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    Can’t get a break, chicken might have an issue now,

    Thank you, anyone else have any thoughts on it?
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    Can’t get a break, chicken might have an issue now,

    Hey guys! Ive been dealing with bumble food with my ducks for over 1.5 months now and we are finally on the mend, but tonight I noticed my one chicken Big Mac (my husband named her…) has inflamed ankles and red in between her toes, she’s always had thicker ankles and I always would laugh about...
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    Injured duck foot she won’t walk on it HELP ASAP

    Thank you! Should I limit her mobility? Or keep her from the flock? I’ve been giving her epson salt baths daily to help, how would I administer the aspirin?
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    Injured duck foot she won’t walk on it HELP ASAP

    Hi! My duck named Little Food has something wrong with her left foot, I noticed it about a week ago, she wouldn’t put any weight on it, and her tail was slightly to the right (almost like she was trying to balance herself). :She wouldn’t extend her leg out but was trying to. I assumed her...
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    Ended 12th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-Along—Cutest Baby Fowl Photo Contest—Win a Brinsea Incubator!

    I’m not only a little farmer, I’m also a photographer and I snapped these adorable photos of my babies during some outdoor time
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    Needing to rehome 2 male ducks from my small mixed flock, Marysville Wa

    Hey everyone, I have 6 ducks, 3 male/ 3 female I’m sure you can sniff out the problem... it absolutely breaks my heart to find them new homes as I love them all but the males are hanging up on 1 female and I can tell she’s not happy, and I know it can be dangerous. I don’t want them to become...
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    Mean drake who won’t accept new ducklings

    Hey guys I have a 1 year old drake Dudley Who won’t accept his 4new duck mates. Funny enough the ducks were hatched from his and his wifes fertile ducks in my incubator, I’ve had them separated for the first 3 months but they were able to go right up to each other at the fence, now since they...
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    Bumble foot + mystery issue ????

    Hey guys, I noticed Babe, my 1 year old duck was limping when I put her to bed tonight, She has bumble foot on one foot and has a mystery injury on the other, I have no idea what it is or how to fix it. Help 😣
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    New chicken and duckling Additions to the flock and exciting Ducks are attacking!!

    Thank you! yea my fence is just made of chicken wire so they can see each other and are always beside each other so i wasn't expecting Dudley to hurt them... ill wait until they get bigger before i try again. i hope yours work out too !
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    New chicken and duckling Additions to the flock and exciting Ducks are attacking!!

    Hey guy and gals... I have two new 3 month old chickens who are outside full time now and 4 duckings at 4 weeks in the shed but free roam daily. We have a separate area for the adult ducks and chickens but the adult chickens jump over all the time into the other part of the yard... they...
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    Duckling foot issues

    Hey guys the treatment worked they are all healed up except for Bear who had it the worst but its almost cleared up. I added using Vetericyn to thenmix and that sped up the healing by a lot. thanks everyone!
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    Duckling foot issues

    Thank you, yea I’ll keep doing the epson salt baths, do I put the clear iodine water on it every time? I read somewhere that it said to use the iodine several days apart, also what do I do if it gets worse? Is there a possibility of it getting worse? How long of this treatment before it should...
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    Duckling foot issues

    Thank you, yea I’ll keep doing the epson salt baths, do I put the clear iodine water on it every time? I read somewhere that it said to use the iodine several days apart, also what do I do if it gets worse? Is there a possibility of it getting worse? How long of this treatment before it should...
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    Duckling foot issues

    Damn this is caused mainly by cuts right? can the wood shavings cause this? what bedding would be better for them? unfortunately we don't have an poultry vets around Marysville where i am, but i have been soaking them in epson salts and applying ointments, they get to swim twice a day and we...
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