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Brooder help
Ì suggest you get another tote and have 2 brooder temporarily while you finish your run/coop Once you run / coop is finished, the little one can be in it during the day, and then bring them in for the evenings/nights until they are bigger enough to stay outside at night. At 6 weeks your... -
Swollen leg
Glad you have a diagnosis and medication. Once she is ready to walk, I would let her. I keep sick and injured ducks in the house for closer more frequent care. If they are sitting, I often use a pet carrier with top and front doors. If they are on their feet, I use a dog crate. I haven't had... -
Swollen leg
So sorry . Sounds serious. Glad you have a vet ootion: many of us don't. -
what gender are my muscovys?
They are little too young to be certain (i prefer not to sex my muscovy until 16-20 weeks as I have been wrong at younger ages.) However both yours seem to probably be female. Pointed tails not wide tails and not much by way of carruncles, although drakes really dont start getting florid... -
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Swollen leg
I'd use it for myself if I needed it!! Medications dont suddenly become impotent the decline in potency is over years. The only medication I know that should not be ingested after its expiry date is tetracycline as it slowly becomes toxic to kidneys. I would have no qualms using it on my ducks -
How to discourage paper towel eating/inexpensive replacements for paper towel
Try changing the bedding to pine shavings. I have my ducks on pine shavings by the time they are that size! -
Swollen leg
Poor Sprightly! If you cannot feel anything wrong except the swollen and presumably painful leg, I am thinking it is a sprained ankle. You might give her Meloxicam if you have it as it is a painkiller and anti-inflammatory. IF you don;t have any, you might buy ibuprofen for her from a... -
Injury to Duck's Head
Where are you? City/state.as this is a wild duck, you should have wildly life rehabbers that can help you with this female. Your initial though thst it is a tumor could be correct. Or it might be an abscess that has formed into a boil like infection thst has leaked in the center. I really... -
What to put on a beesting on a ducks foot?
Its probably not necessary to put anything on the sting unless it swells up like a balloon or blisters indicating allergy. Secondary infection is a more likely problem and you can use triple antibiotic ointment. I dont know what it is called in the UK, but its neosporin plus two others and is... -
Flock Party Duck Feeder?
Ty. I like the hat! I use an open tub for my ducks' feed and have no experience with this sort of feeder. But I'm interested to learn other's experience. I have beagles that steal duck food and a set up like yours might solve my problem! -
A baby just hatched need advice!
I use Diatomaceous Earth to control fire ants in my duck house, but I amly hsve drakes. I think the argument about DE drying the eggs sounds likely, so I agree with not using it until the ducklings are hatched. Perhaps use it outside the dogkennel. I strongly advise separating the drake. Many... -
Muscovy Mom's ok with taking ducking?
Muscovy are generally good mama's. BUT nature takes a high toll on wild and feral muscovy ducklings. So I would just remove 1 or 2 from each mama on the day you are handing them over. That way they will recognize they are ducklings. If you take them sooner and keep them in a brooder, they might... -
Flock Party Duck Feeder?
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What can i do with duck sludge water?
Yes use it for your garden!! Its great organic fertilizer -
Holding my hand?
Welcome to BYC. Your ducklings faced a big new experience moving out of tge brooder and into the big world. You are their substitute patent having spent a lit of time with them in their early days. They are attached to you, which is a good thing. They only have ducky ways of showing their... -
Integrating ducks
I agree with @sourland . They are only juveniles at 16 weeks. I would not introduce them before they are adults at 26 weeks/6 months -
2 drakes...
Your drake will not accept a new drake when you have so few hens. You have to separate the drakes 1. Rehome one 2. Keep the new pair separate from your existing ducks (separate run and sleeping arrangements) 3. Have separate drake and female flocks-- separate runs and sleeping arrangements... -
Crest Gene in ducks not Homozygous Lethal?
Thank you. I was just offered this thread under a thread that I responded to about crested duck genetics. There is still misinformation above but, because of your efforts, no unpleasantness. -
Line-breeding Warning! Hatching runner eggs from siblings led to in-shell deaths, deformities, and crested ducklings.
@OneEggToRuleThemAll so sad that this has happened to you. The first part of the genetics of creating crested ducklings is straight forward. There is 1 genetic error that causes the midline skull deformity and associated crest. A crested duck has that error on a chromosome (not a sex...