2019 Spring Ducklings are here!

[Miss Lydia]

Aww bless her heart,I hope she surprises everyone an makes a full recovery.

 

[Texag87]

I sure hope she gets better. Glad she behaved during the trip to and from. I would imagine a “stir” in the vet’s office is an understatement.

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

There were a bunch of kids there with their dog. They had never seen a goose before. It was a good stir. She was a traffic oddity as well. She stuck her head above the bed to look around so most people passing us, we were going slowww, got a goose eyefull over the bed of the truck. Other than being cut open, she actually seemed to enjoy or at least be curious about the whole experience. I was glad as I know and the vet reminded me, that waterfowl, like rabbits can pass from stress. She couldn't be anesthetized and had to be dug on with just the Meloxipam. Funny, there were doses and instructions the vet followed for Canada Geese but not domestic geese. I had to sign one of those I want eat her or her eggs disclosure because no drugs are approved for our waterfowl friends. Sorry to go on but I thought you might find the vet visit interesting.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Dropped the ball on this thread too, fighting to keep my job for the last four days…
Hope Natasha will will push through and recovers! Good that you have a vet, familiar with birds, damn 'coons!

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

@SailorNoMore how are your ducks doing?

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

Dropped the ball on this thread too, fighting to keep my job for the last four days…
Hope Natasha will will push through and recovers! Good that you have a vet, familiar with birds, damn 'coons!

This doesn't sound good. Let me know if I can help. I can't imagine how but willing and ready.

 

[SailorNoMore]

@WannaBeHillBilly They are now two months old, getting big, and filling their brooder and play yard with feathers. If I knew any fishermen that tied their own flies, they could have the dry ones. It seems like they just finished filling out their wing tips and now they are loosing them from where ever.
We wish you the best in your efforts to keep your job? Have you started checking out East Coast based consulting firms, if a change becomes necessary?

 

[SailorNoMore]

@Magnolia Ducks Here is wishes that Natasha recovers from her attack. Yes, I imagine that you and her gave many people their first look at a real live goose. I need to get acquainted with our Avian vet, 23 miles from here, before I need to use his services.

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

I just buried La Shi. Dead in the coop. Still warm and dried saliva on her head and neck. Suspect strangled by a snake. Guess I don't have to worry about drake to hen ratio. Heartbroken more than since Mini.

 

[Miss Lydia]

One of your new babies? I am so sorry had same thing happen a few weeks ago.