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    Muscovy Duck Random Death Worried about Others

    Im not sure if this is the correct forum but I wasn’t sure where else to post it other than ’ducks.’ I’m going to try and go into detail about what happened. I have 13 ducks of various breeds, 6 of which are muscovies. 2 males and 4 females, they are our only male ducks. All my ducks are about...
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    Polish chick with possible wry neck

    So i have some polish and silkie chicks right now, around 8 weeks old. Back when they were around 2 weeks I had a polish chick that almost died, like it wouldn't even lift its head up refused to eat or drink. I spent days nursing it back to health, expecting to find it dead every time I would...
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    iso ducks northern OH

    Hello i am in search of preferably female ducks that need rehoming in northern ohio or close by. I’m willing to drive. I am mostly looking for pekin, khaki, and muscovy. :) if there’s a small group of females id be willing to take a drake as well. I currently have 5 ducks and want to surprise my...
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    Sudden death

    Im heart broken this morning, I went out to the run and checked inside the coop and my pekin duck did not move. I thought it was sleeping and shook it and realized it was dead. After having somewhat of a mental breakdown, I had my boyfriend come get her out. She had her head stretched out and...
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    Help Please

    I got my chick about two weeks ago it’s a silkie, it’s very small and i noticed right away that one of its eyes was very watery. Slowly it progressed into being puss filled, and swelling. I got eye drops for it and put those in every day, but now it’s completely swollen shut, I put a warm...
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    Introducing Geese and Ducks

    So i currently have a goose and duck I raised from hatching, they are inseparable. But I am getting them some “friends.” Originally I was planning on getting a few ducks but my friend got ahold of me and wants me to take her Famale goose and 1 female duck as well as one drake. And I have 5...
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    embden gander in need of new home

    I have an embden goose named jeffery, he needs a new home. He is in a small enclosure and it isnt fair to him he can be aggressive but I believe it's because of his small enclosure. I love him dearly and could never kill him because of his aggression. Please anyone take him and give him a good...
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    ISO female embden

    I have a lonely gander who needs a lady lol. Im located in NW Ohio.
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    ISO silkie hens OH

    In search of silkie hens in ohio or anywhere close to OH. Any color, just want some females. Thanks.
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    St. run silkies

    Hello, I really want to get silkies. I absolutely love the look of them and have heard great things about the breed in general. But after some researching it seems you can really only get them st. run. I only want to order around 10 at the most, but what if I get like 6 hens and 4 roos? I will...
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    Aggressive Goose

    Well, I didn’t want to have make this post one day but here we are. I raised my geese and ducks from babies, and jeffery my gander was my absolute best friend. We got along so well, I would spend all my time with him. He’s almost a year old now and suddenly he got aggressive. I know this happens...
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    Yay for my hand built coop!

    I currently have a goose and a duck that are around 12 weeks old! We built them a coop instead of buying one, because we had a specific design in mind. My boyfriend wanted an opening roof, so he could reach in there, or air it out. I wanted a big door on the side so it was easy access for me to...
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    Help with feeding ??

    So I have two female rouen ducks, and two male emden geese. Right now they are all on Purina Flock Raiser, but when the ducks start laying eggs, do I keep them all on purina flock raiser and supply oyster shells? Or so I put them on the purina layena. I don’t really have a way to separate them...
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    • ducks eggs feed geese help layena purina tips
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    Help Broken Neck

    Help, my friend has two small Rouens. And a little older geese. Well we think one of the geese stepped on the small one (the rouen). It’s neck wobbles and it can’t walk right without falling. I felt it’s neck and it feels not broken, but i’m worried. It keeps flipping over and falling. Is there...
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    Duck won’t leave gosling/duckling alone.

    So I have a 10 week old goose and duck, they have a pen and coop. I got another goose and duck they are babies, about 4 weeks ago, and the duck absolutely hates them and tried to kill them. So I waited a few weeks (they are ab 4 weeks old) and now I have them in a small pen, inside the big pen...
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    goose/duck feeding schedule

    * I tried to post in feeding and watering but had no luck * I have two geese and two ducks. I read somewhat that people have them on a schedule for feeding. Is that necessary? If so what kind of schedule should they be on? The bigger ones are around 9 weeks, the younger are around 3 weeks...
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    • duck food goose grit help schedule
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    Food Schedule?

    I have two geese and two ducks. I read somewhat that people have them on a schedule for feeding. Is that necessary? If so what kind of schedule should they be on? The bigger ones are around 9 weeks, the younger are around 3 weeks. Should just the big ones be on a schedule right now? Suggestions...
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    Shaking Heads

    I have about a two month old goose and duck, the duck runs away from me no matter what. But usually the goose runs up to me and does a little dance when he sees me, flapping his wings and jumping up and down. But today when I went to pet him like usual, he started shaking his head. Like...
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    • behavior ducks geese? help noise shaking
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    Hot weather, how to keep them cool?

    I have two ducks, and two geese. This weekend we are getting really high temps for where I live, enough that I don’t even want to walk outside. They have two pools and fresh water all day, is there anything else I can do for them just so they aren’t miserable? Or will the pools be fine? Also...
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    • ducks geese heat snacks summer
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    Tips for knowing gender of a goose?

    I have a goose named Jeffery he/she is only 9 weeks old, I have been going back and forth whether it’s a male or female. It’s an emden. I’m too nervous to try and vent sex and i think they are a little old for that? I’m not sure. I’m very new to this. Here’s a picture of Jeffery.. (and sammy in...
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