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    Duckling has dry skin peeling and walking backwards while dragging bill on ground in a squiggle pattern

    Yep. I agree with all this.👍🏻
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    Duckling has dry skin peeling and walking backwards while dragging bill on ground in a squiggle pattern

    Just to ducks, or...??🤔
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    Duckling has dry skin peeling and walking backwards while dragging bill on ground in a squiggle pattern

    Ahhh! You are another natural remedy person. Me too.😁 I did put some coconut oil on the dry skin one day, but it stayed greasy and I was was worried it could make them cold. What do you think? Should I do it anyway and just try to make sure they are feeling warm? I've been adding garlic and...
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    Duckling has dry skin peeling and walking backwards while dragging bill on ground in a squiggle pattern

    That's also a good suggestion. My sister was just remembering a story we were told of our grandma sending her chickens to a university to be studied for some suspected illness. We'll have to think about that one.
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    Duckling has dry skin peeling and walking backwards while dragging bill on ground in a squiggle pattern

    Honey, yes, that's a wonderful remedy. We use it all the time for different issues. Thank you for the suggestion and reminder. I'm finding that no one has seen anything like this before. It's very odd.
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    Duckling has dry skin peeling and walking backwards while dragging bill on ground in a squiggle pattern

    I agree, it is good to be prepared. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I appreciate you taking the time to share. I'm not sure how this will all turn out, but I'm trying to do the best that I can't figure out to do. I appreciate the help.
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    Duckling has dry skin peeling and walking backwards while dragging bill on ground in a squiggle pattern

    Thank you for your thoughts and ideas. I read about gangrenous dermatitis here: https://www.msdvetmanual.com/poultry/gangrenous-dermatitis/gangrenous-dermatitis-in-poultry From what it looks like the symptoms don't fit. There isn't any redness or swelling and there is no bleeding at this...
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    Duckling has dry skin peeling and walking backwards while dragging bill on ground in a squiggle pattern

    Yes, there's been some improvement. I don't know if I mentioned it in another post, but they were having some wheezing and some times looked like they were breathing heavily. I've not seen it at all in the one now, and only a little in the one with the neurological looking issue (walking...
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    Duckling has dry skin peeling and walking backwards while dragging bill on ground in a squiggle pattern

    I haven't been able to find a good way to load the video. I previously had a link, but it didn't do what I expected, so I deleted it for privacy reasons. I don't think I'll be able to do YouTube at this time.
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    Duckling has dry skin peeling and walking backwards while dragging bill on ground in a squiggle pattern

    Thanks for the replies. I don't have much time at the moment, but I'll try to answer some of the questions. I've looked into all the possible vitamins deficiencies and they really don't have any symptoms of any of that other than the skin issue. No dry neck. No star gazing. No problems with...
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    Duckling has dry skin peeling and walking backwards while dragging bill on ground in a squiggle pattern

    Thank you for the info. I tried to make a video link and I'm not sure if it will work, but it says it's await approval or something.
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    Duckling has dry skin peeling and walking backwards while dragging bill on ground in a squiggle pattern

    Thank you for the welcome! I've posted a few pics and attempted a video that seems to be waiting to be approved.
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    Duckling has dry skin peeling and walking backwards while dragging bill on ground in a squiggle pattern

    We're feeding them a balanced feed mix with all the necessary vitamins and minerals like niacin etc... I started giving them a cooked egg every day now too. Since the day we got them until this started we had them in a plastic tote with holes cut out for ventilation, a brooder plate that stays...
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    Duckling has dry skin peeling and walking backwards while dragging bill on ground in a squiggle pattern

    Yes, I have checked for mites and lice, but I can't find anything. The dragging and walking backwards is involuntary. She doesn't want to do it. It's like a spasm or something. It was so bad for a while one day that she couldn't make it to the food and water without help.
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    Duckling has dry skin peeling and walking backwards while dragging bill on ground in a squiggle pattern

    So, we think it may be caused by mold. When we couldn't figure out what was going on we changed our the brooder box. We had them in Coco peat with burlap on top initially. We would change the burlap as often as it looked dirty, at least twice a day. We cleaned the whole thing twice a day as...
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