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    EMERGENCY! Ducks leg ripped off

    I’m currently scrambling to find a vet, as well as slowing the bleeding. I walked out to let my ducks out of the cage this morning and one has a leg ripped clean off. She seems pretty calm and quiet. However, the skin and muscle is exposed and bleeding. What can I do? I want to save her, but...
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    Foamy Eye/Sinus Infection? Please Help!!!

    Good Morning! Yesterday I discovered one of my ducks has a really bad foamy eye. My Drake passed a few months back and since then my female duck has become the favorite to pick on/“mate” with by the other ladies. The back of her neck is nearly bald and, as I just mentioned, has developed a...
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    Duckling hatching, when should I assist if at all?

    Hey, all! My ducklings have started hatching, and all is well so far, my fifth duckling pipped yesterday afternoon and is still working on hatching. However, I am a little bit concerned because he has made a huge hole in the top of the egg and has his beak out. it’s taking much longer than the...
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    Duckling Egg Candling Question

    I’m currently going on week 2 of my duck incubation and took the eggs out to candle tonight… a lot of the eggs looked like expected (movement, veins, etc). Most of them I could pick up and see movement almost right away. However other eggs were almost completely dark -some with few veins- and I...
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    Two Embryos?? Duck Incubation

    Hello all! I’m doing my second ever round of incubating duck eggs and came across an odd egg when candling tonight… what looked like two masses/embryos were moving around in this egg… am I just seeing things? Has anyone had this happen/seen this before?
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    Sick Duckling?

    Hey all! I have a duckling that recently started standing and zoning out and peeping, with one eye droopy. He still eats and drinks, But definitely not as energetic as he normally is. Is there something i should be worried about? Is he just tired? Any advice would help!
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    Lost cause eggs?

    Well, I’m proud to say I hatched two beautiful baby ducklings so far in my first incubation! Of course, with every hatch there’s bound to be a low point: The next two babies were just short of hatching but sadly didn’t make it :( (still figuring out why) Now I have a handful of rough looking...
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    Update and Pip/Zip Question

    Sooo quick update: I had my first (and early) successful duckling hatch on Saturday morning and it’s siblings are getting ready to follow suit! This one in particular has taken a little longer on both the internal and now external pip, but I’m kind of expecting that since my first hatched so...
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    Just started lockdown!!! Is a duck already pipping?!

    I just started the lockdown process this morning for my duck eggs and I was doing one last check I noticed one of the eggs seems to already have externally pipped?! This is my first hatch ever so I’m not 100% so naturally I came to the experts:) I attached pictures of the egg and a (kinda low...
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    Cracked Egg and Candling Question!!!

    Hi all! Posting on a forum is relatively new to me but I've come to this website countless times for advice as I started raising ducks. I'm going through my first successful incubation process with my duck eggs and as I was candling I found 2 questionable eggs: One has a crack across the tip...
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