Duck Addicts Anonymous (DAA)

[Albert the Saxony]

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She is definitely a cute one!

 

[Everose]

She is definitely a cute one!

Yeah, I love Anne, she's such a character. I won't take her to the vet, but I'll do everything I can for her, it doesn't look extremely painful atm so I'm hopeful. Out of all my buff she's the goofiest.

 

[HeatherKellyB]

She's too cuteView attachment 3039872

This is the duck with the injury? Such an adorable duck Does it look like a puncture? Are you able to tell how deep it is? You don't think it's a bite do you?

Side note - I LOVE your floors So pretty!

 

[Everose]

This is the duck with the injury?

Yep, Anne has gotten herself into a "scrape"

Does it look like a puncture?

No, it's a shallow cut about a half inch long.

Are you able to tell how deep it is?

It doesn't seem too deep, but it's disgusting which maybe means it's deeper than it looks.

You don't think it's a bite do you?

No, it looks too clean and uniform.

Side note - I LOVE your floors So pretty!

Thx, I love them too
Bunnies and ducks, my favorites. Don't tell the goats

 

[the_kitchen__drawer]

I was trying to bond with the girls. Boss ducklings, the smallest one, decided “Hm… my hand!”

She’s infamous for this, actually! i like to offer my hand to sleep on when they’re tired. She’s known to peck at her sisters until they get off or make room for her!

 

[ColtHandorf]

I'm giggling a little because y'all are tripping on the spelling of "Welsh", but "Harlequin" is no big deal.

Harlequin makes perfect sense. lol

This isn't new to all, but I thought some might find it oddly interesting. A few days ago before lock up, my Cayuga drake, Stormy, was trying to eat what I thought was an acorn.
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He moved it all around in his bill trying to situate it just right for swallowing and finally gave up and spit it out. I thought it looked like an odd acorn so I picked it up and discovered it wasn't an acorn after all! Check out this teeny tiny turtle hatchling! It's about the size of a dime. This poor little one was probably traumatized! Since then, thanks to one of my favorite people, I've learned that it's incredibly early for this hatchling, I've been keeping it in a safe spot, away from curious bills. It was already swimming around within minutes of being spat out so I don't think it has any injuries. It was just so odd
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Although tiny, my daughter learned that Tiika has quite the bite I heard, "Mom, are you sure she's not a snapping turtle or is she just mean?". Poor little turtle is trying to protect herself. She's certainly off to a rough start and just doesn't want to end up in another mouth. Can we blame her? Nah........

That's how you get salmonella.

How expensive are chameleons to buy?

Their setups are insane.

My mom wants to get some call ducks. She sent me a photo of these. I'm assuming they're pet quality?
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I think they might be breeder quality.

Hateful wench.

That's all chameleons. lol Did I ever mention the people that came into the pet store asking for a cam-a-lon? I thought it was some stupid Macaw hybrid like a Camelot. Turns out it was a chameleon which I figured out when they pointed to one on a box for a habitat.

My momma hen has 3 hatched so far. She is mad at me for blocking her inside the log dog house, but we got snow last night, so I didn’t want them getting out and not able to get back in.
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I thought I would check back in to see if any of you would like to take my hand and allow me to help you into the light of respectable poultry and out of the dark dirty world of dux?


Come on. Take my hand, you know you want too.


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Do not become this guy..

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Hi, I set some call duck eggs two days ago. Anyone know when to start candeling?

If they were at my house, never. They don't develop.

 

[HeatherKellyB]

That's how you get salmonella

She's 10 and I don't want her to be ridiculously fearful like her mom, so I encourage her to handle creatures that aren't dangerous if she's interested. She is very good about thorough hand washing as soon as she is finished handling anything. This is her the night before Tiika nipped her. I believe this is a worm snake. Of course I figured out what it was before I allowed her to hold it and she knows better than just picking something up.

That is so cool that you worked in a pet store. I bet you saw all kinds of ridiculous and sometimes hilarious things (and probably some really sad stuff too)! I'm sure you have some stories to tell! If you ever decide to make a post to share the best and most interesting stories, PLEASE tag me

 

[HeatherKellyB]

Have any of you dealt with chronic soft eggs from your ducks? Honey Boo Boo, my Pekin hen, has been laying soft shelled eggs for a while now. I've been giving her Calcium Citrate + Vit D3 tablets and I was optimistic but honestly, it's just been wishful thinking that it's helping. I have spent a lot of time reading through post on BYC's about this and I believe I'm going to try her on Calcium Gluconate to see if that helps. Isaac mentioned somewhere that he found some ducks do better on one or the other, but I'd just have to see how she does. I haven't fed her layer feed because of the drakes, but I am getting to the point of seriously considering it. She eats Souther States Floating Waterfowl Feed and sometimes Purina Duck Pellets if I can't get the Waterfowl feed. She was raised on Purina Flock Raiser so she's always been fed a fairly decent feed. She LOVES minnows and gets some most nights. She has also discovered that she like dried black soldier fly larvae which she gets once or twice a week, but the soft eggs came before this started. The calcium content is what led me to try them and they really like them. She went through a long battle with what I now suspect was septic arthritis and then bumblefoot, so she took a lot of antibiotics. That was in 2019 and November 2019 was the last round of antibiotics for her. I wonder if something happened with her shell gland during that time but that's a long gap in time where she didn't have issues. So I just don't know. I also read that too high calcium levels can cause soft shelled eggs, but even if I stop the calcium citrate tablets, the eggs continue. I'm starting to look into egg drop syndrome (EDS '76). I do not suspect h5n1 although soft eggs can be a sign, this was going on before that was here. Tom, my Buff Duck hen, lays nice perfectly shelled eggs, as well as my other ducks that aren't in the same area. I have spoken with CoriM, just in case anyone thinks about her bout with a duck with similar issues. As usual, my post went on far too long, so my apologies. Thank you for your time
Any ideas?

 

[Quatie]

Have any of you dealt with chronic soft eggs from your ducks? Honey Boo Boo, my Pekin hen, has been laying soft shelled eggs for a while now. I've been giving her Calcium Citrate + Vit D3 tablets and I was optimistic but honestly, it's just been wishful thinking that it's helping. I have spent a lot of time reading through post on BYC's about this and I believe I'm going to try her on Calcium Gluconate to see if that helps. Isaac mentioned somewhere that he found some ducks do better on one or the other, but I'd just have to see how she does. I haven't fed her layer feed because of the drakes, but I am getting to the point of seriously considering it. She eats Souther States Floating Waterfowl Feed and sometimes Purina Duck Pellets if I can't get the Waterfowl feed. She was raised on Purina Flock Raiser so she's always been fed a fairly decent feed. She LOVES minnows and gets some most nights. She has also discovered that she like dried black soldier fly larvae which she gets once or twice a week, but the soft eggs came before this started. The calcium content is what led me to try them and they really like them. She went through a long battle with what I now suspect was septic arthritis and then bumblefoot, so she took a lot of antibiotics. That was in 2019 and November 2019 was the last round of antibiotics for her. I wonder if something happened with her shell gland during that time but that's a long gap in time where she didn't have issues. So I just don't know. I also read that too high calcium levels can cause soft shelled eggs, but even if I stop the calcium citrate tablets, the eggs continue. I'm starting to look into egg drop syndrome (EDS '76). I do not suspect h5n1 although soft eggs can be a sign, this was going on before that was here. Tom, my Buff Duck hen, lays nice perfectly shelled eggs, as well as my other ducks that aren't in the same area. I have spoken with CoriM, just in case anyone thinks about her bout with a duck with similar issues. As usual, my post went on far too long, so my apologies. Thank you for your time
Any ideas?

My Pekin has similar problems. She won't eat oyster shells. I offer layer feed on the side. I would only offer it in the morning and watch her eat it when I had young ducks too. She eventually learned it was her special food and come running for it. A lot of my laying females really enjoy having the layer feed on the side as well. I also give her calcium on top of that. I switched to calcium citrate. With those two things she still have some softer shells, but I don't get soft shells.

If the drakes eat some layer feed, it will not hurt them. I don't find mine eating it eating it hardly at all. He primarily eats the regular duck feed.

Another thing, you may want to weigh your girl and see if you can up the dosage of calcium you are giving her. You may need to increase how much you are giving her. This thread talks about the dosage you can give ducks.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/egg-bound-duck.1269853/

 

[shawluvsbirds]

How long their body is, the depth of chest, shape of head.

@shawluvsbirds can you post those diagrams from your Call book?

Here.. I already deleted the pics.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...rchase-the-ducklings-of.1513394/post-25459086