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    strange mass in duck egg?

    good to know! i've seen plenty of blood spots, but somehow all these years i've never chanced upon a meat spot(or at least not one i've noticed). freaky looking little thing:sick! thank you kindly for your help!
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    strange mass in duck egg?

    hi all! i apologize if this is the wrong section to inquire about this, but after cracking one of my ducks' eggs this morning for breakfast, i found a small mass on the yolk of the egg. it's roughly the size of a sunflower seed. we have males on our property, but they don't have easy access to...
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    limpy duck!

    Pickles is doing well today! she still is limping, but it's 90% better as compared to yesterday. she finished her vitamin/electrolyte mix yesterday evening, and i gave her nutritional yeast with her feed this morning. i'll be continuing her on 1 TBSP per cup for the next week or so, and then...
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    limpy duck!

    thank you so much for info! i will definitely start her on the nutritional yeast. i wonder if i should be doing this for the whole flock regardless during the colder months when they run out of forage? i assumed their feed (Nutrena All-Flock 20%) had adequate niacin, but i've heard some people...
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    limpy duck!

    i haven't seen any wounds or swelling on her foot or leg :( it seems like she pulled something overnight in the coop. i'm just hoping it's a soft tissue injury and nothing serious 🤞
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    limpy duck!

    thank you for your reply! she's currently in a mixed flock (chickens and ducks), but all of her flock mates are females. they are ranged in a small paddock most days. sorry about the video; i'll try reuploading it. for now i will definitely start her with some scrambled egg and niacin, thank you!
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    limpy duck!

    hi all, i hope everyone is doing well! it's been a while since i've posted here as my flock has mostly been able to keep themselves out of trouble for the past few months. unfortunately, that streak has been broken today as just this morning upon releasing my ducks from the coop, my 1 year old...
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    rat bite injury

    it's the following morning, and the wound seems to be healing. i'm letting her return to her normal activities foraging and dabbling in the pool today; should i redress the wound with betadine and neosporin later this evening? i assume reapplying neosporin midday would be a waste since she'll...
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    rat bite injury

    thanks for the info, the rats have been a real pain and seem to linger no matter what. i've never had an incident like this before though, i'm hoping it was just a fluke :( i'm gonna see about setting up some larger scale traps at night!
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    rat bite injury

    thanks for the reply, this just happened an hour ago. i let her return to the coop for now and have been monitoring her since, and she seems completely fine behavior-wise. i can't say for sure whether or not it was a snake, but i have definitely seen a rat retreat to that hole she was near in...
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    rat bite injury

    hi all! today my duck Pickles managed to get in a tussle with a rat. i'm not exactly sure what transpired, but i was alerted to a loud honk and found her standing near the entrance/exit of a small rat hole near her coop. judging by her injury, it seems she was likely poking around in there and...
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    Is she egg bound

    it sounds like she may be experiencing sour crop and/or a crop impaction. i've heard that OTC miconazole (monistat) has been used with success for treating sour crop, and coconut oil for crop impaction; i'm not sure if they can be taken together without affecting the action of miconazole...
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    thank you!! i love yours too!! ❤

    thank you!! i love yours too!! ❤
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    i'm a bit late but thank you all so much for the birthday wishes!! :')

    i'm a bit late but thank you all so much for the birthday wishes!! :')
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    love your profile pic! 🦆 ❤️

    love your profile pic! 🦆 ❤️
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    how to help my duck gain weight?

    i will definitely look into the wall feeder, i've never seen one of those before! i also have a suspicion this weight loss may have been caused by the time of year; she is an adamant forager and will preferentially try to get the bulk of her food from the land, but as it's been pretty barren...
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    Calmest chicken breed?

    thank you for the insight, i didn't realize how variable the shipping quality can be. a six day delay through priority express is insane. i'm sorry you had a bad experience as well :(
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    Calmest chicken breed?

    wow, that is just atrocious. :( i'm so sorry you had go through that. i've personally never heard of Cackle Hatchery before but i definitely will think to avoid them from now on
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    Calmest chicken breed?

    i'm so sorry about your experience :( i totally understand being skeptical of big hatcheries after something like that. what happened, if you don't mind me asking? if you're ever willing to give it a chance again, Meyer has a lot specialty/heritage breeds, including some gorgeous Orpingtons. in...
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    welcome to BYC!

    welcome to BYC!
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