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    ducks hate water

    Haha! Our ducks wouldn't go in their pond either. We were new to ducks and were quite shocked, growing up with the saying "happy as a duck in water." I later learned that they don't necessarily just take to the water. Try putting them in it a few times. That's what we did with ours and...
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    Help! Wing problem

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    Help! Wing problem

    I posted this in the duck forum, but thought I'd post here as well. Thanks in advance for any help you can give! Waddles was not acting herself yesterday. Just didn't want to be her usual active self by chasing the other ducks. I noticed she was holding her wing down. Brought her in the...
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    Help - Injured wing? Tumor? Abscess?

    I tried dribbling peroxide this morning. No apparent bubbling. I just posted some pics above. It feels warm to the touch. It's so hard to tell if the lump is soft or hard, as it is located right on the big, joining bone of her wing (I'm obviously ignorant about terminology here, so I hope...
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    Help - Injured wing? Tumor? Abscess?

    Here are pictures of her boo boo this morning.
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    Help - Injured wing? Tumor? Abscess?

    Waddles was acting a little down today (not her usual outgoing self). She was sitting on the side of the pond and drooping her left wing. Other than the drooping and being a little off, she seems fine (eating, pooping, quacking...usual duck stuff). We checked her out tonight and she has a...
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    Removing Ducks from Momma

    Hello, Amiga! We decided to do a test today and removed a few of her babies at a time. She was a little stressed by quickly focused on the other babies. Tomorrow is the big day. We have decided to give away 7 of them and keep 2 (oh yes, I miscounted - 9 total instead of 8!). Those 7 will be...
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    Removing Ducks from Momma

    Hi all. I have two momma ducks who have just hatched 8 ducklings (so cute!). I have a lady who wants to buy 6 of them (we decided to keep 2). They all hatched between Saturday night around 11:00 p.m. and Sunday around 3:00 (last one). How soon can I take them away from momma duck and what is...
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    Sick duck??

    We had a sick girl this spring who was just being lethargic, kind of kept to herself, and was generally just not acting her normal self. We started bringing her into the house a couple times a day and force feeding her water with electrolytes and vitamins, watermelon, worms, baker's yeast...
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    Brooding Ducks

    I haven't posted for a while. Things have been going great with the ducks! Now I have a question! Help! My husband had been doing morning duck duty and collecting eggs. He was sick last week and I neglected to collect the eggs inside their "little house"! Now there are a bunch of them...
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    Help! Sick Duck!

    Thank you, Amiga. I have ordered Baytril online. It should be here on Monday. In the meantime, I've seen that electolytes/vitamins, yogurt, baker's yeast, etc. has been helpful. It seems to be doing something. She's still very weak but she is walking around now and she was preening this...
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    Help! Sick Duck!

    Well, we just got bumblefoot under control for one of our girls, and now we have another girl who is obviously sick. I'm feeling like an ignorant duck owner here! Quacker started separating herself from the other 3 ducks a couple of weeks ago, but she was acting fine otherwise. Just didn't...
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    Bumblefoot or Abscess?

    Hi everyone: I don't post much on this forum, but it was a lifesaver to me when I first started raising my birds and I'm calling on you all again. One of my ducks started limping around about 3 days ago, but i didn't notice anything when I looked at her legs, maybe a little swelling but...
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    Ducks won't come out!

    I'm going to do as you say and not force the issue. Will keep an eye out for that fox. Thanks so much for your help. I have a 1-track mind and had my mind set that it must be something to do with their recent mating behaviors! Now I bet it's not!
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    Ducks won't come out!

    Thanks for the reply. I don't see any strange prints or poo or anything, BUT, my neighbor has chickens and told me that a fox has been prowling around at night, so perhaps what you're saying makes all the sense in the world! I hope they aren't sick. They don't seem to be. They still love...
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    Ducks won't come out!

    Hi everyone: I haven't posted in a while. My 4 Blue Swedish Ducks are around 14 weeks old now. They have a large (10x10) house that they go into at night. During the day, they come outside and roam around in their large pen with good-sized pond. Unfortunately, they WILL NOT come out of...
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    My ducks refuse to swim in the pond...

    As another poster said, it could be that there is something in the pond that is scaring them (turtle or something perhaps?). However, if you check the pond out and there isn't any cause for them to be scared, I'd just wait it out. My ducks took about a week before they got real excited about...
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    Ducks sitting on dud eggs?

    I have a question for everyone. My sister's female duck has been sitting on a pile of 14 eggs for about 2 weeks now. She will come off the nest for about an hour each day and that's it! One of the eggs fell off the pile and it turns out that this egg was NOT a fertilized egg. What are the...
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    Ducks and Geese

    Oh gosh! The more I'm hearing, the more I'm leaning towards not confusing my situation. The 4 ducks seem to be doing okay on their own.
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    Ducks and Geese

    Thanks so much for the tips! I'm debating whether I want to go through that or not. Sounds like so much extra work, and these ducks are already taking up so much time (perhaps some would say they are a bit "spoiled", but hey...they love bonding time with me and watermelon and peas!)
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