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    found my cayuga duckling dead???

    Everybody else is doing fine. Trust me i have checked on them alot more. Consdiering they are in the livingroom., lol I know it could be just one of those things. I had lost a meat chick a day os so before. They are in a separate box also in the livingroom. but he had fluid on his chest...
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    Five-week-old kitten with runny eyes

    I just had this in kittens I rescued. Terrimycin ointment is wha they gave me. The same stuff when my daughter had an infection. 2-3 times a day. they cleared up in about 3 days. hope all goes well & keep wiping with a warm cloth.
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    found my cayuga duckling dead???

    I kinda wondered if he got stuck but i really dont see how. everything happened so fast i may have gotten him wet taking him out. i have them in a cardboar box in the livingroom with a heat lamp so i dont know the temp for sure. there are 3 others in the boxthe same age. as for feed i am...
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    found my cayuga duckling dead???

    He was between the bowl & the box side. he had some splashed water but not soaked & the light should have kept him there still. he was stiff whe i found him so it must have happened right after i left. I had just watered them. he was completely streached out. not even huddled up. I really...
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    found my cayuga duckling dead???

    Thank you. These are our first ducks but the black has just got me & finding him tonight bothered me more than i thought it would. I just dont understand. they were all drinking fine when i left for work only 5 hours before.
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    found my cayuga duckling dead???

    I came home tonight about 10:30 & 1 of my cayuga babies was dead. he was hatvched june 3. The other 3 seem to be fine but he ws next to the bowl dead. yes the bowl wasw dirty but what duck bowl isnt when you have been at work for the past 5 hours. Plenty of food & water & others are ok. any...
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    Wild baby duck!!!!!! ALL ALONE!!!

    Quote: I feel some on here jumped your case with no cause. You wanted the duckling to be safe. I understand why you wanted to keep it in your room. I would not have kept it there but that is a sleep matter for me. From my understandings this was a wild mallard. Yes this is a wild bird &...
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    Well i am through with ducks, 5 dead

    I am sorry for your loss. My daughter (now 8) had a goat & this stray kept coming around. Of course I go out to feed one morning & the goat is dead & guess who found it. My daughter. I got her a baby & the first night it was out alone & my daughter was at her dads. I came home late & the...
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    When do ducks get thier feathers?

    Thank you. We have to enter by July 8th & I was worried that was quick for the ducks. I will keep an eye on them. These are our first so we really have no idea what we are doing. lol
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    When do ducks get thier feathers?

    My daughter wants to show her ducks at the County fair July 22-25. Her ducks were hatched June 3. Will they be old enough? They are alot of fun & she is so excited to show them. They should be 7 or 8 weeks old. Thank you for your help.
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    Getting ducks this week. HELP!!!

    My daughter is getting 4 ducklings this week. I want to take care of them correctly. I need to know how long to keep them under a heat lamp? Also I have game bird starter. That is what I was told to feed the last ones that we lost. It is upper 20% protien. do I need to switch to a grower &...
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