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  1. Goat Lover 3

    Lame/crippled Ancona Duck :(

    I'm sorry it has taken me this long to update all of you. My computer crashed, so now I'm typing from my phone. Ivy is improving well. Gaining strength in her legs and waking more each day. I had a scare lastnight when I checked on her. Her cheeks and under bill/throat area was swollen and...
  2. Goat Lover 3

    Lame/crippled Ancona Duck :(

    I am giving her plenty of rest and she is in a separate pen where she can see her family. I'll try the turmeric for her. That sounds terrible what your duck went through :/ I will be heading out soon to check on her again. I think she is getting annoyed with me messing with her so much. LOL I'll...
  3. Goat Lover 3

    Lame/crippled Ancona Duck :(

    Thank you for your quick replies! I normally feed them a large handful of wheat every morning and they forage free range on 3 acres all day. In the evening I separate my ducks and chickens into two separate coops. They are not housed together at all, although they do get along well. The reason I...
  4. Goat Lover 3

    Lame/crippled Ancona Duck :(

    Hello! I have a 4 year old Ancona duck hen that has almost lost her ability to walk. I have three other ducks and 4 chickens. All of them are healthy laying eggs and doing well. Two days ago while I was putting them up in their coop for the night I noticed Ivy (the lame duck) was not keeping up...
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  5. Goat Lover 3

    Pilgrim Geese?

    Yes, Metzers does have Pilgrims! Thanks for all your help! :) Yes, I'll keep you updated!
  6. Goat Lover 3

    Pilgrim Geese?

    Thank you very much for all your help! I've been asking questions and researching them to make sure I know what I'm doing. I think I'll just start out with females this time, and maybe later on I'll add a gander. :) Also, would you know of a hatchery where I could order a Pilgrim goose? I...
  7. Goat Lover 3

    Pilgrim Geese?

    Thank you so much for your reply. I think it would be nice to raise goslings. But, would the gander attack me if I had raised him from a baby. I know how it is to have male animals go a bit crazy during breeding season. I have to deal with a aggressive male goat and duck every year. LOL I'm...
  8. Goat Lover 3

    Pilgrim Geese?

    I am planning on ordering more chickens this year, and thought about maybe adding a Pilgrim goose to the farm. I already raise ducks and chickens, and I really want a goose! Are Pilgrim geese the friendliest breed? I do not want a aggressive breed towards people, but I do want it to protect my...
  9. Goat Lover 3

    Should I worm my chickens?

    Ok, thank you so much!
  10. Goat Lover 3

    Chicken Anatomy Question

    Thanks for your support! Yes, every time I get an animal I like to study as much as I can about them before I buy them. I've raised chickens for about a year now, and I am still learning about them! I am hoping to become a veterinarian when I graduate High school, but I guess I'll just have to...
  11. Goat Lover 3

    Chicken Anatomy Question

    Ok! Thank you so much!! I greatly appreciate all your help!
  12. Goat Lover 3

    Should I worm my chickens?

    I have 4 pet chickens. They are just pets and for eggs, which all 4 are laying now. I have recently learned that chickens should be wormed. My chickens seem to be very healthy but I've noticed that they have pale pink (not really red colored) combs, and I am hoping that doesn't mean worms or...
  13. Goat Lover 3

    Chicken Anatomy Question

    Thank you so much! So, just to make sure I understand this right, the Caeca pretty much help further digest or break down the feed that didn't get totally digested? Correct?? Thank you for the website too, this is all very interesting!
  14. Goat Lover 3

    Chicken Anatomy Question

    Sorry if this isn't the right place to ask. I couldn't find a better forum on chickens to ask this question. I am 15 years old and I am doing a very detailed 4-H project on the process of how a chicken egg is formed and some other things. I am studying the chicken's anatomy and I'm wondering...
  15. Goat Lover 3

    Pregnant goats. First timers.

    How far along is she?
  16. Goat Lover 3

    Hole in duck egg at 25 days???

    Thank you! Actually my hen did it all! I also found out that my drake wants to kill them! I am having to separate him now from her and the ducklings. He's not happy!
  17. Goat Lover 3

    Hole in duck egg at 25 days???

    Mommy duck admiring her first duckling! Our very first duckling to ever be hatched on my farm! I got you see ducklings # 1,3, and 5 be hatched out of 7 eggs! We are now waiting on 2 more eggs! I'm not sure if one of the eggs is going to hatch, it doesn't have a pip at all?
  18. Goat Lover 3

    Hole in duck egg at 25 days???

    Thank you! I found out this morning that It is just hatching! Here is a photo of the egg on the bottom. It is hatching along with six others!
  19. Goat Lover 3

    Hole in duck egg at 25 days???

    HELP! My broody duck has been sitting on seven eggs for 25 days now! This morning I just noticed one of the eggs has a big hole in it??? It isn't broke all the way threw though! Do you think she stepped on it, or is it hatching? I don't hear any peeping and the egg isn't moving?
  20. Goat Lover 3

    Broody Duck!

    I finally let my Ancona duck go broody and sit on her eggs. She collected eight eggs and has been incubating them for a week now! I do have a drake, so I know they would be fertile. This morning I had to make her get off of her eggs for a while so she can eat and drink. This is her first time...
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