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    PLEASE HELP!!

    I have been posting to one of my previous threads without response. I am trying desperately to save two remaining late hatchers that my mother duck abandoned after her first 5 hatched. Honestly, I just want to know that I have someone to bounce things off of who understands a little about...
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    Nesting broody duck in EXTREME heat

    I have a momma Cayuga who has been sitting her nest for at least 3 weeks, probably a little more. I'm guessing, based on egg candling, that she's within 5 or 6 days of hatching her 8 eggs. My concern is that she is nested in a big dog house in the sun, and it has been an average of 110 degrees...
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    White Crested with Growth on Head

    Hi - I have a white-crested duck (6 weeks old) that has a large growth on the side of her head, from which some very large feathers are growing. The growth was about half the size of a pea when we got her at 1 day old, and is now about the size of a marble. Should I be concerned about this big...
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    Flight feather growth question

    Hi all! I have a question about the appearance of my 1 month old Cayuga's wing growth. I have never noticed the feathers on my other ducklings sticking out so profoundly while growing in. I'm sure it looks more dramatic because of her dark color (this is our first Cayuga), but I just wasn't...
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    Lazy duckling, or sick duckling?

    I have 4 ducklings right now, a Cayuga and a crested that are 4 weeks old and a blue swedish and a welsh harlequin that are 3 weeks old. The welsh harlequin is much smaller than any of the other 3, and she hardly ever walks. She has a great amount of trouble getting up from sitting and...
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    Flock changes - Advice needed!

    Hi - Last year my children convinced me to buy two ducklings as pets. They turned out to be one drake and one hen. Since the dynamic between our male and female ducks has changed since they matured, we've had some issues with over-mating and have had to start separating Donald (our Pekin...
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