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The trip was ok...family strife and 2 aging parents, but at least the ducks were well-behaved, much better than my dad . On the way home to put them BACK OUT in the coop. We'll keep Fuzzy separated at night in a small wire crate just so we can keep track of her laying and dispose of any eggs...

Oh my! I'm glad to know those things don't just happen to my family.

Circus is leaving town! That is seriously true. I mean, my husband helps, but it's nowhere near 50/50 when it comes to some stuff. My plan is to have the comfrey over there eventually @Amiga This year, I planted a border all the way around their pen of catnip and mint. I think it's really...

There's another lady up in the mountains (I got my first batch of hatching Anconas eggs from her) who specifically grows comfrey for her ducks. I haven't tried it yet, but plan to! Thanks for replying. My husband was trying to get out of taking her .

Update: Fuzzy has laid the egg!! Continue antibiotics (3 doses in) and anti-inflammatory?

Sadly, this is a pretty standard gathering for my family. It is fractured, and I do have some comfrey in the backyard. Good idea @Amiga! It will certainly be memorable!

Yours too! I will be sure to post duck vacation pics . Now my mom is at the er with a potential broken ankle. This is a doomed "vacation"!!

I saw that post last night @Miss Lydia. Very helpful! This is such a wonderful community. Is it the same for pills? I wish they had given liquid. I tried corn this morning, out of peas but I will get some today. My older ducks are crazy for them. These ducks are much less good about eating from...

No, kids start school. We're going to my mom's, so and they would stay in a small crate and bathtub. Only choice is cancelling. I gave her meds this morning and it was IMPOSSIBLE. Not even sure how much got in. Such a frustrating situation. And now she is breathing a bit differently, so I'm...

Also - is the calcium to harden up the shell of the stuck egg, making it theoretically easier for her to push out? Is that still ok with such a "big egg" according to the vet? Also also - while I am amazed and grateful for the knowledge of vets and glad it was confirmed by a good vet, your...

Somehow, this was much cuter in my house when they were ducklings. @Amiga where can you get calcium gluc-whatever? The vet said to give her a 1/4 tums but I have to shove enough in her mouth and she's not taking it easily. Not sure what we are going to do yet. We may have to take her on...

Vet felt something, doing an xray to confirm. He says we will do pain meds and antibiotics, and it seems 50/50 chance it will pass. Is there anything I can do to help it? Warm baths? He doesn't seem to have good solutions except surgery. Also, if she's on meds, does it affect anyone else (as...

Going to the vet 3.45. I know not it's the right thing to do, but not looking forward to the bill

@Amiga & @Miss Lydia it seems sudden. I know birds hide illnesses well, so maybe that's it. When I went home to check on her, she was keepong up with the group, still slow, but perkier. Drat. And no idea how to get meds into her and we'll be gone.

My 6 month Welsh Harlequn is sick. This morning I went to let them out, and she stayed in the pen, laying under the ramp. She eventually got up and moved slowly out to the rest of the ducks. Her back end looks puffy, tail is down. We have also gotten some very small eggs (which I have deduced...