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    The saga of Maybebaby

    So I have a flock of Indian Runners, and we're usually pretty good about picking up eggs, but every now and again a girl goes rogue and hides a nest, and if the eggs start getting vascular, I don't have the heart to pull them anymore. One of my girls, Ping, did the thing, so I let her roll with...
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    Herbs and spices for ducks

    Does anyone know about herbs/spices for ducks? I saw something online somewhere that recommended small amounts of oregano or garlic or turmeric as supplements and to address various ailments, and I wondering if those were true, and if there were other herbs I can grow at home for them? I looked...
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    Adult drake eye infection

    One of my runners has what looks an awful lot like an eye infection; pale green goop on the inside corner of both eyes, one more than the other. Anything I can do to help him heal up? He's also a bit tattered in the wing and tail feathers, I think from our other drake :/
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    White & Fawn Runners

    Is it just me, or are the white and fawn Indian Runners noticeably more ridiculous than the other color varieties? I've only got 12 runners, so my sample size isn't great, but every time one of them is talking way too loud about nothing, or talking with their bill buried in a mud puddle, or...
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    Hatchery recommendations?

    Husband says I can get a couple new ducks for my birthday! Anyone have a recommendation for where I can get like 3 good Indian Runner peeps? :wee
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    Tattered wings

    One of my drakes, Azula, has had some suuuper chewed up wing feathers all year, and I have no idea why. No one else in the flock looks like this, and he seems totally healthy otherwise, but his poor wings are a total mess! I kind of thought it might be our other drake pecking at him, but I...
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    First ever goose

    We started a trial foster period with this majestic creature this week We call him Ganon! He was given to a nearby sanctuary as a gosling last June, and was hand raised by the caretakers there, so he's pretty tolerant of people (although he will charge down people who he can tell are nervous)...
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    Adding a goose to a duck flock

    So, we're adopting a goose! He's young, and was raised by the sanctuary staff from a gosling, so he's super used to people. He doesn't have a mate, and used to try to escape their waterfowl yard until they took in a flock of four khaki campbells (two male, two female), which he immediately...
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    Egg Thief Surveillance

    So one of my dog boarding clients offered to loan me an awesome game camera that she wasn't using to see what's been stealing eggs out of my duck house. I set it up yesterday and still didn't get any shots of the thief, but there's some hilarious ghosty shots of my silly birds and their night...
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    Is this normal molting?

    Poor Zuko is looking super scroungey all of a sudden! Is this normal molting, or something I should be concerned about?
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    Rodents in the duckpen!

    I keep spotting little vermin scurrying about the duck house! I'm certain they're after the duck food (which I keep in a hanging feeder, but goodness knows the birds don't have the best table manners) but I worry about droppings/fleas harming my flock. Does anyone have a neat trick or product...
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    Hello everyone!

    I'm in Snohomish, Washington and I've just recently gotten myself a little flock of Indian Runners! A friend of mine with a big ol' mix back of quackers referred me to this site and I'll admit to being totally hooked! Everyone here is so nice and supportive all the time, it's a wonderful...
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    How do you all do health checks?

    I'm seeing a lot of people whose ducks are getting bumbles on their fwappity-stompers, and I want to be sure if any of my Runners gets one, I'll catch it early so treatment isn't as huge of a deal. What's the least-traumatic way I can keep watch over the bottom of their feet?
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    Flappy Wingaling Pictures

    I don't know why I love my runners flapping so much, but it's basically my favorite thing. Share your wingaling pictures too!
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    Runner duckling health question

    One of my month-old runners is suddenly having trouble holding its head up, I think. It walks a little bit sideways, like it gets tired of supporting the weight of its head, and when it sleeps, it lets its head lay forward on the ground instead of folding it back to rest on its chest like all...
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    Anyone have experience introducing ducks to dogs?

    We recently acquired 7 little baby runner ducklings (2 weeks old, still living in a brood box in the garage) and they're getting used to my husband and I, but we haven't introduced them to our two cattle dogs yet. Eventually we'd like to be able to use the dogs to herd and watch over the...
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