shwestleigh
In the Brooder
- May 25, 2021
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I am really getting discouraged with trying to raise my birds this is my first time ever having any. I have a multi flock of ducks, geese and turkeys and I am having the hardest time with the ducks. Ive lost a number of ducks and my youngest ones who are 8weeks old we put out and everything seemed fine my geese occasionally would pick at them (5) then all of a sudden they’re not acting right I lost another one in its coop last night, had to bring one inside cause my turkeys were attacking it and the other ones. So I isolated them to a pen to be away from all the other birds. The turkeys won’t do it to any of my other ducks that roam with them so idk why they’re singling out these ones.. I hatched these ones so it’s emotional for me to keep seeing these things happening to my ducks. They have numerous water sources, numerous feed areas and a whole yard, I’ve eliminated all hazards that I can find that could potentially be making them sick. I’m about to give up and get rid of them all but I’ve invested so much into them. I know I need to pen up the turkeys but everytime we try they destroy the fence and I can’t get my bf motivated enough to put up good fence posts to pen them. That alone is making it harder on me cause I’m the one that tends to them 90% of the time . Sorry for the rant, I’m just so upset and discouraged, I don’t want to do it anymore but I’ve always wanted to have ducks. Idk what to do