duckling advice

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    Duckling tips and tricks?

    Hello!! My father brought me 2 sweet ducklings almost a week ago and I am very very inexperienced when it comes to feathery companions. So! I'm finally here to learn more about what to avoid and what to not do, so bear with me if I've listed things I shouldn't have done. (I'm still new to this...
    • Elenour
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    • Forum: Ducks
  2. K

    Duck sounds like it has water in it's lungs?

    So there's this probably 7 week old duckling (now) that we rescued cause someone abandoned it on our lawn in a box. We've raised ducklings plenty of times before, but this situation is new. It's been having trouble breathing the moment we got it and I noticed when he jostles his chest it sounds...
  3. Z

    Are my ducks okay?

    Hi, I noticed today while cleaning out their pen that my ducks have a red rash looking thing on their wings and under their necks. Any clue as to whether they hurt themselves or it’s a natural feathering process? Should I take them to the vet immediately? Thanks.
    • zainab02
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    • Forum: Ducks
  4. C

    Curled toes and turned in foot

    I know this has been discussed, but we have a 10 day old call ducking that came to us with a curled up foot. We’re treating the foot with brewers yeast and using band aides and either cardboard or corn pads to tape the foot open. Unfortunately the foot as turned inward (so it’s up and in) at the...
    • Christie Laurin
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    • duckling advice foot curling foot deformity
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    • Forum: Ducks
  5. R

    I’m worried about my new duckling

    Good morning, so I received a new duckling not sure how old it is or the breed. Last night it was running around and seemed fine then all of a sudden it just stopped and looked like it frozen. It wouldn’t move or eat or drink. It also looked like it was leaning to one side and back. It also had...
    • rfducky
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    Duckling Breathing- please help

    Hello! I’m a first time owner of three ducklings who are a little over 4 weeks old. They’ve been doing great, but I noticed that the two pekins had an open wound on their legs so I’ve been treating those with Vetericyn Plus 3 times a day which are healing. I did notice heavy breathing the...
  7. Little Cute Lily

    Is my duckling's leg healthy?

    Hello! It's my first time raising ducklings. The one I have is a khaki campbell. I'm not sure if this "molting" is normal as they grow or if the flaky skin is from not enough nutrients. Alfalfa the duckling is 1 week and 3 days old. He/she currently eats 20% protein chick starter and today he...
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    My duckling is sick

    Hi very new to this website and fowl in general although I have relied on existing threats upon many occasions for insight I am in need of direct assistance now. Ive been raising a Cayuga duckling for the last 3 weeks and about a week or two ago she developed a respiratory issue that seemed to...
    • Ado457782
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    • duck duckling duckling advice duckling breathing hard duckling care
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    • Forum: Ducks
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    Duck flipping head?

    Hi everyone! I have a question, and was wondering if anyone else has ever had this problem and what may have been done to help. So I have a little duckling who is always looking down, and occasionally tucks his head under his neck. I have pic attached. He can look up to eat and drink but...
    • Duck_mom
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    • Forum: Ducks
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    I thing my egg is dead please help me; this is the first time that I try to hatch an egg

    Hello, since a week I have an egg from a duck. Just a normal duck 🦆like this one. But I’m a bit worried that the egg is dead. When I put the flashlight from my phone under the egg, there is a black spot, like really big it floats with the way I’m turning. But that wasn’t always like that...
  11. C

    I need help

    Baby duckling has swollen leg can walk mostly normal eats fine drinks fine wants to play but I can’t tell how I can help her as I don’t know what’s wrong with her
  12. auzzvacha

    2.5 week old mallard with twitching wings

    Hi, I have a 2.5 week old mallard duckling. She is a rescue so is with me all the time but we try to spend a couple hours a day outside with the other ducks so she can integrate back into being a duck as she grows. Because this is my first duckling I’m not sure if her actions are normal. Her...
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    2 week old duck pooping warm water !!???

    Hi, my male duck is only 2 and half weeks old...and he has been sneezy lately..but today his poop is very warm and like water. I dont have an outside so he stays in my 2 bedroom apartment and I thought thats okay because he is still a baby and I can take him outside when the weather gets better...
    • Bebezie
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    • duck duckling duckling advice sneezing duckling watery diarrhea watery poop watery poop!! help!!
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    • Forum: Ducks
  14. auzzvacha

    duckling assisted hatch advice UPDATE: she is happily hatched and seems healthy!

    Hi I have a mallard duck egg that internally pipped on match 2nd (3 days ago) I started the incubation on February 2nd (so it was on day 24). I was worried because the air sac was smaller then normal, I think from too high of humidity during the whole incubation, between 55-65, other then the...
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    Can I use sand as Grit for Ducklings & Ducks, and when should they be given grit?

    Question for those Duck keepers out there, who know a lot about Ducklings & Ducks. Am I able to give Ducklings and Ducks sand as grit, I watched a video that a farmer said he uses regular sand, but then they also have grit at the store that you can get for them, so I'm just a little puzzled...
    • Ducklearner
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    Please help, duckling at stake!

    We got three ducklings at our local farm and ranch store today, all three looking healthy and fine when we picked them out. We got home and one of them seems to be drinking a lot more water than the other two, as well as doing a neck bob that makes me think it's trying to swallow down something...
    • Kelticd
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    • duckling duckling advice help
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    • Forum: Ducks
  17. LaJazzyJeff

    New Duckling Umbilical Stump?

    We hatched a duckling today that was about a week younger than the other two, so we expected it to hatch later than our first two. During development, it caught up to the others very quickly to the point where you could barely tell it was late. When it hatched unassisted today, when she came...
    • LaJazzyJeff
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    • Forum: Ducks
  18. C

    Premature ducking not doing great

    My duckling hatched prematurely and has really been struggling! She won’t stand, or eat. She only takes tiny drinks of water, and is breathing pretty heavy. It’s been 2 days of this now and I’m getting a little worried. I’ve been giving her vitamins in her water, and have kept her in the...
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    Help! Duckling on antibiotics but panting still

    Hi! So I have 3 pekin ducklings that are 5 weeks old. Two weeks ago, I took them to the vet for a respiratory infection, and they were put on TMS antibiotic orally 2x a day. Today is supposed to be their last day of antibiotic. they all were doing much better, until 3 days ago I noticed one was...
    • bstan723
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    • antibiotic duckling advice sick
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    • Forum: Ducks
  20. S

    Impacted duck crop?!

    Hi everyone, I just want to check my duckling is okay! He seems to eat and drink fine (his breathing has been a little stuffy when he’s eating) but he almost looks like his chest isn’t right?? I’m going to book him a vet appointment but just wanted to see what everyone thought before I did:(
    • Shannonjonson
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    • crop duckling duckling advice help impacted crop sick duckling urgent urgent help needed
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Ducks
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