old duck

So I have mentioned this Cayuga before, but she is currently 9 years old and suffers from arthritis. Recently, she broke her leg around the femur area, and there is very little hope she’ll be able to walk ever again. We’re not sure what exactly caused this. I don’t want to put her down. She...

So i have a cayuga female who’s been with a black swedish for a while, but he sadly passed away this week. We have another flock but the sole drake doesn’t get along at all. The mate is 8, and doesn’t lay, and I’m unsure what exactly to do with her. I’ve had her since middle school and dont...

Hi, so I’ve been handling a Black Swedish for 8 years, who’s suddenly suffering some kind of wing injury and is coughing a LOT. He never had angel wing, but struggles to keep his wings in his down, which I recognize is a stress issue. I understand he is old, and in fact recently lost his...

This time last week I had to put my beautiful 12 &1/2 year old Albert to sleep. A fortnight before, he had started refusing his regular pellet feed. He would eat other types of food when I encouraged him, but gradually over the course of a fortnight reduced to eating nothing at all. He also had...

I have my Muscovy females incubating their eggs. I had one go missing (Most likely an owl, hoping she just flew off. She got bullied the most) and gave her eggs to another brooding female. It’s been a week so I candled the eggs to check the progress and something seems amiss. Sorry I don’t have...

Hello ducky people, It’s late spring/early summer here in Australia, and this evening, my 11&1/2 year old Dark Campbell ‘Olive’ started searching out little secret spots in the garden, making nests in the mulch and sitting there quietly hiding. She was also making that ‘I need to lay an egg’...