Hiya,
We have an 8 month old duck whose not weight bearing on one leg.
No bumblefoot, no visible breaks that we can feel, but in comparison to the other foot it looks less plump, grayish rather than orangey and just generally less healthy.
Any ideas as to what this could be?
We haven't seen...
Firstly, hope I'm posting in the right place... I saw there was a hatching thread in the chicken section... but these are ducks :D
First time hatching, we have 7 out of 11 pipped so far, mostly last night and today. But one guy pipped 48 hours ago, made a hole and we could see movement but...
Hello,
Looking for a bit of experienced advice please.
Our new neighbours dog broke into our garden & killed one of our ducks a few hours ago. The rest seem fine, bar one, who seems completely in shock. Not interested in food and blankly staring up the garden.
We picked her up to check she...
Hello everyone,
Posted a few times when we first got our little flock last year, having to deal with bumblefoot, and it's back!
So we're treating this bumble from what we learnt before. Epsom soaks, purple vet antiseptic spray, removed the scab and it has been reducing in size...
However...
Hiya,
We've been happily watching our pack of 7 do their thing over the last year, we got them last August. Love having ducks.
They've just been through a molt, and are currently not really laying which I think must be normal?
The reason for my post, is that this morning while they're all...
So yesterday, when the husband went to clean out the duck house, he noticed that a little nest had been made in one of the back corners... no egg...
Whilst he was cleaning the pond out, one of our runners (Doris) was busying herself going in and out of the house, which they never do. SO...
Hello,
So we've been monitoring one of our ducks (Babs) with bumblefoot for the last couple of weeks. She had a bad hobble, eventually not really using the foot. We were treating her with daily Epsom salt soaks, spraying with an antiseptic spray but keeping her in with the flock as she was keen...
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We got our first ducks in August this year, they're funny little buggers and we love them... we've learnt so much already and have plenty more to learn I'm sure!