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    Help! Pecking order or bullying?

    Thanks @rosemarythyme that link is super useful and great to get some ideas from about keeping different feeding stations hidden. my run is long but not overly wide so I will get the other half onto creating some hidden zones and pallets etc. in there this week. im going for another longer...
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    Help! Pecking order or bullying?

    Thanks so much for the info and the pics @Parront , you’re right, they’re really guarding things and although I do have quite a lot of space, it’s a long space so makes it harder for them to remain hidden for too long. I’ll definitely get more pallets and things in there this week to make hiding...
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    Help! Pecking order or bullying?

    Just wanted to add that I’m close to separating them again for a longer period of ‘look don’t touch’ but read somewhere that this will only mean more fighting when I do introduce them again. I’m also off work for a week from now and don’t want to reintroduce them when I’m away working for 10...
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    Help! Pecking order or bullying?

    Hi, just looking for some advice (I’ve researched and read up but read contradicting advice on sites), last week I rescued 2 ex-bats and brought them home to my current flock of 2 ex-bats and 1 hand-reared duck. I can section off my enclosure into 2 halves so kept the new girls separate for the...
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    Is 1 duck ok with hens for company?

    Thank you so much for your advice. It’s nice to hear from others what the best course might be as I’m a novice to keeping these girls but just want the best for them. I don’t want a huge flock, I would be prepared to maybe have 4-6 as that’s what space allows. It also worries me that they’ve...
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    Is 1 duck ok with hens for company?

    It’s truly heartbreaking to see the state they come out in. I’d love to rehome some of them and would do so in a heartbeat if not for worrying the duck might be lonely and outnumbered and need her own pal!
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    Is 1 duck ok with hens for company?

    Hi there, Fairly recently I rehomed some ducks and a hen. They were hatched together as a foursome (2 hens and 2 ducks). Just before they came to me, one hen sadly died. My 3 girls lived happily together, following each other, sleeping huddled together etc etc. Henny the hen seemed happy to...
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    Duck disappeared- help!

    Haha the worry is that I will get hooked and end up with lots of them... however, I do think that a couple more might be nice especially now we have worked on giving them a secure area. So I will start with a couple more... ;) we have dug down and placed galvanised wire fencing, not chicken...
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    Duck disappeared- help!

    Gosh it must have been awful for you to see that. I do think I have been extremely lucky to not lose the other duck since they were usually together at all times, even out free ranging. I haven’t let the other 2 free range and won’t be from now on just in case the fox knows where to come. I am...
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    Duck disappeared- help!

    I do think deep down I know she’s been taken but I can’t help still be in a little bit of denial or have hope... after today, I don’t think she will be returning home though. I’m devastated, she was a gentle and affectionate bird. I have kept the other 2 locked securely in their run today. The...
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    Duck disappeared- help!

    Hi there, last night when I went to put the girls to bed, there was no sign of them free ranging as usual. When I looked inside the coop, my hen and one duck were in there, they didn’t seem distressed or anything but I immediately feared the worst- the ducks never separate. We searched high and...
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    Hen rubbing eye/nictitating membrane HELP

    Thanks for the reply- thankful after a week of daily trips to the vet for antibiotic injections, my hen is really looking up. She hasn’t laid any eggs since being poorly although today her tail was pumping and when I looked (and helped) a squashed, rubbery type of shell came out. She immediately...
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    Bumblefoot help

    Hi, just wondering how you got on with your duck? Mine has had similar issues with swelling. On one foot I can see the scab but the one that’s swollen the most has no scab at all. Just wondering if you had to go to a vets and when to be most worried? Thanks!
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    Help! Slow crop/sour crop or something else?!

    Hi everyone- sorry to post again on the end of this but I’ve encountered new problems off the back of sour crop. Henny now is stumbling and her nictitating membrane is obvious over her eyes, slow to retract and she is rubbing at her eyes. She is eating and seems to want to move I.e. when the...
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    1st duck bumblefoot injury! Help!

    Thank you- nice to hear that what I’m thinking and doing is along the right lines... my first treatment of this so not sure what to expect. I’ll try gently squeezing on her next treatment. She’s being a superstar about it all!
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    1st duck bumblefoot injury! Help!

    This is her other foot which is quite obvious where the source of her infection is! The other foot has just baffled me as it’s swollen so much to make her limp but not point like this or other pics I’ve seen of bumblefoot.
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    1st duck bumblefoot injury! Help!

    Hi thank you for your response. I’ve just treated her again tonight so managed to take these pictures. After I took the pictures, I cleaned her foot with anti-bac spray and then iodine and as I wiped the top most brown line came off like a scab or dry skin so I’m wondering if these lines are...
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    UK: Best quick chicken wormer. Help!

    Hi again, I’ve received the wormer and am about to start treatment. I just wondered if you have any thoughts on this: My hen was suffering from sour crop which I’ve been treating and she seemed to show an initial improvement. However, I’ve noticed she is rubbing her eyes loads and her...
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    Hen rubbing eye/nictitating membrane HELP

    I’ve just read somewhere this could be down to a respiratory infection, is this possible?
  20. Lola1609

    Hen rubbing eye/nictitating membrane HELP

    Hi, feeling pretty desperate. My hen had slow crop/sour crop and has been lethargic but after treating her with nystatin she is improving. However, she’s not back to 100% and I’m noticing her rubbing at her eyes and her nictitating membrane is really visible quite often. It’s as though the...
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