorder

    That’s what I was afraid of. I hate to pen them up when their is so much room for them to wander, (they generally have free reign of many acres) but I just don’t see how else to get him to completely reassociate with just the ducks.
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    Duck with Dissociative Identity Disorder

    I have a Pekin drake that lost its companion (twice) as a ducking. He ended up around chickens for the first few months. He even survived a raccoon bite that has given him the name ‘Scarface’. It was a traumatic first few months for the little guy. Finally I was able to get some other...
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    New girl on old farm

    I decided to join this forum after finding helpful answers every here every time I have a problem with one of my flock. I moved to my children’s great grandpa’s farm a couple years back- he used to be an egg farmer back in the 40s. It still has a few of the buildings and some of the things he...
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