Official duck Mom

[flossyfelix]

Lol well this weekend they are saying we may get snow flurries and the high Sunday is currently forecasted at around 35! for the HIGH and the lows in the lower 20s Friday/Saturday/Sunday... that's crazy lol !!

That is crazy!! Let me hush then, before I put my foot in my mouth/jinx our usually 'not so bad' winters!

Lol. I better check the weather for here too!

I haven't even looked. It's 70° & Sunny right now.

 

[flossyfelix]

@Adalida I definitely need to get some of both!(spray & wrap) Thank you.

 

[FoodFreedomNow]

Congratulations on your new ducks!

@Adalida had some great suggestions - I'm a big fan of Vetericyn (used with amazing results) and elastic bandaging like Vetrap (so many uses!), too.

I keep some Sav-A-Chick on hand and also make this electrolyte recipe when needed: http://www.communitychickens.com/homemade-electrolyte-recipe-hot-weather-and-acidosis/. It was so hot and humid here (central KY) this summer, I actually drank a lot of the electrolyte mix in flavored water kefir. It tastes pretty salty, so mixing in a beverage makes it more palatable for people, IMO.

I make probiotic beverages like kombucha tea and have quite a bit of kombucha vinegar on hand. I use it for many things and splash a bit in the chicken and ducks' water when it's not extremely hot out. It does cause accelerated algae growth in the ducks' pools in the summer, so I guess the algae like probiotics, too.

 

[BekahsChicks]

Congratulations on your new ducks!

@Adalida had some great suggestions - I'm a big fan of Vetericyn (used with amazing results) and elastic bandaging like Vetrap (so many uses!), too.

I keep some Sav-A-Chick on hand and also make this electrolyte recipe when needed: http://www.communitychickens.com/homemade-electrolyte-recipe-hot-weather-and-acidosis/. It was so hot and humid here (central KY) this summer, I actually drank a lot of the electrolyte mix in flavored water kefir. It tastes pretty salty, so mixing in a beverage makes it more palatable for people, IMO.

I make probiotic beverages like kombucha tea and have quite a bit of kombucha vinegar on hand. I use it for many things and splash a bit in the chicken and ducks' water when it's not extremely hot out. It does cause accelerated algae growth in the ducks' pools in the summer, so I guess the algae like probiotics, too.

Won't the ducks eat the algae making that kind of a win-win?

 

[BekahsChicks]

That is crazy!! Let me hush then, before I put my foot in my mouth/jinx our usually 'not so bad' winters!

Lol. I better check the weather for here too!

I haven't even looked. It's 70° & Sunny right now.

lol for the las week over night we've been in the mid to upper 30s (one morning my thermometer read 22 in the coop!) and days in the 60s tomorrow it's projected to be around 74 but the official forecasts are just estimates for us because we live farther away from town in a valley (ish) between to big mountain/foot hills so when my phone gives me weather "for my location" it's just picking the town closest to us lol when we first got here in July we learned that what ever the forecast calls for typically we can subtract at least 5 degrees haha

 

[FoodFreedomNow]

Won't the ducks eat the algae making that kind of a win-win?

Yeah!

 

[Amiga]

Have you explored the Stickies yet? Some years ago we put together a thread of "medicine chest" items we keep or would like to keep on hand for the ducks.