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    Drakes moulting or fighting?

    I have two drakes (both 9 weeks old) and I have noticed that they are dropping a lot of chest feathers over the past day or so. They have no green on their head so I suspected that they were just moulting into their adult breeding plumage as the female that hatched with them isn’t moulting at...
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    Protein levels in growing ducks?

    I have 3 5 1/2 week old ducklings and I was wondering what the ideal protein level is for their age and if I need to lower the protein percentage. From day 1 to now they have been on Small Holder Range baby chick crumbs (17.5% protein), and now I am transitioning them onto Heygates duck and...
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    Pullet with injured eye, foaming.

    I recently got three new pullets, one of which is a Maran. Today I noticed that one of her eyes had been "stretched" where there was a big gap in her eye socket. There was no bleeding just some inflamed skin around the eye. I checked back about half an hour later and it had some clear bubbles in...
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    Juvenile duck with drooping wing?

    My blue Swedish drake is about 8 weeks old and recently I have noticed some drooping in the right wing. All of the pin feathers are growing through on both wings but only the right wing is drooping. I originally thought that angel wing was the problem but I have heard that the blood in the pin...
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    Duck with 'cloudy' eye!

    One of my khaki Campbells has appeared to have a cloudy eye. I first noticed it shut and thought that she may have something stuck in it. I caught her and noticed that her eye appeared cloudy and almost blue. I've heard that she may have cataract eye but the cloudiness covers the whole of her...
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    Predator problem

    Hi, I have many chickens and ducks and I am in the UK. I have never had any problems with predators until now. This morning at 4:30, the chickens and ducks were making a racket. Later in the mooring I went out and noticed a grey scat situated on my compost pile. I was wondering if it was a fox...
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    Duck with closed eye

    I have a mini Appleyard who is living along with our other 3 ducks and 6 chickens. Today I started noticing one of her eyes was closing regularly and for quite a long time. I had a look and I saw something tiny inside it. I didn't want to interfere so I just refilled her water bucket in order...
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    2 ducks limping with no signs of injury.

    2 of my ducks today have started limping, they are a Khaki Campbell and a Silver Appleyard. I first noticed the Silver Appleyard limping and then later today the Khaki Campbell started limping. I checked both of their feet and all seemed fine, (no obvious signs of Bumblefoot and no swelling)...
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    keeping teal

    I have a pair of teal and was wondering if there are any tips on keeping them. My teal are living with my domestic ducks and chickens and all seems to be going well. I have a few questions though, do they need to be kept away from the domestics? do they need a pond or will a large basin of water...
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    Chilean/Sharp-winged teal care

    I have a pair of sharp winged teals that we picked up in December. We are keeping them with domestic poultry and everything seems to be going well. I have a few questions though. Do the teals need to be kept in a separate run? Are they ground nesting birds? When will they have clutches (when is...
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    When do my chicks start to drink?

    we had 6 araucanas hatch today and they are currently in the brooder. they have learnt how to eat but not drink. how long before they do start to drink and what can i do do in order to encourage them to drink. i have already dipped their beaks in.
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    Are my eggs resting or have they died???

    We are incubating 6 Araucana eggs and we are on day 19. On day 17/18 they were shaking a lot but on day 19 they have all stopped. Is this normal? We read that they were resting but others said that the embryo has stopped developing. Can you please help me out?
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