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My Belle has a beginning bumble. I started work as soon as I saw the first limping. I dug out the top scab. Then soaked in warm water with ACV & epsom salt 15 mins. Then made another small poke & squeezed out the pus. I made a foot pad from a can cooler. It's neoprene. I'm using colloidal...

I named my ducks after people I loved, but are no longer here. Gus, Sally & Inez(Nezzie) for my grandparents. Isabelle(Belle) & Winnie for 2 of my favorite Aunts. Peggy , Gertrude, & Lucy after good friends.

I'm lucky to have 2 avian vets near me in western N.C. They make a difference.

I know how you feel. My first brood was 3 Khakis. One was very weak from the start, had trouble walking. These were my first time with ducks. I lost her after 4 days. You feel like what did I do wrong? But some times you will get a weak or sick duck and not know. So please don't be too hard on...

If you can't tube feed him, cut the top off a syringe. Take a small drill bit & make the hole about a 1/4". Fine grind some oatmeal, and water it down with electrolytes. You can add some healing herbs into the mix. Give him about 2CC at the time & hold his bill up or he will sling it all out...

Thank you. I raised my 3 runners on the back porch. I try to be pretty hands on with them. I have 4 new babies on the porch now, starting their 4th week. They know their names, and will look at you when you call them by name. I know some folks don't agree with handling ducklings too much. But...

Back in May, Gus my Indian Runner was diagnosed with Asprigillis. His lower lungs were infected. He made no sound and barely ate. This came on very quickly. The vet wanted to do weekly x-rays($170.00 each) along with meds. I am on a fixed income and could not afford this. The vet recommended I...

I have Ducks, not Chickens. Also Lacy did not lay this morning. I expected that, after yesterday. She may become an afternoon layer. If that is the case, I hope her egg isn't taken & eaten by her sister again.

I'm sorry for your loss.

I just want to say, I trust my God given immune system. I understand some folks are compromised with various illnesses. I don't have any of them. I find in curious that the well are being targeted(?). I'm also concerned that these shots seem to be pushed so hard. Lottery tickets, hamburgers...

Oh my. Masks used to be so inexpensive. Guess it's the market.

I just saw a documentary from Owen Benjamin, called Bearteria. The folks that follow him are called bears. What was so cool to me, was folks came from all over the United States to help build a retreat in Idaho. They didn't know each other & came together to work in the woods & build a place...

Lacy laid 3 eggs today. One this morning. One while free ranging. This one was snatched as soon as it was laid by her sister, who broke the shell & ate it. The shell. Then one this afternoon while swimming in their pool. Is this normal? She's 5 months & started laying 3 weeks ago, every morning...

Thank you so much. went to Ts & got the shell. Just scattered a little on the ground in a few places. And as you said, the Runners weren't interested, but the Campbells were. I really appreciate your help. BYC has been a life saver for me. I'm a new Duck owner. It was my dream to have them when...

Going to TS today. I will get the oyster shell. And look at the calcium gluconate. Will it hurt my Runners if they eat some of the oyster shells?

My Campbells are 16 weeks old. this morning I had a small egg, with a thin shell. I wondered if it was Lucy or Lacy. Then this afternoon, Lucy was in one of the "pools" & didn't get out when I came in the pen. When I changed the water at 5 pm. There was some yoke, no shell laying in the bottom...

Every time I tried to quit smoking, I would come into my office, & find either a pack or 1 cigarette with a lighter on my desk. Seems I got a bit *itchy. Good luck with your fight. But when I was growing up, everyone smoked. From Lucy to the news room. Social engineering? I think so.

In my prayers. Keep looking up.

Thank you for your reply. I have increased the niacin in their water & food. Today I am starting to see results. I gave up on the Tums idea, I think it was a post here, some where a vet recommended. Now I have another issue. My 2 Khaki's Lucy & Lacy are starting mating signs. Standing on each...

Thank you for that info. I am just starting raising Ducks. Started with 2 Khaki's , but was always fond of the Runners. So I got 3 from Metzer's. I was wondering if it was a growth spurt cause. And they are growing. I started them on Nutrina chick starter. Recently added Dumor starter because of...