Yesterday, when I was checking one of my ducks for bumble foot. As I was about finished with my inspections, she suddenly flapped out of my hands, and landed awkwardly on the ground. Since then she hasn’t been walking very well, and seems quite lethargic. I can’t find anything obviously wrong...
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A few days ago, I found a mourning dove in my yard that was missing a wing. Having dealt with similar things with my ducks, I felt confident I could help the poor guy out. So, took the duck in, gave it some first aid, and a few days later he seems to be doing fine, minus his wing...
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It is getting really cold in Colorado of the late. I think the high temp for tomorrow is 10 degrees f, and in the low is something like -9. Is this too cold for ducks? I've kept ducks for three winters now, and the coldest its ever gotten has been about 2 degrees. They have a four...
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I am about to adopt a new duck into our flock. We found him in a craiglist ad, after his owners put him up for adoption. I am wondering if I need to quarantine him from the rest of our flock to avoid any disease transmission. Does anybody know if this is necessary? Also, he is a...
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One of my ducks recently got attacked by a fox. She initially was un able to eat and got an infection, but she is doing much much better now. We are getting pretty close to the point where she can go back out side. However, here in Colorado things are starting to get cold, and as I...
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One of our ducks was recently attacked by a fox. She is getting better, but she is constantly twitching her wings. I've read that this is normal behavior when ducks are too hot, but we just got 6 inches of snow, and it's 15 degrees out, so I'm guessing that she is not overly warm...
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Recently, my flock of ducks was attacked by three coyotes. One of the surviving ducks took some pretty bad injury's but has been doing pretty well. The only thing that is worrying is that she is not eating. I've tried giving her lettuce, scrambled eggs, and some watery food, but she...
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Tonight, we had three foxes attack our ducks. Three died, four were injured, and one is still missing. Most of the injury's are fairly mild, but one duck had most of the skin on its neck ripped off, and sustained two puncture wounds to the side. The puncture wounds are very shallow...