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Lack of blood supply to leg...
Hiya, We have an 8 month old duck whose not weight bearing on one leg. No bumblefoot, no visible breaks that we can feel, but in comparison to the other foot it looks less plump, grayish rather than orangey and just generally less healthy. Any ideas as to what this could be? We haven't seen... -
Hatching issues
Firstly, hope I'm posting in the right place... I saw there was a hatching thread in the chicken section... but these are ducks :D First time hatching, we have 7 out of 11 pipped so far, mostly last night and today. But one guy pipped 48 hours ago, made a hole and we could see movement but... -
Traumatized duck
Thanks for the advice. We put them all in their house early yesterday, and shes improved greatly this morning. I was so worried. So relieved! -
Traumatized duck
Hello, Looking for a bit of experienced advice please. Our new neighbours dog broke into our garden & killed one of our ducks a few hours ago. The rest seem fine, bar one, who seems completely in shock. Not interested in food and blankly staring up the garden. We picked her up to check she... -
Peeling, scabby, sore duck feet! Advice very welcome please.
Thanks for all your concern, and helpful posts. The vetwrap arrived today, I'm waiting on some tripleantibiotic which should be arriving tomorrow and will start with those. In the mean time I've avoided getting her feet wet, shes on clean straw in a warm outbuilding with a friend for company... -
Peeling, scabby, sore duck feet! Advice very welcome please.
Thank you all for the advice... I'll look up the ointments/balms recommended. -
Peeling, scabby, sore duck feet! Advice very welcome please.
I'd wondered that about the webs :( it looks so so sore. We live in the South West of England. I'm not sure she'd have been exposed to anything cold enough to give her frost bite... she came inside just before the first really cold snap happened about a week ago. -
Peeling, scabby, sore duck feet! Advice very welcome please.
Thanks for your responses, here are some pictures from just now. We'd just put her in the bath for 10 mins hoping she'd drink more but she doesn't seem interested. They've peeled off a lot more since I posted, and just look so raw :( -
Peeling, scabby, sore duck feet! Advice very welcome please.
Hello everyone, Posted a few times when we first got our little flock last year, having to deal with bumblefoot, and it's back! So we're treating this bumble from what we learnt before. Epsom soaks, purple vet antiseptic spray, removed the scab and it has been reducing in size... However... -
Bottom intrusions
Clearly no one has questioned ducks with a butt poking desire before then, as I'm forever googling duck things hehe -
Bottom intrusions
:wee No one is getting hurt... unless ducks have pride... in which case that might be a little dented :) -
Bottom intrusions
So is that why she's pecking their bums? Our neighbours female chicken crows :hmm -
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Bottom intrusions
Ooooh... do you think "she" is a guy? That would be interesting -
Bottom intrusions
Hey, Yes, quite sure. Just went straight for the hole -
Bottom intrusions
Hiya, We've been happily watching our pack of 7 do their thing over the last year, we got them last August. Love having ducks. They've just been through a molt, and are currently not really laying which I think must be normal? The reason for my post, is that this morning while they're all... -
We have a nest!
So even if they aren't ever going to hatch because we have no male... she'll still get broody & do what shes doing... and to encourage her to keep doing that in one place, ideally in the house, we should exchange for a few ceramic ones so she can sit on them? I assume she'd likely just move to... -