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I have an Indian Runner that is 16 weeks old. The last couple days she's been jumpy when I touch her nether regions, and I can palpate what feels like an egg that's not quite far enough to pop out. I do have experience with palpating rabbit pregnancies (with obvious differences), so I'm pretty...

I'm looking to get a single day-old duckling (I would also consider hatching eggs, but only 2) to raise as my ESA animal. This will be my 3rd one. It will get to live indoors, go shopping, and even go on vacations with me. My last one met an awesome musician after his concert, traveled to Vegas...

I had a single Chocolate Swedish duck named Junior. Yes, had, as in past tense. He didn't survive, but I also didn't get any answers, so I thought I would share his story and see if anyone has experience with this. I keep feeling like I missed something or didn't do enough or could have done...

I have a 5 year old swedish duck named Junior that started limping about a month ago. There were no visible injuries and I couldn't feel any breaks. His vet gave him Metacam for inflammation and he improved some. About 4 days after that was finished, he just stopped walking. I took him back to...

I have this NN that I've entered in the fair, but I'm starting to wonder if it's a cockerel, not a pullet. There are 2 the same age, and this one is a LOT bigger than the other. The only difference I've noticed is that this one has a single large wattle, while the other has 2 smaller wattles...

Someone brought this bird to me today saying they found it in the parking lot at work,. which happens to be right across from a fishing lake where I care for some animals. Its very calm and is comfortable being held, so I don't think it's wild. It looks like a duck of some sort. It's very...

My goose, Eloise, started to get clingy about a week ago. The next day, she stopped running with the others, walking instead. Then she started walking slower, with a stiffness in her legs and I noticed that her "knees" would kind of pop out to the side with each step. A couple days later, I...

I have a 4 month old Cotton Patch goose that just started acting strange. She usually stretches her wings and goes running across the lawn when let out of the pen, but now she just walks out a little ways and stands there. She seems to be walking fine, just slower than normal. She's eating...

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I'm trying to decide what colors I want to get in runner ducks. I would like to have a few different colors to start with and then see what I can hatch from that. If I was to put a chocolate drake over fawn & white and blue hens, what kind of colors would I see? Will this get me a whole...

This is my first time hatching ducks. I have 6 ancona eggs at 26 days. They've been rocking for 24 hours, give or take. How much time should I give them before trying to help? I'm noticing on a few of them that they are getting "darker" spots where the air cell is. Is that where they are...

I have some duck eggs in the incubator that are supposed to go into lockdown on Thursday. When candling, they look to be around day 19 development (based on pictures from Mink Hollow), but should be at day 23. If my humidity has been too low, around 40 instead of 50, will that slow development...

I'm expecting 30+ hatching eggs later this week and my incubator only holds 18! Yikes!! I'm in North Orange County, California, and if anyone has an inexpensive incubator to sell, or one I could borrow, PLEASE let me know!

There's a used pen next to my animal shed that previously housed turkeys and chickens. The owner of these birds NEVER cleaned it. Now, I want to clean it out and use it for my chickens, but is it usable? I started digging out the 4 inch layer of dried shiznit and found all different colors...

I have a couple chickens that have coryza...I think. Of all the diseases I researched, coryza seems to be the most likely problem. In these two cases, their eyes have swollen up, and when I drain them, I get this smelly, grayish pus with little white chunks in it . I'm putting Sulmet in...

My first duck was an "only child" and bonded with my family, which was a lot of fun. He passed recently and we are wanting to get another, but we have to get at least 2 to have them shipped, and at least 8 to get regular pricing (from Metzer Farms). So here's my question: if there are that...

Hi and thanks to everyone who came in to check this out! I love to draw and paint - been doing it for years as a hobby. I work with graphite, colored pencil, charcoal and acrylics. Portraits of people and animals are especially fun. Since the holidays are coming up, I thought I would...

I got this one as a chick in the bin of bantam cochins and silkies. They said it was a blue cochin. Obviously, they were wrong, but I'm wondering what she is, then. I've been told Light Brahma, but then I saw pictures of Columbian Cochins, so now I'm not sure which she is. What does everyone...

I'm using a wet-bulb thermometer to measure humidity in my homemade incubator. I've used this method before with no problems, but this time it's acting wierd. I have the water dish inside the bator, just like before, but the humidity is way too high. I can't get it below 60%. Is it possible...

This egg was developing at 5 days, but at 10 days, it looks really strange. It was shipped and I let it sit for 48 hours, in an egg carton with the pointy end down, before putting it in the incubator. My temp and humidity have been steady at 100 degrees and 50%, and it's been turned at least 3...