They're hoarders. They don't fix their dogs, and let them run all over the neighborhood. In the past, their dogs have slaughtered hundreds of dollars worth of stock, and would have killed more except all of us locked our stock up tight.
I ask because I just brought in four that were overdue and all four were making noise, but I could not see their beaks in three of the eggs, so I made a hole to take a look and they had not pipped thru the membrane, yet they were peeping. Sadly, one was malpositioned badly with it's head firmly between it's legs and I was unable to save it.
Well, it's a good thing that Mira had such a full crop when she was injured and it took 2 days for her to use it up. Yesterday, I noticed that she was devouring the eggs I gave her but her crop just wasn't getting any fuller. It turns out that even though she appears to have a voracious appetite, I don't think she can get it to go down her throat. She was just flinging the food everywhere. Her tongue was even getting stuck out the side of her beak. I'm thinking that when I stitched up the back of her neck, maybe the skin was pulled a bit too tight and she's having a hard time getting food down. That's my guess anyway. I'm assuming that as she heals, it'll loosen up. I've been blending up scrambled eggs with vitamin water and using an eye dropper to feed it to her a few times a day. So far is working out ok. She's still constantly trying to eat. I guess I'll know once she starts getting it down on her own. As far as the wound down the back of her head, I'm happy to report that it looks completely closed up now. It's still very lumpy and ugly but it's healing wonderfully
The top of her head is still like a big scab but a few patches have cleared up to look like nice bare skin. She just needs to start regrowing feathers lol.
Her best friend Cocoa looks like she's almost doubled in size already. She's been cleaning up whatever eggs Mira flings around and can't stand to be seperated from her. They do absolutely EVERYTHING together. Cocoa gets really upset if I take Mira out to feed her or work with her and comes rushing back to her side the second I put her back. They're going to be a force to be responded with when they're moved back out to the coop!
Speaking of ducklings though, are there any tips or tricks that anyone knows to sex them? I'm REALLY hoping that Cocoa is a girl so I won't have to worry about a drake hurting my hens when breeding season rolls around.
Should I?
