South Carolina

[Kricket638]

A big hey yall from Cowpens SC . Anybody in the upstate who can recommend a vet that will treat ducks?

 

[WestKnollAmy]

Amy - what is that chicken in your avatar? She is beautiful! (making my list for next year's new chickens)

Thank you!
She is a SQ blue Mottled bantam Cochin. I have four breeding pens of Mottled Cochins and have blue Mottled mixed in with the black Mottled since so many people seem to favor them. I did not use to care for the blue Mottleds but the more that popped out of my breeding pens the more I grew to like them. I used to sell all the blue babies but I am now keeping some back.

You have a good eye.

 

[WestKnollAmy]

OK I think I need a place to drop chickens off at....hahhah!!!! No Really...
I have 6MFd'Uccles for sale. Who Wants Them!!!!! Must move Cute Babies!!!!!
And here's a few of my Babies that are growing up to be roos, gonna keep 1 and I think it's the Blue/Red EE. Although some peeps still thinks it's a girl, but I think his man gene is starting to show. He is Beautiful!!!! I love the red coming through.



Here's the blonde one Both Blonde and Blue. Ones EE and one's BOmix. Would love to find them a home that I can keep seeing pics of...They are Handsome and still getting better looking each day. I can still hold on to them for a bit, then I really gotta move them on!!


I guess I need to start going to Swaps and Shows....CAUSE I now have a Broody BO with 5eggs under her(Oh and she is the BEST MOM ever) I'm sure all 5 will hatch.

I need more Land, but that's not going to happen....SO WHO needs Chickens!!!! ok WHO needs some roos hahahahaha!!! No Really! lol!!!

Now he looks like a man in that top photo. I was beginning to worry there. You kept saying boy and I kept seeing girl. Must be wishful thinking on my part! LOL

Yes, you need to go to the swaps. They are too much fun!
And I meet the BEST people. I have been so good not to buy anything the last few times! I probably should pick up some hens as I get calls every day for them. But this year I am not playing that game. It has gotten under my skin that I feed the parents, house them and keep them healthy, work my tail off to produce nice birds, incubate, clean brooders daily and raise them up in good health and have someone have a fit because I ask $20-$25 for a laying hen.
So this year when I get calls, I tell them that everyone thought it was so easy and cheap to raise them up that I decided to let everyone do it themselves this year. Now, you know I say it nicely and the fact is that I have no hens left because more people gladly pay the price but it is those few that want to pay $10 a hen that burns me up.
This year, I sold a few hens and now am keeping the rest. I NEED laying hens! My egg business has BOOMED and I can't keep eggs in the house anymore. Once I decided to sell only off the farm it jumped like mad. Selling commercially was just too much of a money loss. Word got around about how nice my eggs were and even my duck eggs are starting to go like crazy. Praise the Lord!

Anyhow, off my soapbox. Spring usually has me run ragged with all the ducklings hatching and they are such slobs. Oh, but I do adore them!

 

[WestKnollAmy]

A big hey yall from Cowpens SC . Anybody in the upstate who can recommend a vet that will treat ducks?

Healthpointe over in Duncan used to do it but I am not sure if they still do.

What is wrong with your duck? They are usually quite healthy creatures?

 

[Kricket638]

Healthpointe over in Duncan used to do it but I am not sure if they still do.

What is wrong with your duck? They are usually quite healthy creatures?

I came home to him limping yesterday. It doesn't look to be broken but loo.ks like an abscess/infection. There is a knot of some sort between his

 

[KrisH]

Kricket, jingles for your duck. and Welcome to the board.

Amy, we have the first chick from Nepolean/Toby and MinniePearl/Bride to hatch today, another one is pip.

 

[WestKnollAmy]

Could be bumblefoot. Other than that I haven't any clues.

I had a hen duck come in from the field last night limping. I scooped her up and looked her over to find nothing. Ugh! I hate when I can't find anything. I can treat boo-boos but not invisible problems. She was better this morning so I suppose she could have sprained it.

 

[Kricket638]

What is bumble foot? I am fairly new to ducks and learning as I go

 

[Kricket638]

Hurt has an appointment @ healthpointe this afternoon. Thank you Amy.

 

[WestKnollAmy]

You are most welcome.
Bumble foot can be looked up on Google but basically it is where there is a scratch on the foot and since they are constantly in poop, dirt, mud and whatever with tons of different bacteria they get an infection. Often it goes on a while and the body tries to seal it off and if you open it where it started you can get a lot of it out. However, it tends to come back without aggressive measures.