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Duck foot treatment
Sorry about the poor photo but tricky to do any better on my own.... The poop looking bit on my duckling's foot (approx 4 weeks) is actually some sort of sore. Looking for advice on how to treat as in the UK we can't get antibiotic creams, as far as I know, but he won't use the foot and always... -
Broody duck help
I have two broody ducks at the moment, both sitting at opposite corners of their house for weeks Just now I heard lots of quacking and went out to find both ducks sitting on the same nest!! I candled all the eggs a couple of hours ago and some looked close to internal pipping. It looks like... -
Bantam space requirements
I find the whole minimum space requirements thing quite confusing with all the things you have to take into account. Also the things I have read usually give recommendations for pekins/heavy breeds, occasionally call ducks, and only one that even mentioned bantams as needing slightly more than... -
Should I turn my bottom pipper?
One of my ducklings has pipped towards the floor of the Incubator on the skinny end, should I roll it over so I can keep an eye on membranes? The only reason I knew the pip was there was because it has knocked some little bits of shell off with its pip, but I can't see enough underneath to know... -
'Natural' quail habitat
I'm interested in creating an outdoor quail habitat for my buttons and was hoping for some info/advise and ideas. I want it to be like those tortoise habitats I see (will add some example pics when back on phone) Is this doable? I have heard of people adding quail (although bigger varieties I... -
Broody Duck Questions
Two of my ducks have gone broody and are sitting on eggs but I have a lot of questions, also complicated by the fact they will be leaving me in the near future. Firstly, what can I mark the eggs with that will work with ducks? I used a marker with the first few eggs but that rubbed or washed... -
School Ducks
I am keeping my fingers crossed that my daughters school will be re-homing my ducks (3 ducks, 1 drake, all black east indies) - the headteacher seems keen on the idea and I am going in to see him tomorrow to have a chat with him about it. They already have chickens so I'm hoping it wont' be too... -
New chick, swollen crop/neck?
Probably not the best picture but one of my new hatchling has a swollen neck/crop, it seemed normal when it first hatched but when I came to take it out of the Incubator I noticed the swelling. What could be going on? Did I leave it in too long? Or an injury from hatching or afterwards maybe... -
Button quail colour???
Anyone know what colour my button quail might be? I know the yellow one will be white but I can't work out the other one, looking online I'm thinking possible some sort of cinnamon (maybe blue faced?) or some type of red breast but the pictures I find look a bit different to my untrained eye :D... -
Early quitter movement
Hello BYC! I am incubating eggs for the first time and have been brought here many times by google with all the questions I've had and learnt a lot (thank you) but I had to sign up to get an answer to this question that has been puzzling me and I can't find an answer to, here or anywhere else...- Emmaxx
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