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    Ducks

    If you have a pair or more of ducks, they will more than likely hang together & not pay much attention to the hens. If I do have a duck that tries to mount a chicken, I'll put them in time out for a half hour or so & that usually does the trick 😂 is no fun to watch your friends play outside...
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    Ducks

    Ours free range together as well but have neighbor coops that are separate at night. Also worth noting that your nesting boxes for the chickens are typically higher & ducks would need ground level access or a safe ramp. Something to think about. We did have our coop divided at one point though...
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    4 week old pekin duckling biting

    Ill tell you a quick story about our "lone duck". It was a rescue & our first duck but he had been raised with a flock of chickens and we rescued the rest of the flock as well. They all got on well with our chickens & all was well until this duck started chasing the chickens down & trying to...
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    4 week old pekin duckling biting

    You really are an enabler! Lol 😂🦆
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    Duck, leg injury, urgent help needed

    Awwe, thank you so much. We sure gave it or best 💔💕
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    Duck, leg injury, urgent help needed

    Thanks Isaac 0, I'm pretty busted up about it this morning 💔 we got awful attached to each other. Check this out though, the vet made it for me & I think it's just the sweetest. I am very grateful, at least, to have found these awesome people with huge hearts along our journey! Check out the pic...
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    Duck, leg injury, urgent help needed

    Well guys, it's with the heaviest of hearts I have to say Bev is no longer with us 😢 poor girl. She gave it her all & I just couldn't watch her struggle any more. Our 1st trip to the vet we found that there were no breaks or slipped tendons in her legs at all. For some reason all her joints in...
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    Duck, leg injury, urgent help needed

    Awesome, thank you so much for all your insight! I've been in contact with the poultry science division at MSU who put me in contact with a poultry vet fairly close to our area, so miss Beverly has herself an appointment at 6pm tonight and we're hopeful for some good news. I ordered the other B...
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    Duck, leg injury, urgent help needed

    Awesome, thanks so much! Do you have a dosage recommendation?
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    Duck, leg injury, urgent help needed

    So, the only Durvet B complex I can find anywhere is injectable...I'm doubting that is what you're recommending but I can't seem to find a similar product, I am giving her Durvet vitamin and electrolyte packs in her water as well as the B3 powder supplement on her food though. I'm really...
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    Duck, leg injury, urgent help needed

    Thank you both! Today is the first day I'm unable to be there with her so I made her a nice nest in her box and left her mates in the pen for some company. I hobbled her legs with a soft ace wrap & hope a day of rest is good for her. They didn't have that specific durvet product but I did get...
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    Duck, leg injury, urgent help needed

    Good morning @Isaac 0, I'll attach pics of the B3 supplement, I'm currently giving her 1/10 of a dose daily (100mg) on her food with some broccoli, a few sunflower seeds & some chickpeas. (I find this easier than guessing if she's getting it all in her water or wasting it) I'll also attach a pic...
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    are my rouen ducks girl or a boy ?? please help

    I would guess by the eye stripe and plumage that they are female. Rouens I'm pretty sure are a breed that varies quite a bit between male and female pretty quickly. The males get a greyish breast and green head and also have a pretty distinct throat patch. My girls started to fool me around that...
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    Duck, leg injury, urgent help needed

    Current situation
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    Duck, leg injury, urgent help needed

    Hi @Isaac 0, I actually did read that! It's one of the few great sources I could find to get us on the right track. It just seems like a super slow process and I'm not even sure I'm helping right so it's pretty stressful right now. Especially since we are getting more and more attached to her as...
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    Duck, leg injury, urgent help needed

    Thanks so much!
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    Hi all!

    Nope, we THOUGHT he was a drake for two years and recently found out "he" is a she that thinks she is a rooster! Apparently this can happen when a lone duck is raised with a flock of chickens. I had no idea. And just when we thought things couldn't get any more ridiculous here, LOL!!
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    Duck, leg injury, urgent help needed

    Oh wow, I read 60-80 and figured she was larger due to age than is typical for this problem and upped it to 100. I personally have an almost immediate reaction to niacin and will get a bad "flush" with burning skin, etc and ive also read that too high of a dose can cause kidney failure and I...
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    Duck, leg injury, urgent help needed

    Another thing is, since I've been using the band on her legs, she will lay quietly with it on and her legs actually tucked under her like they should be but she will not eat and is very snappy at me (nipping) When they are not banded, she eats great and is extremely affectionate towards me...
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    i wanna get a second duckling!!

    Here's my "single duck" story. About a year and a half ago, we rescued 10 chickens and a pekin duck that we were told was a male. He was still pretty young as were the chickens (all just turning one at the time) and by the end of last summer we were having problems with him chasing my hens down...
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