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    Help! Cat scratched duck's eye. :(

    My duck Penelope is living indoors, at least for the cold weather. She has always gotten along with the cats just fine. One of them ignores her, the other actually really likes her, and the third cat has always been... weird and antisocial and spontaneously mean. Lately Penelope and her cat...
  2. Crayonsmom

    What color will this one be?

    I know the picture is pretty poor quality, but I not ready to go outside yet today. Here's a better picture, but the color is not accurate. Any name ideas? This one is the only survivor of 3 so far, has white wing tips, a funky scab/bump on the nose, and had a swollen tight eye last night...
  3. Crayonsmom

    How long is too long?

    I hope it's ok if I post a duck hatching question here. It didn't seem to fit into the duck board. I noticed three of the eggs we have in the incubator started hatching yesterday. One had a small hole in the egg, the other had a smaller hole, and the other was barely cracked. Today I can see...
  4. Crayonsmom

    Runner Duck Shows?

    Do they even exist in the US? I was trying to find some because I'd love to start showing my ducks, but everything I could find was in the UK! If there isn't anywhere I can show Runners in the US, I'll either have to refrain from showing, or find another type of duck. I'm not really sure how...
  5. Crayonsmom

    Help me find a home for my duck :(

    Jet needs to find a new home soon... Some of you will remember that she has a past hip injury (I don't really like to talk about how that happened.) that didn't heal right. She now (according to the vet) has a contracted tendon due to being pretty immobile for awhile. We've been trying to work...
  6. Crayonsmom

    Contracted Tendon - Need HELP ASAP!!! :( PICS ADDED pg. 2

    So... About two months ago my duck had a blunt injury to her hip. She spent about three weeks sitting in a box with her leg stretched out backwards. Finally when she wasn't really getting better we took her to the vet and found out what was wrong. To be honest, I wish she hadn't come home that...
  7. Crayonsmom

    New Duckling doesn't look "right"...

    Well, Scuttle started laying GIANT eggs awhile ago and I guess Dad put four of them in the bator. Today I came home and the one that was still alive hatched. But there's a problem... His/her third eyelid on the left side is "stuck" so that it's covering a large part of the eye when it's open...
  8. Crayonsmom

    Dislocated Hip?

    Alright, so during the past few weeks we've still been unable to find a vet for Jet, who has been spending much of her time sitting with her left leg stretched out behind her. But we put her on antibiotics and gave her a dewormer and have been mixing charcoal into her food. The charcoal...
  9. Crayonsmom

    Duck pain meds?

    So, you know my duckling that wouldn't put much weight on one leg? Well (I feel terrible because I could have prevented this! ) she had another fall, due to poor balance because of her lameness. Now I'm a wreck because I don't know what's wrong. She won't move either leg and seems very ouchy...
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    Duckling limping and can't float! Help!

    Last night I noticed that my 4 week old duckling is now limping. She doesn't like to put a lot of weight on her left leg. She didn't even want to paddle with it when I let her bathe this morning. I looked and felt around and can't find anything wrong. How long should I wait before taking her to...
  11. Crayonsmom

    Indoor Duck Keepers... Come Hither!

    What do you use for your duck(s) to seep in at night? What do you use for flooring/bedding? I have a three week old duckling who will probably eventually be able to live out with the other ducks, but cannot at this time. Meanwhile, We just upgraded her from a rubbermaid container to a dog crate...
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    Tomato = Red Poop?

    Please tell me tomatoes can make duck poop look reddish. Otherwise something's wrong.
  13. Crayonsmom

    Poop management indoors and on vacation?!

    We had only have a single survivor from the first eggs our ducks hatched outside. She's been linving in a 10 gallon tank in the house for the past week and a half (Being held most of the time, so hardly ever stuck in the tank!) but it's clear that she's getting too big. We would normally keep...
  14. Crayonsmom

    My birthday present!

    This little one was born a day before my birthday. We had some ducks sitting on nests out back. A few babies did hatch, but were grabbed up by some predator the next night. This baby, Jet, hatched in the incubator after we moved the rest of the viable eggs out of the nest. S/he's the only one...
  15. Crayonsmom

    Scuttle Update with Pictures!

    So, Scuttle is the only surviving duck of my three first hatched babies. She had a chunk bitten out of her leg Sunday night and we found fly larvae around her wound. I didn't get them all cleaned up right away and some of them turned into maggots, which I cleaned up right away. She also had a...
  16. Crayonsmom

    Small, Budget-Friendly Coop/Duck House?

    Ok, so I'm looking for a house for ducks. lol. For the daytime a chicken wire fence is ok in our yard, but I've just lost two of my beloved babies and am left with one injured duck. The last of the three ducks that I hatched. Her and my ducklings that will be hatching at the end of the month...
  17. Crayonsmom

    Lock your ducks up @ night! - Very Discouraged... (slightly graphic)

    I'm devastated... We caught a raccoon yesterday, but I should have put Haystack and Scuttle on the porch as soon as poor Dave died. I had a horrible feeling all day and kept thinking about Haystack. When I got home I found out why. I went out to bring my ducks water and thought that they just...
  18. Crayonsmom

    Bad News... :(

    Today is a very sad day... After I rode my horse I went out to visit the three ducks I hatched; Dave, Haystack, and Scuttle. And something wasn't right. First of all, Haystack was out of the enclosure, laying next to the fence. Scuttle was next to him on the other side of the fence. Then I...
  19. Crayonsmom

    My "ducklings"! [PICTURES!]

    They're all grown up! Dave is still smallest and Haystack is still the biggest, but they've changed so much! Haystack has grown some very nice teal feathers! Sometimes they even look purple. So here are some pictures! They have a little tub to bathe in now too (hopefully a pool soon!) but I...
  20. Crayonsmom

    How to get ducks to go outside?!

    Remember Haystack, Dave, and Scuttle? Well first of all, Haystacks a drake and Dave and Scuttle are girls. Second of all, they have their own space outside now and a small area inside. But I think I kept them on the porch too long... The ONLY time they'll come outside is when I got out there...
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