The Duck Thread

[Pyxis]

Ok thanks I
L make sure to keep them up to regs. When you say pinion and wing clipping what does it mean to pinion them? And I know how to clip their wings by cutting the feathers right but I don't know how to do it so they don't fly even when their feathers aren't cut. If I clip their wings so they can't fly away do I have to worry about any paper work? If that makes any sense.

Pinioning is actually the removal of the last joint of the wing. I'd have a vet do it for you if you want to go that route. Once that's done they will never be able to fly and you don't have to do any wing clipping when they're adults.

No paperwork for wing clipping, it's commonly done and it's necessary so you don't lose your birds Mine is just banished to the run now so she can't fly away, lol.

 

[JanetMarie]

Hi all. Do you give Corid to ducklings? I suspect one of my older hens has coccidiosis and started the flock of chickens on Corid yesterday. I have some new ducklings.

 

[PotatoWaffles]

Wow, and I start to feel spammy if I put more than five photos in one post :/

Anyway, so that's what pinioning is! I've always wondered. I never realized they had that extra little digit until my last brood of ducklings. I noticed it on my Pekin duckling and thought it was maybe a deformity. *slaps forehead* I feel stupid now, lol. Is pinioning generally done as a duckling? I don't think I could ever do that to my little 'lings. Or the toe clipping. I don't have the heart to do that to my mallards either

 

[Pyxis]

Wow, and I start to feel spammy if I put more than five photos in one post :/

Anyway, so that's what pinioning is! I've always wondered. I never realized they had that extra little digit until my last brood of ducklings. I noticed it on my Pekin duckling and thought it was maybe a deformity. *slaps forehead* I feel stupid now, lol. Is pinioning generally done as a duckling? I don't think I could ever do that to my little 'lings. Or the toe clipping. I don't have the heart to do that to my mallards either

Generally yes, and in the first few days. At that point there's not a lot of blood flow to the wing since it's not really growing and the bone is more like cartilage so it's just a quick snip and often they don't even bleed or just bleed one little drop. They're usually right back to normal ducklings/goslings within minutes of the procedure.

That extra little digit I think you're referring to is the alula and that actually doesn't get snipped, but the wing is snipped off right under it. It's the remnants of the thumb

 

[AxolotlLove]

tracyjg, that is a lot of pictures of mainly the same thing... I know you won't quote me or anything, but please, I know you've done this to many other threads, and we love seeing pictures, but probably no more than 6 or 7. I know I didn't look at all the pictures because I knew what they were going to be about. Thank you for sharing, and maybe your incubated isn't working right, are you misting them, and turning them? But we would be happy if you posted just a few pictures, thank you!

 

[JanetMarie]

Canada geese are not legal to keep unless you obtained them from someone who is legal to sell them. Otherwise, keep it quiet: they just showed up and hang around.

 

[Hayden W]

Canada geese are not legal to keep unless you obtained them from someone who is legal to sell them.  Otherwise, keep it quiet:  they just showed up and hang around.  

Haha ok don't worry I'll shut my trap.

 

[tracyjg]

I can only post one picture at a time on on my phone. I was candling from phone and taking pictures with my partners work phone. My son accidentally broke my candler last week. We do what we can do.

 

[tracyjg]

There not the same thing there different eggs. From two females. Sets

 

[tracyjg]

No my two ducks have them.