First time dealing with bumble foot. I’ve been googling but am wondering- would it be advisable to try soaking this foot daily and applying antibiotic ointment/wrapping before going to the slice open/surgery treatment? I would like to spare her pain if possible but she’s obviously in pain with...
I had 2 Pekin drakes about 8 months old, who grew up together and were super adorably bonded. They lived in a pen inside our garden fence on their own. We also have 6 ducks and 14 chickens that live in their own pens and free range in a separate backyard. Unfortunately one of the drakes died...
I was given 2 rescue ducklings that turned out to be male Pekins. They were extremely bonded to one another. I tried introducing them to my flock of 6 ducks a few times but the girls just bullied them, and since the Pekins were kind of special needs from being malnourished before we got them...
I posted about these two ducklings a friend brought to my house after she found them at a lake. While she was there someone left them and drove away. They seemed malnourished (weak, bent legs) and so I started them on B vitamins in addition to their chick food and nutritional yeast and greens...
Hi everyone, after years of coming to this site to search answers for my chicken problems I had to post a question about some ducks we rescued so came to introduce myself.
We got chickens for the first time a few years ago. They were really my husband and 11yo son's project. Over that time we...
Please tell me if there’s anything more I can do for these babies.
We recently acquired two ducklings that were left at a nearby lake. We raised 6 ducklings this spring without any health issues and I agreed to take these when a friend found them.
The first thing I noticed was their legs. One...