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So I ended up taking her to the vet after realizing that it definitely wasn't botulism and so **** frustrated that I couldn't find any of the supplies I needed anyways. The final diagnosis was neck muscle trauma with infection. I have her on antibiotics and metacam. Also feeding her through a...

So I live in a very rural area and have come to the conclusion that the stores that are around me are just useless when it comes to carrying ANYTHING to help sick birds other than electrolyes. This has been extremely frustrating, I can't even find the right sized tubing at the hardware store...

It looks like bumble foot to me. If those treatments don't work and it gets worse you will have to cut open the sore and pull the corn out. If you do that though make sure you get the whole corn, then flush out the wound, disinfect and wrap it.

I think all you can do is give him rest and keep him warm but having him in the sun might be way too warm. Put him in a secure area where he can rest but make sure he has a way to get out of the sun if he's too warm while being protected from drafts and put electrolytes in his water (they can...

*Update* So I have not culled her, I can't bring myself to do it if there is a way to save her. She still is doing the kickstand pose and still refuses to lay down and she looks exhausted. She still is dabbling in electrolyte water but not sure if she is actually swallowing it or now. She has...

I just saw that she has green poop now which leads me to believe she have have gotten botulism through the wound. That would explain the neck issue. I'm going to try a few more things but with what I know about botulism I know that if they survive the first 2 days they have an ok chance for living.

Thursday night I had a pretty bad animal attack involving 4 of my birds. 3 of the ducks looked as if they were chomped on the back of the neck and one is just gone. They seemed to be walking around just fine but a little bloody and missing feathers so I took my ducky first aid kit and cleaned up...

I have a tiny flock with 4 females and one drake, all 1 or 2 years old. It used to be a lot larger but I head a really bad problem with predators this year. Everyone has gotten along wonderfully until the last two weeks. Now my drake is constantly chasing around and beating up my smallest...

She just died, upon further investigation I found a tiny puncture wound at the base of her neck. I can't believe I didn't see it before, there was no blood. It was most definitely a fox attack.

I'm off the grid so can't really have an electric pump or anything but we use Muck digester pellets and barley extract. Both are completely safe.

So my flock was attacked and I lost my biggest male and one of my females may be injured. I have checked her for wounds and didn't find any other than twisted and missing feathers. Yesterday she seemed ok but moved a lot slower, this morning I saw the other ducks picking on her so I separated...

I wouldn't be able to reach walking around it but if I get waders I could do that, I also heard something about using bailed barley or something of the sort and letting that sit in there until it starts to decompose to keep unhealthy bacteria at bay. Have you heard of anything of the sort?

Ok so I have this small vernal pool/pond that is very close to my cabin. I am not sure if it is actually a vernal pool or a pond because it seems to stay filled most of the year. I have been raising free range ducks for a bout a year now and it seems quite impossible to keep them out of it. I...

My silver appleyards are about 5 weeks old now. I have them on Dumor starter/grower, with a side dish of grit. I have been introducing them to my other ducks for about two weeks now (I have two adult female pekins), have had no signs of aggression and going to into start intermingling them...

I read in Storey's guide to raising ducks that at around 3 weeks to start feeding them that way. They do have water 24/7 tho. I'll start feeding them 24/7 now to see what happens.

Ok so they are in their new coop as of yesterday which is 8ft x 12ft. I have been giving them nutritional yeast in their food (1 TBL per cup) and feeding them 3 times a day for 15 minutes each, and also lettuce in one of they drinking containers in the morning. I've noticed that a few of them...

I was able to find nutritional yeast but no brewers yeast that wasn't in pill form, should I give the same amount?

So this is the first time I've ever raised ducklings. I have 10 silver appleyards and they are two weeks old now. I have them in a 32 1/2 in x 37 1/2 in box with the bottom lined with a shower curtain liner and filled with pine shavings. They have a standard poultry waterer and a metal coffee...