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  1. firehog

    Any way to "neuter" a Drake?

    I have a loving Drake, incorrectly called "Big Duck" Also Quackman, also Big Quacking Boy. He follows me around like a dog, loves to play and have his bill massaged. Love the guy but he is so super horny he is hurting my Ducks. He is constantly on top of them, and he is nearly twice their...
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    Will putting fertile eggs in fridge "kill" the possibility of later hatching the duckling?

    I have three ducks and 1 drake who is in "love" with all the ducks . I sell my duck eggs and gather them up everyday , wash them and put them in the fridge. I have had a number of people wanting to buy fertile eggs for hatching and I tell them there is no way I can guarantee the eggs are...
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    Sick duck has now her intestines hanging out of her bottom

    My poor Duck was having a breathing problem for a couple of days and it sounded like she was forcing herself to exhale and she would make a short quack with every breath. She had this problem a couple of weeks ago and I gave her some antibiotics and it went away but now she split her stomach...
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    Sick Duckie...what medicine does she need?

    One of my Ducks appears to have a respirtory ailment. She is breathing with open mouth, with a quack at nearly every exhale and keeps shaking her head as if to dislodge something from her mouth. She also is scratching the side of her head. It is like she has clogged sinuses and her breathing...
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    Drakes too hard on my poor ducks

    I have 2 drakes and 6 ducks but all the ducks have their feathers ripped out at the back of their neck. One poor duck was cowering behind the fence tonight at suppertime and I saw her neck was actually bleeding. Can I buy some foul smelling bitter tasting ointment to put on the back of their...
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    Anyone know how to make a "Chicken Diaper"?

    Yesterday was a horrible day for me as I had to lay to rest "Droopy Girl" my beloved chicken who would have been 10 years old next Spring. She and "Molly" were the last 2 of my original 12 when I first started raising chickens years ago. I lost all of them due to illness mainly brought on by...
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    My watering bucket keeps overflowing..

    This is driving me crazy. I got one of those old 3 gallon watering cans with the outside shell that fits over the bucket and the circular trough at the bottom. Worked just fine for years but now it overflows, losing all the water overnight that is in the reservoir. There is no holes in the...
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    I hear peeping in some of my duck eggs

    OK, it is the 4th week mama duck has been sitting. I am new at this what does the term pipping and zippering mean? Duck has 20 eggs in her nest and she is small so doubt if all are getting the proper heat. I candles all of them today and saw 5 that light shined through completely so discarded...
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    Mother duck not sitting on eggs as much

    After sitting nearly a month on about 20 eggs, Ms. Quackette is not devoting as much during the day and wants to run around with her boyfriend and go swimming in the new duck pond I built for them. 2 weeks ago she had kicked out 2 eggs where I found them and they were ice cold so thought they...
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    Maggots really hurt my poor chicken ..can she be saved?

    I have a RIR 7 year old chicken who always seemed to have a problem with droppings clinging to her backside. Occasionally I would take her in my lap and squirt warm soap water and clean her up...something we both really didn't care for. She was getting real dirty again and I noticed she was...
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    Duck sitting on eggs..how can I tell if they are fertile?

    Ms. Quackette, my young duck has been sitting on about 16 eggs for a couple of weeks now. She has a single boyfriend, a Mallard and not sure what breed she is, a light tan with bluish color bill. They were having their romantic moments in the pool but not sure if different duck breeds can...
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    Have to move a quail nest...

    I am landscaping next to my house and uncovered a nest of about 1 dozen quail eggs. I don't have an incubator and hate to throw them out, could I put them on a heating pad set on low and see if they hatch? Do quail sit on their eggs to hatch them? The parents have not come back since I...
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    Vet says it is Trachitus but medcine is not working...any help?

    I got that spelled wrong but my chicken is quite old (8) and she developed a yellow pus-like growth at the back of her throat and keeps trying to wretch up a clear sticky mucous like material. I took her to the vet and she diagnosed her with Tracheitus and gave me two types of medicine to...
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    Suzanne is sick, opens her mouth wide as if to vomit..

    My poor chicken is not eating right, just pecks gingerly at small pieces of food, like soft corn kernels and lettuce. I thought maybe she had a blockage in her throat and it was hurting her to eat, especially since she seemed to be drooling and would open her mouth wide as if to retch. I...
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    My poor "Li'l" Quacker can't poo..

    I have 2 drakes and the smaller one is sick. He sits by himself and is constantly trying to have a bowel movement, he is flexing open his rectum but apparently plugged up. They get the same food and I want to try anything possible to help him live. There are no vets in the area that accept...
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    When do chickens stop laying due to age?

    I have 7 remaining chickens from my original 12 ( 5 died either to internal egg laying , blocked intestines or cancer and I still get sad when I think about them) 5 of them are 8 years old and the other 2 are 6 years old. They are all still laying, I can get up to 5 eggs in one day but the...
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    Duck too sexually attraccted to my chickens..

    I took in two Mallard ducks from a young lady who probably got them because they were cute little ducklings but when they got to be a few weeks older didn't want to deal with the mess and extra attention etc. She told me they were both female according to a Vet but one is a male but not sure...
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    Is she a she or a he?

    I recently took in a couple of young ducks from a young lady would could no longer keep them. She assured me they were both female and a vet had determined that. Well, the one duck is about 1/2 again as large and has more colorful feathers, a light green on top of its head and a bright blue...
  19. firehog

    Suzanne..acting weird..Is she in a Brood phase?

    Suzanne, one of my older chickens (at least 8 years old) was still laying eggs occasionally but now is just sitting on the nesting box. She is not laying but hogging the favorite box where the other hens lay and now they are unhappy. She seems to be in a trance like state of mind and I can...
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    Do hens and female ducks get along?

    I have 8 hens who I have had for about 6 years. No roosters. I noticed an ad on craigslist of a lady posting to give away 2 female ducks that were a couple of months old. She was concerned that the ducks would be well taken care of and I felt so sorry for them when I saw their picture I wrote...
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