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    4 day old chick with bumblefoot

    I have a four day old chick with a red swollen foot/leg and what looks like a small bumble scab on the bottom of her foot. She’s heavily favoring the leg, and not coming out from under the brooder to eat or drink as often as the other chicks. I’m unwilling to cut her foot to drain the swelling...
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    Hot hot hot 🥵

    Is anyone doing anything special for their ducks during this heat wave? The heat index here is getting up to 110, and I’m sure we’ll see worse heat waves this summer. At what point is the heat truly dangerous for ducks, even with plenty of water and shade?
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    Why do so many people recommend Epsom salt soaks for bumblefoot?

    This is something I've been wondering for a while--why do so many people recommend Epsom salt soaks as a treatment for bumblefoot? My understanding is that even for relieving sore muscles, Epsom salt isn't really proven to be any more effective than plain hot water. And since bumblefoot is a...
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    This duck is molting... right?

    Our 10 month old Cayuga duck, Pepper, has lost a LOT of feathers over the past week and a half and is looking a little sad. I'm 75% sure she's molting, but the timing seems so off--everything I've read online suggests that female ducks mostly molt in the summer, and usually don't lose so many...
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    Pekin leg amputation—what would you do?

    I’m back with more questions about what to do about Boop, the abandoned Pekin with advanced bumblefoot we picked up from one of our city ponds. Two weeks of antibiotics made no difference in the bumblefoot in her ankle, and her toe got significantly worse during the treatment. I considered...
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    Temperature fluctuations

    We’ve been experiencing some weird winter weather here in central Kentucky. It got up to 67 F on Christmas day, will stay in the 60s all this week. On Sunday it’s forecast to plummet down into the 30s, with a low of 18 F that night. We keep chickens and ducks. I’m not usually worried about them...
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    Bumblefoot questions

    We recently picked up a Pekin duck with severe bumblefoot from a nearby city park. I've already gotten some very helpful advice on a different thread, but figured I would start a new, bumblefoot-specific thread. We took her to the vet three days ago, and he prescribed an oral antibiotic...
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    Dumped ducks in Central Kentucky

    My partner and I just discovered three abandoned ducks in one of our city parks—two Pekins and what appears to be a Blue Swedish duck. One of the Pekins has a very bad limp and a swollen leg. All three sound like females. Unfortunately, our backyard is at capacity. I already posted in the...
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    One duck sits way more often than the others

    We have a small flock of three ducks, and lately I’ve noticed than one duck has been spending more time sitting than the other two. I also just noticed that her wing tips cross significantly more than the others (see pics). A few questions, if anyone can answer them: are the sitting and the...
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    Ideas for free range protection from hawks?

    We have a small flock of four chickens and three ducks who free range in our backyard. November and March are our big red tailed hawk migration months and the only time I really need to worry about hawks, but also the time when most of our bushes have lost all their foliage. I’m trying to buy...
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    How often should I check for bumblefoot?

    My three ducks will be nine weeks old tomorrow and they’ve been outside full time for about three weeks. They’re okay with hanging out near me but don’t like to be handled at all. I’ve been observing them daily and would notice if they started limping, but I’d really rather not catch them to...
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    Is this audible breathing concerning?

    This is our duck Pigpen, who @Isaac 0 and @DucksAreBest just helped determine is female (thank you again!). She’s been stuffed up/wheezing for almost two weeks now. I took her to an avian vet ten days ago and he diagnosed her with a mild upper respiratory infection and sent me home with a ten...
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    Is this 6-week old Pekin male or female?

    Or is it too soon to tell?
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    Hen laying willy-nilly—why??

    We have very sweet RIR hen that has taken up some odd egg laying behavior lately. About a week and a half ago, I saw her sitting in the middle of the yard all puffed up and thought that she must be sick. I walked over to check on her and noticed that she looked like she was straining all her...
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    Chicken sitting—always a bad sign?

    I have a Black Sex Link who recently has taken to plopping down. She looks healthy, her feet and legs look fine, her poop is occasionally runny but not more than usual, and she stays with the flock—I just notice her sitting every so often. This is a fairly recent change in behavior for her...
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    Lethargic duckling

    Hello! We got three sweet new ducklings in the mail yesterday morning—a Cayuga and two Welsh Harlequins. Over the course of today, one of the Welsh Harlequins (Peanut) has become very lethargic. She’s still eating and drinking some, but not nearly as much as the other two. Often when they wake...
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