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    Swollen leg joints in Pekin duck

    Good afternoon, I have a situation with my 4 year old Pekin Duck. 3 days ago, we noticed he was limping and we noticed that he had a swollen join on his right leg. We gave him diclofenac to help, but we have not seen any improvements. In fact, we noticed todaym his left leg is starting to become...
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    Duck poop on carpet

    So we found pieces of duck poop on our carpet, and now we're worried we can get sick. We only have one duck since his partner died, we're in the process of getting him a partner, and we've been letting him out of the coop at lot more recently so he has more to explore and doesn't feel so alone...
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    Urgent help with baby bird we found

    Hello everyone, we just found a baby bird that appears to have fallen from his nest which is about 7 meters tall. His wings are spread out and he seems injured. He is tiny, and can't walk, instead he was moving around with his wings. We game him some water mixed with corn powder and he seemed to...
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    Duck with botulism! What to give

    Hi everyone my Pekin duck who is three years old can't walk, his legs can't move but he is quacking and is trying to move with his wings. We are worried its botulism and want to take immediate action. We are moving him to a warm and secluded area with fresh food and water. I don't know how much...
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    HELP!!!!! YOUNG MUSOVY DUCK IS ILL!!

    My 9 month old Muscovy duck has not been walking since yesterday. She has trouble walking, I do not know why but I suspect boutilism? She can eat, see hear and talk fine. She was also eating some grass when we set her down and still has some mobility in her legs. She has been like this since...
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    EXTREMELY angry duck

    I have posted about our Pekin duck being notoriously aggresive for a while now, but I think he's getting worse. When released from his coop he will bite you in the leg, pulling on your pants. Its almost like he wants you to run away, and when we do (to see what he does) he chases you as fast as...
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    Ducks will not get along :(

    Hello everyone, we have 2 ducks, a pekin duck that is nearing 2 years old and a muscovy duck whom we believe is now a couple months old. We got the muscovy duckling to accompany our Pekin who is called Lulu (we thought she was female as a baby but now quacks like a male and has a drake feather...
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    Pekin duck's diet

    Hello everyone, as some of you know we have a Pekin that is around 20 months old. He is let out to forage for grass nearly every day and when in his coop is given yellow corn based poultry feed and seems to feed off worms and other creatures in muddy parts of his coop. However recently he seems...
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    Help identifying Pekin sex

    Hello, thoa I s our Pekin duck. Male right?
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    Help identifying duckling age and sex

    Hello, I have some pictures of the Muscovy duckling I adopted. Anyone know for sure her gender and age based on the images?
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    Aggresive Pekin

    Hello everyone, as some of you may know I have a male Pekin duck who is durrently around 18 months old. He lives with a Muscovy companion who passed away a couple weeks ago for unkown causes and since we brought a new duckling in, he has been very aggresive with the duckling trying bite and even...
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    Do ducks need removal of parasites?

    Hello, I was wondering if ducks need removal of prasites in their body frequently, and if so, how it is done in a way that is safe for them?
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    Duck fight gone wrong??

    Hello everyone, we have 2 ducks. One is a Pekin and the other is a Muscovy. Our muscovy is 13 months older than the Pekin. About 2 weeks ago, we found our muscovy had passed away but our Pekin was fine. There were no indices of blood however we found our Pekin was pecking out him. We have...
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    Ducks and compost

    So this is a bit of an emergency. We put compost all over the garden yesterday, I'm pretty sure it had sheep poop that was fertilized. We are afraid the ducks may get food poisoning from the compost so we haven't let them out yet. However, our duckling escaped and we didn't even notice until...
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    Introducing the new duckling

    This is an update of my previous post... We have 2 ducks, however 1 of them passed away last week. So we got a new duckling to accompany the other duck, whom we were told was female but is a Pekin and has a curvy tail leaving with the doubt that she may be a male. Anyway, today we tried to...
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    Ducks and covid

    Hello everyone, I have a question. One of my 2 ducks passed away recently, and as ducks arevery social beings, we wanted to get a new companion duck right away for the one we currently have. However, we are a little paranoid the new duckling we would buy will have covid on his feathers. It may...
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    Ducks food

    Hello, quick question, how long can 2 year old ducks go without food?
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    Ducks-on planes?

    Hello guys, I have a question. I have a Pekin and Muscovy duck, and I am wondering how I could transport them over long distances? Say, a 6 hour flight? I live in a high altitude city and woud lprbably we there for like 1-3 months. Would they be able to re-adapt to the altitude? Could they...
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    Carnival and Ducks

    Hi guys, so a couple of weeks ago, we decided to move our 2 ducks into a pen, since they were pooping all over the garden. This, coincided with a shortage of food, we didn't go to the market that week, and so we were giving them cut grass from the garden, as there is no food in the location of...
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    Paint and a Duckling?

    Hi guys, I hope that this is just false alarm, but this morning I found my ducling's back with dry paint that fell of a structure. Now, she is behaving normally, however, I am still worried. Nothing bad could happen right?
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