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  1. Starling5767

    Duck limping - help needed

    Posting this for a friend who asked me to come take a look at his duck since he knew I'd had experience with bumblefoot/limping ducks. This is a female Peking duck. She is enclosed with two other female ducks in a nice duck pen with a pool at night but is out to free range the property during...
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    Duck is better but still need advice

    The Pekin duck I found is doing better but not completely well yet. My original post is here https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/found-a-duck-she-cant-walk-one-swollen-foot-and-leg.1517779/ The first picture is what she looked like when I first found her. Second pic is how she looks...
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    Found a duck. She can't walk, one swollen foot and leg

    I found a Pekin duck today while I was on my walk. She can't walk. One of her legs is very swollen in the joint just above the foot. And the leg is slightly swollen too. The other leg looks good but she can't use it. She was moving by flapping her wings on the ground (if that makes...
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    Advice needed for muscovey drake

    Need advice for treating my muscovy drake, Wilbur. His feathers are in terrible shape. He will no longer swim in the pond and he is not water proof. I see him preening himself but it doesn't seem to be doing any good. My other ducks appear fine. Sorry the pictures aren't that great - He isn't...
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    Cat attack!

    My neighbors cat was chasing my chickens yesterday. This is a new experience to me as I have never seen a cat mess with full grown large chicken. As a former song bird rehabilitator I know that even a small cat scratch or cat bite is almost always deadly to a bird unless it is given...
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    Hen's comb is pale

    This is not an emergency....not sure if I should have posted in another forum. The hen is a red sexlink. She is 2-1/2 years old. Weight seems normal compared to other birds in my "family" :) I noticed just yesterday that her comb and wattles are much paler than the other hens. She is...
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    Hello fellow chicken lovers

    Hello! I recently adopted 5 sexlinks hens from the Animal Place in Grass Valley. They were rescued from a pasture based laying farm. They are 2 years old and surprisingly friendly for being from an egg laying facility. They are as tame and friendly as the chickens I raised from chicks many...
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