Eastern Tennessee Thread

[laughingdog]

there are ear holder things you can stick inside a german shepard, or dog with erect type ears needed for show, as long as they conform and are just cartalige dificient, but ears standard or cropped correctly (i was a vet assistant and ashamed i dont remember the correct termanology anymore). also the spelling is atrocious yes, but so tired..

 

[tennesseeckn]

Last night my old call drake passed on at around 10+ years old but his mate is very upset and now in a pen by herself. I have other ducks I can introduce her in with so as to try to avoid her getting any more sad than she already is but I cant decide which to try. She is a call mix and just abit larger than the average call duck and my options are either putting her in with my call girls who are smaller than her, or introducing her to my other group of pet ducks which are mixed sizes. Any ideas?

That sounds like a question for our resident duck expert... Oh, grawg... have any ideas?

 

[tennesseeckn]

Ohhh. I def need to speak with him. Did you know that the rule book says if you love him, that he can get a real manly dog? Harley loves to go camping....

Harley is looking very handsome! That water would just about be over Snap's head...

I've noticed that the rule book keeps expanding the longer we are married... If I love him he can have a manly dog... If I love him he can get a humungous truck... If I love him he can get a side-by-side...

I think I need to start making some revisions, too!

 

[bairo]

there are ear holder things you can stick inside a german shepard, or dog with erect type ears needed for show, as long as they conform and are just cartalige dificient, but ears standard or cropped correctly (i was a vet assistant and ashamed i dont remember the correct termanology anymore). also the spelling is atrocious yes, but so tired..

yea.. I used them once on my first shepherd. Harley actually has a defect though that those wont help unfortunately. Looks as if he was either born with the malformed cartilage or damaged it very early in life

 

[laughingdog]

its actually very common for pups to get that through even rough playing as pups, as ive seen, and had even in foster pups, and can take measures against, and nutritional suppliments sometimes to help. beautiful dog though, even though supposedly not what some would need to be show stock pedegree material. as long as good at job put to him. i wouldnt mind someday having a shepaerd pup, but ended up with a great rescue collie instead that needed a good home. he has a decent one with me anyway.. lol thoughn think he is way to good for me!

 

[bairo]

Harley is looking very handsome! That water would just about be over Snap's head...

I've noticed that the rule book keeps expanding the longer we are married... If I love him he can have a manly dog... If I love him he can get a humungous truck... If I love him he can get a side-by-side...

I think I need to start making some revisions, too!

Im still trying to convince Kim if she loves me enough we can trade the Envoy for an F-450. I think she may have lost her rule book though, Ill have to write another one

 

[grawg]

Quote: That sounds like a question for our resident duck expert... Oh, grawg... have any ideas?

Sorry hardly an expert here, not even a full year raising ducks

However, in that situation I would look at the drake/duck ratio. I know calls have different requirements than domestic mallard breeds. From what I've observed, the ducks(girls) will establish dominance in the same manner as mating, basically surfing on each others backs. If you are worried she is too large for your calls and might injure them I'd steer clear of that option. On the same note, if she is substantially smaller than your mixed... if you've had the ducks for 10+ years I'm sure you know your ducks fairly well.

Is there anyway you can put her in a pen next to your calls/mixed so she can have company and have a "getting to know you" period before full introduction?

Also sorry for your loss, it's always tough losing old pets.

 

[tennesseeckn]

Sorry hardly an expert here, not even a full year raising ducks

It's all relative. You've had ducks for a year... I've seen ducks in parks... You are clearly more qualified.

 

[TNChick82]

Hey do any of you use diatomaceous earth (DE) instead of Sevin Dust..? Or what are your thoughts on it?

 

[tennesseeckn]

Hey do any of you use diatomaceous earth (DE) instead of Sevin Dust..? Or what are your thoughts on it?

I do. I also use Sweet PDZ in my pens, which has DE in it. If you have bugs or worms it's not going to fix anything. It's supposed to prevent infestations, but I've heard that it's not worked for a lot of people. The only reason I fool with it is that it controls moisture and in the summer I have huge moisture problems in my coop because of leaky waterers and such. I've not had any bugs, yet, but I don't know if it's the DE or just plain luck.