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I processed three ducks for the first time yesterday and came away with the following lessons. The down in combination with the feathers will work to keep the scalding water out, so while submerged you have to push back the feathers all over the bird to let the scalding water in against the...

I wish for you the best of experiences. I processed for the first time yesterday. It was three ducks. And the one aspect that most concerned me was that there was no unnecessary suffering. I believe I succeeded at that goal, with much thanks to the members of this site for their guidance.

I have a tough decision coming up... She never regained any significant amount of sight. She can find her food and water; but she is by herself and she is showing signs of severe loneliness. I work full time and can not be with her constantly. By the way I have her in a superyard play pen...

Both eyes are open now. She is finding her own food and water now, at least most of the time. She loves to ride around the house on my arm or shoulder. She is telling me she wants to be an only chicken.

We have had the problem of the stinky front end loader. The major problem was that it made the clothes smell of mildew. Cause: Using liquid detergent. My Solution: I completely disassembled the machine and put it back together after cleaning it. Of Note: - Front end loaders have a trap in...

My wife keeps calling her Penelope Peep. Forgot to mention before, she has returned to normal peeping!

I am more optimistic than ever. This evening she is: Preening! Getting up and turning her head to me at the sound of my Voice! Walking around with much more confidence! She is keeping one of her eyes partially open. I do not think she is seeing things very clearly at all but...

I think we have some improvement this morning. Her eyes are open a little bit, but not fully. She was moving around on her own, so I think she is starting to be able to see something. Moving around on her own was something she was not doing before. Her energy level is good still, as she...

She appears to have fully recovered from her ordeal. I am hoping not to have a repeat tonight. I did chop their kale and everything else very fine. But I think I will stay away from mature greens for a couple of more weeks. I had done the search through the groups for ducks showing similar...

Thanks everyone for inquiring... She is still doing the same. She is eating or drinking in binges. She is resting or sleeping the remainder of the time. When I pick her up she is still very feisty. She complains about being disturbed, then she wants to snuggle against you. She likes...

Hi, Thanks for posting this info, but the events of yesterday cause me concern... I fed my three week old ducklings (9 pekin, 1 blue swede) some kale yesterday for the first time. We had been feeding them all kinds of greens for the last couple of weeks. We even had them outside for a...

...I am not going to loose this chick ...I am not going to loose this chick ...I am not going to loose this chick ... Thanks for the really good suggestion. I think I am going to alternate between your vitamin drop suggestion and an antibiotic eye drop/ointment. I am still thinking that...

I am able to get her to eat now. Poor thing was starved. And she is drinking water. Her energy level is returning. Only symptom now is her eyes not being open. According to previous post it could be conjunctivitis. Or it could have been pecking. How can I tell? I do not see an...

Received 20 chicks from Meyer last Thursday. Five of them were not doing well from the start. We ended up loosing all five within 36 hours. Remainder appeared to thrive. Since Sunday night, we had one start to go down hill. Even though her pooper was not clogged there was a large piece...

In my very, very limited experience with ducklings.... I recently had the problem of having to catch my crew one at a time to move them to/from their pool outside from/to their cleaned-up pen inside. I caught them all, but they were none too happy about it. Result: They wanted nothing to do...

How would the guy know of the maxipad dispenser in a women's bathroom or how much it costs?

My grandfather used to have a generic nickname for any squirrel he met: B.T. The nickname stood for Bushy Tail. "Hello there B.T." he would say. I recently have taken on the care of 10 ducklings. As of today they are 3 weeks old. In the family tradition, my nickname for any of the ducklings...