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    Mistakenly bought medicated chick starter for ducks...

    THANK YOU, thank you. I appreciate it!
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    Mistakenly bought medicated chick starter for ducks...

    This is the feed I'm using, it does say it's amprolium. https://www.purinamills.com/chicken-feed/products/detail/purina-start-grow-medicated
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    Mistakenly bought medicated chick starter for ducks...

    https://www.shagbarkbantams.com/common-poultry-myths/
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    Mistakenly bought medicated chick starter for ducks...

    I do have adult food for my year old ducks, I think that's a good idea.
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    Mistakenly bought medicated chick starter for ducks...

    I'm reading articles saying that ducks really can have the medicated chick starter feed... :barnie
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    Mistakenly bought medicated chick starter for ducks...

    I just realized I bought the medicated chick starter instead of the unmedicated flock raiser feed for my day old ducklings. It's 9pm here and the store is closed, but I can get the right feed first thing in the morning. Should I remove the medicated food and leave them foodless overnight?
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    Keeping ducks safe from bald eagles, etc

    Thanks, friends!! I have them in a fully predator proof pen overnight, but with the warmer weather I've been letting them free-range during the day (with and without supervision) but I've been feeling pretty nervous about it! Do you have any kind of a portable tractor for them? I think the...
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    Duck genocide HELP

    I'm so sorry, darn it!! I am not very experienced, but I did just recently read that many ducks are sensitive to mold. Is it possible that their food, bedding, hutch or another part of their environment has gotten moldy?
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    Keeping ducks safe from bald eagles, etc

    Hey all!! My khaki campbell flock of 9 one-year-old ducks love to spend time out of the pen in the creek, sun bathing, etc. BUT we have some nesting bald eagles in the field near our house. We also have other predators that I want to protect them from. I'm considering building a large hoop...
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    What's this weird spot in my duck egg?

    Thank you!! I appreciate that info! :)
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    What's this weird spot in my duck egg?

    They are 19ish weeks, some are just now laying their first eggs. This was a smaller egg, it could have been one of the first few laid by that duck. We have 9 ducks so I'm not sure who's laying what!! :) To my knowledge they haven't been stressed, they're pretty happy sweet ducks but I'll keep...
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    What's this weird spot in my duck egg?

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    Egg bound duck?

    Thanks @CayugaJana <3 I have them on the Purina Layena feed and we're crushing any egg shells and sprinkling into their feed and snacks as well. Hopefully that helps!! :)
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    Egg bound duck?

    It's been several days of watching her closely - she's been eating, pooping, drinking - but her rear area has had that swollen spot and she's seemed so uncomfortable. Today, though, we got 2 shell-less eggs and I'm pretty sure they were from her (can she lay 2 in a row in the same day? because...
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    Egg bound duck?

    Thank you for all of your help. :) She's been in and out of the pool that all the ducks share in their pen, but I could bring her in and let her spend some time in the tub maybe? They only started laying about 3 days ago, the first day there were 2 eggs, the second (yesterday) there was 1 egg...
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