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    Bumblefoot, New Ideas on Treatment with pictures

    On July 1st, I found one of my Pekin ducks with what I would consider a bad case of Bumblefoot. Both feet were involved and I'm ashamed to say, the only way I found it was she was limping. One foot had 7 and the other had 3. I was able to grab her and bring her into the house and put her into...
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    Dilemma....Help Please, Suspected Botulism

    Not quite sure what to do here....Khaki Campbell duck, allowed me to walk up to her and pick her up and bring her into house for treatment. My ducks love me at 4' not that close, they run any closer than 2'. Symptoms: lethergy, first day acting like she was 'tripping' as in drugs, sorry...
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    First Fox Attack

    Yesterday was an interesting day....My ducks and geese have figured out how to open the gate into their pen. While I was changing pool water, they jimmied the gate open and ran out into the yard. Great...just what I needed as I wasn't any where near being done with the chores. Two more houses...
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    Questions About Bumblefoot

    I have a Pekin duck who had the classic signs of bumblefoot 5 days ago now. As soon as I saw her feet I brought her into my house, put her into a warm tub of water, drained it and filled it again. I let her have the tub for about an hour as she was quite happy with swimming and splashing...
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    So You Think You Have Marek's

    I am starting this thread, hoping to help those of you looking for answers, for a possible Marek’s outbreak in your flock. The “M” word is used a lot and not always the right answer. It concerns me that birds are possibly being misdiagnosed and usually lost when a simple course of an antibiotic...
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    Need Help With Symptoms I've Never Seen Before

    I have a 4 week old Blue Laced Wyandotte that is doing something I have never seen before. Every 15 - 20 mins., she will put her neck out and make a noise similar to a baby crow. Two days ago this bird had a slight clicking sound coming from the beak when she breathed. There was no sound...
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    Question About Duck Gender

    I have a Mallard, may be a Mallard and Pekin mix, that looks physically like a female except for a darker patch of green/black feathering on the very top of it's head. This duck has the raspy quack of a male. The body feathers are the browns of a female. The other drakes, that were hatched a...
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    Interesting Articles on Why a Rooster Crows

    http://creationrevolution.com/2013/04/before-the-cock-crows-the-biological-clock-strikes/
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    Name That Bird

    What you can't see are the rust colored tail feathers. Small Red Tail?
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    Not an Emergency...Marek's in the Flock

    I have reached a point where I need input from those of you who are also facing this problem. I have 4 Marek's hens left and one is suffering from severe prolapse and her keel bone is extremely prominent. These girls eat as if there's no tomorrow and will never be anything except what they are...
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    Any Reason Not to Let Goose Hatch Eggs Her First Year?

    A question just came up in a conversation with a friend, about letting geese hatch their eggs during their first season. I have never heard of this before and am just curious what the reasons could be. I would really like to learn the answers to this some other way than the 'hard' way for a...
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    Goose - What is this, how did it happen, what do I do about it?

    Right now I have her in my house floating in a warm bath. Where do I go from here?
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    Saying Goodbye To Mandy [long and graphic]

    Mandy was an eight month old Pekin. Out of all the Mallards and Pekins that share my life, she spoke to me the most because of the gentleness of her spirit. While the other ducks were busy eating the flowers in the garden, Mandy was more apt to be looking at them and watching how they moved in...
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    Bronze Turkey, How Much Is It Worth?

    I have someone who has been on again, off again wanting to buy one of my Bronze Tom turkeys. I have raised this guy for 7 months now and he is a healthy, good sized bird. I really don't have any idea how much he is worth. I have been offered 25.00 for him and I have no idea if this is fair or...
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    Ideas for Providing Supplemental Heat During Extreme Temperate Lows

    Last night it was forcasted to go to -12 degrees F and the winds were blowing sustained at 15-20 mph. Since I have a diverse variety of birds, peafowl, turkeys, ducks, geese, chickens both large comb and small and a silkie and showgirls, I was concerned about some of them being able to handle...
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    Question About Temperature Extremes

    I am so hoping that someone can answer this for me. We are going through very low temperatures and very windy conditions. I have 5 Peas in an insulated building and 5 Heritage Turkeys in another pen in the same place. The temps are going down into the minus numbers tonight and the wind is...
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    Idea For a Brooder

    Hatching eggs in Maine, during the late Fall months, is not the smartest thing to do. Especially when your housing for your birds isn't finished. Although, when you find a good deal on something, very few of us can pass it up, right? With a chance to get hatching eggs for some of my 'dream'...
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    Possibly Something Stuck in Gander's Throat Need Help Please!

    I just noticed one of my ganders looks to be having trouble with I think something caught in his throat. He is swallowing a lot and every so often will seem to gag and shake his head as if trying to dislodge something. last time he had white colored fluid come out when he was shaking. He...
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    Chinese Goose In Winter

    I have read that the knob on a chinese goose can become frostbitten and that you need to protect them from this. How?
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    Scalder Idea

    I wanted to share an idea I used for a scalder. I have turkeys, BB and Whites that we will be processing soon. They are hugh and I knew that no pot I had or could find was going to work for the scalding. Now what oh great turkey raiser? These birds are probably going to dress at 65lbs! I...
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