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    Review by 'Kimmyh51' in article 'The Myth of the 'Guard' Goose and Why You Should Not Get One'

    This is not always the case. 7 years ago I rescued a gander sitting on the side of the road mourning his dead mate who I am guessing had been hit by a car then eaten by hawks. Anyway that gander decided after about 3 or 4 weeks at most that he was going to 'marry' a Pekin runner X duck who...
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    Support Group for Abused Duck Keepers

    Thank god for this support group! My human friends dont understand the love between me and my ducks as it is.... If i open up and share the full extent of things, they would be horrified... ie the emotional and physical abuse (vicious pecks on a daily basis from mommy ducks, including groups...
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    Conjoined twin duckling

    I had a duckling hatch with an extra pair of legs which went into one foot that then went into two feet, i thught it was a partial twin, however my vet said that it was most likely that germ cells got knocked away from the main embryonic clump of cells and as a result kept growing and...
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    Intentionally scrambling eggs and geriatric incubation

    I still have that leg in a container of formaldehyde if anyone wants to see? Lol
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    Intentionally scrambling eggs and geriatric incubation

    Also I had a duckling hatch a couple of springs ago which had an extra kind of pair of legs (it was a leg ending in two feet) which i thought must have been a twin that didn't develop or something. My avian vet told me that it was highly unlikely to be a twin and most likely because bumps and...
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    Intentionally scrambling eggs and geriatric incubation

    Youd only need to take them to day 4 or so to see if they still start to grow. Unless you are someone with veterinary /veterinary science study and quals, Im not sure what benefit, knowledge wise, you would gain from incubating further than to tell if the egg is still able to start growing? Ie...
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    Condy's Crystals ( Potassium Permanganate ). YES or NO!

    You realise if you put it in your fish tank your fish will be taking it internally? (As well as bathing in it) and unlike ducks who could go find a muddy puddle to swim and drink in, your fish cant do that? Anyway my real life experience with hundreds of ducks is they are fine and never had any...
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    Duckling Having Seizures

    Hi, i had already done all that, it was fed game bird crumble (only duckling feed avail here in NZ), given fluids, and given avian electrolytes, plus additional b vitamins. It died a few mins ago. All of the symptoms and signs pointed to heavy metal toxicity, but its been raised indoors in a...
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    Duckling Having Seizures

    Does anyone know the outcome here? I have a duckling in a similar condition out of the blue.
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    humanely culling young ducklings or chicks please !

    Im not aware of any veterinary or wildlife organisation or experts that would consider drowning, which I assume is what you are meaning? As a humane method of euthanasia. In face most reputable organisations specifically state this is not an acceptable (and in many countries, legal) method of...
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    Condy's Crystals ( Potassium Permanganate ). YES or NO!

    I have used it with my ducks, when I have had spring outbreaks of mycoplasma in my large flock of adult birds. It has bern successful with no observed side effects. However it is a STRONG oxidiser and in my opinion enough to color drinking water dark purple, or purple at all, is far too much...
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    The khaki-Campbell duck Thread !!!!!!!!

    Hey there is a balut website in nz selling balut eggs with this photo on their website. Is this your photo? Here is their url https://newzealandduckeggs.co.nz/our-birds/
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    Bra hatches anyone whose done this online now?

    Its like this little vibration.
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    Bra hatches anyone whose done this online now?

    Its so weird, i can feel it moving in the egg
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    Bra hatches anyone whose done this online now?

    How do i make that?
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    Bra hatches anyone whose done this online now?

    I just took the egg out of my bra to have a wee listen and the surface to touch is in my opinion significantly colder than what an egg feels like when it is underneath a mother Duck or an incubator, however that Duckling is actively pipping and has now for the first time peeped hello at Me. This...
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    Bra hatches anyone whose done this online now?

    FREEZING cold night tonight (well this morning now sunrise soon, its 5am). Anyway i had a duck hatch ducklings yesterday andabandon the nest leaving obe duckling which had externally pipped and was still alive and chipping away at the egg. I put it under the only broody duck i have here as all...
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    How can i stop a mother hen (raising 3 ducklings, no chicks) from perching too early?

    They are inside a little house with mum on a low perch. I have no space to bring them indoors here as Im already full up with orphaned ducklings, and my landlord has dogs and cats so not safe for them, they were initially in a house in his yard but had to be moved out to where I am on day one as...
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    Chicks lost in the mail - is there any chance they're still alive?

    This is why I think shipping live birds in the mail should simply not be done. I get that maybe you cant get them locally, but its just not fair on the babies.. 💔 😢
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    How can i stop a mother hen (raising 3 ducklings, no chicks) from perching too early?

    Hey guys I have a chicken raising some ducklings, they are about 3 weeks. And she is in a house with a perch and just tonight I noticed she is perching, and of course the ducklings cant perch with her. Its going to be quite cold tonight and the next couple of nights. Is there anything I can...
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