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In the olden days, from what I've been told, there was quite a bit of mortality. It was considered part and parcel of having animals. For me, I'd rather work a bit to keep the animals I have already raised, trained, fed, nursed and bonded with as healthy as possible rather than start over all...

Do you compost? This may sound complicated, but bear with me - I have read about this being done. Also, if you have limited space this isn't going to work. Some folks, those who keep nice hot compost piles, coil a hose deep in the pile where it stays warm year 'round. A hot compost gets...

My runners would splash in a stew pot in the morning, then I'd change out the water midmorning and they'd drink from it. Sometimes I'd fill a concrete mixing pan - on warm days - for them to get into. I got a trough warmer and it worked okay - more fun for the ducks was putting the swim pan...