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    Duck with swollen patch of white scales

    My Cayuga, Crow, has what I first thought to be bumblefoot on her feet. I checked her feet again after about an hour and a half of her and one of her flock mates sitting in a semi-warm bath (It’s very cold outside, I didn’t want to shock their systems with a hot one). I then realized that...
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    Time sensitive! Duck with swollen foot!

    My runner duck has an incredibly swollen foot. She was limping so badly, I thought she had been missing a toe until I saw her foot. I don’t see any injuries aside from a scrape on the foot. Is there a way to check if she has any broken bones without handling her too much? Being handled stresses...
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    Bantam eggs in a normal-sized egg turner

    Hello! I’m getting bantam eggs day after tomorrow and would like to know if any of you know how to fix an egg turner so it fits bantam eggs. Would I use a piece of a paper towel to fill the bottom? Or would I have to hand-turn the eggs? I would much prefer to use the egg turner because I go into...
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    ISO Nankin Bantams

    Hello everyone! I would like a dozen or so Nankin bantam chickens. They don‘t necessarily have to be young, but young is preferred. I’m willing to drive a ways to get the chickens. I live in Cumberland Gap, TN.
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    Drake lost webbing on half of one foot

    My mallard drake was limping when I came out this morning to check on them, and when I called my Dad out to come check on him, we were able to get a picture. It froze last night, but I had them all in the coop, and I had fluffy straw in there. None of the other birds are hurt, or seen overly...
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    My goose loves apples

    I've had three geese since late December of 2018, though two of them have disappeared recently, with a very small pile of feathers left behind both times. I believe it was a bear, but have no way of knowing for sure. My last goose, Hermione Freeranger, was still very "You're a PREDATOR, so...
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    Sickly duckling

    We got four ducklings from Rural King, two mallards and two black ones that the employees couldn't identity, one black one got sick on the way home and died just after getting home, the other black one got sick soon after but this morning we began feeding it a mixture of molasses, egg yolk, and...
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    Two Cayuga Drakes needing to be rehomed. Cumberland Gap, TN

    I have two purebred Cayuga drakes, Peach and Ninja who tend to respond to their usual flock call of "BABIES!!" (using a high pitched voice, like when you're greeting a dog that's very happy to see you after being away). One has a yellow bill and the other black, and both are just a few months...
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    I want to buy black Indian Runner hatching eggs.

    Edit: I live in East Tennessee Hello. I'm quite excited as I've finally convinced my parents to let me increase my flock. After a lot of research, I'd like to add some black Runner ducks to my flock of three ducks. (it was a larger flock, but we've had a few tragedies) I’d really like to hatch...
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    History for Indian Runners??

    Hello! I reenact colonial America (1775). I’d like to get some Runners so I can bring one with me when I go all dressed up. I can't find any mention of them before 1830, which was when they were imported to the UK, or so I’ve heard. I’ve also heard that they’re actually native to Asia, and...
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    Advice for caring for sick duckling

    My Grammy has just hatched her first ducklings from her flock. Out of two ducklings that hatched, Popcorn and Peanut, one of them had to be helped out of shell. I believe he has splayed legs, and some of the membrane was dried on him, (Grammy had been unable to get that bit: we had to give him a...
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    Bad news and a question

    Bad news: Max, my Cayuga drake, was killed yesterday morning by a hawk. He was buried next to where Slush and Bean, two ducklings almost fully feathered who were also killed by a hawk. There were buried under an apple tree a dozen steps from the house. Max was about a year and a half old at the...
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    What’s wrong with my ducks’ feet?

    One of my ducks, a female Welsh Harlequin named Dragon, started quacking a lot more than normal a week or two ago. At first, I thought she was just excited about all the new plants and bugs that were suddenly popping up and telling her flock mates about all the new food, but then I started...
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    Want to keep geese with ducks

    I want to merge my geese and ducks. I only got the geese in the past week. Two female and one male geese, and three female and one male duck. My drake (he’s a little thing and his name is Max), keeps chasing the geese when they get too close to him/his girls. I have two coops, one is very small...
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    Very worried, duck is limping with labored breathing. Need advise asap.

    My duck, Firequacker, is limping, taking deep breaths, sometimes wheezing, and doesn’t want to move or have a happy tail. It’s pointed downwards.
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    I would like to add a goose to my flock

    A family friend offered one of his American Buff geese, if I am interested. I haven't said yes or no yet, I'm wondering about the effect on the dynamics of the flock and if geese can eat the duck food I already put out. Also feel free to add any other tips or requirements you think I might need...
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    I need a duck house!

    Hello, I urgently need to build a duck house (the coop area, not the run) for up to twelve ducks, but I don’t know where to start or what I need. Can you guys post some plans or ideas? Possibly a few pictures of your duck houses? And do any of you have an idea on how to build something I can...
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    Need help with survivor of hawk attack

    My 7 week old duck, Dragon, has been injured by a hawk. Any tips on how to care for an injured duck? Anything to make him more comfortable or happier? He also has a lot of tiny but densely packed fly eggs deep in his feathers, any tips for that? They are stuck tight and I don‘t want to hurt him...
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    I don’t know what breed my duck is

    Hello, I’m a first-time duck-raiser with five healthy and curious ducks. I put three pictures, one of my flock and two close-ups my gray duck, the one whose breed I’m unsure of, in the bottom of this post. My ducks are seven weeks old, the gray one named Abigail, though I’m not sure of her...
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