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    Help! Possibly sick duckling?

    Thank you so much! I think that is exactly what the duckling had, after researching it the symptoms do fit.
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    Help! Possibly sick duckling?

    Unfortunately, he passed away yesterday. I believe it was a neck injury somehow but I can't be sure. The only other thing it could be is botulism, but I don't know how that could be possibly when it was only alive for a few days and all its food, water, and bedding was clean. The second ducking...
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    Help! Possibly sick duckling?

    It may have a neck injury but I don't know. Does this sound like some of the symptoms? Is so, how could I treat it?
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    Help! Possibly sick duckling?

    This isn't our first time caring for ducklings but I've never had one get sick or act strange before. A few days ago our first duck hatched from our incubator. And then the day after, our second hatched very prematurely but was active. (All the eggs were put in at different times). Yesterday...
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    Think ducks are eating incubating eggs, but why?!

    So one of our ducks, Mama, went broody about a week ago for the second time. She's an Ancona and was a great mother to her first clutch she hatched a few months ago. This time, she was sitting on 8 eggs. A couple days ago, I noticed there was only 7 eggs in the nest. And then today, there was...
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