The Duck Thread

[Lamaremybabies]

You may already have your answer, but soaking the leg in Epsom salt water - as long as the duck cannot drink it, since it is a laxative - should help, yes.

Thanks. I decided to take her to the vet. She has a soft tissue injury and is on anti inflammatory

 

[tracyjg]

Has any one ever used those humidity pads.do they work better then a house sponge that where's out pretty quickly. Would they be ok for live ducks near the nest. Would they work better in incubator they come in a set of 10.

 

[Julie Birb]

Yup!!! Just took a few pics of my 2 runners!

;-; grow up so fast!

aw, so cute and elegant.

 

[Pyxis]

Here's the beginning of the new duck house! Pardon the empty feed bags in the back, those were cleaned up after, lol.

Not looking too impressive yet but it pretty much just needs walls, a roof, and a door, so hopefully work will go quickly. No more will be done this weekend though because I'm off to a chickenstock tomorrow

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

Ok well my cousins duck still has a swollen leg and the other ducks are trying to drown it they have it separated and it's eating drinking but is limping. They have been giving it penicillin but nothing seems to be working for it I felt it's leg and it doesn't seem swollen. The middle toe is swollen the most they said it isn't as swollen as it was but idk I don't have ducks so I need some help to tell them what to do for it thanks for any help.

 

[DuckGirl77]

Here's the beginning of the new duck house! Pardon the empty feed bags in the back, those were cleaned up after, lol.



Not looking too impressive yet but it pretty much just needs walls, a roof, and a door, so hopefully work will go quickly. No more will be done this weekend though because I'm off to a chickenstock tomorrow

It's impressive in the eyes of the ducks! That's what counts, right?

I should build something similar if I need another coop for next year's ducks. It looks easier to build than the duck coop I have was.
Are you going to add a floor, or do you not have to worry too much about digging predators where you are?

 

[NathanZee]

The little duckling with the bad leg is still limping. I gave it a warm bath like I think @Amiga said to do, and it used its leg to swim a tiny bit, but not much. The leg has a couple red/purple spots on it that seem under the skin, and it doesn't seem to be able to move it a whole lot from the second leg joint down. Do you think it will get better with time, or what can we do for it?

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

Ok well my cousins duck still has a swollen leg and the other ducks are trying to drown it they have it separated and it's eating drinking but is limping. They have been giving it penicillin but nothing seems to be working for it I felt it's leg and it doesn't seem swollen. The middle toe is swollen the most they said it isn't as swollen as it was but idk I don't have ducks so I need some help to tell them what to do for it thanks for any help.

Anyone they really need to know what to do for it or they are going to put it down to end its suffering. They would take it to the vet but they don't have the money right now to afford it.

 

[tracyjg]

When I started the ducks and chickens and rabbits I didn't know if it would work for my son. Dr said he went from 50% to 70% in a year on his leg. So I want to do more with them to increase my sons skills. He said keep the hard work with the farm life up no restrictions.its has improved all of us so much.

 

[Amiga]

The little duckling with the bad leg is still limping. I gave it a warm bath like I think @Amiga said to do, and it used its leg to swim a tiny bit, but not much. The leg has a couple red/purple spots on it that seem under the skin, and it doesn't seem to be able to move it a whole lot from the second leg joint down. Do you think it will get better with time, or what can we do for it?

Ducklings are very resilient little critters. I wish I had some experience with this, but I don't . . . it may have something I have seen in human littles called venous malformation. Many times in people, it's benign. Just making some educated guesses, here. If a vet is not an option, I'd just watch, make sure the wee one gets the best nutrition possible, supervised tub time, and TLC.