The Quack Shack

[Miss Lydia]

Limping duck now let out to do the evening swim. They are SO much happier when swimming is available...

This one actually came in the batch of 3 together with Junior - came from a really poor environment so they are sisters in hardship.

All the time that she's in the crate, when others move away, Junior stays with her and yells for them to come back. Runs a bit after them but returns to her always.

She bathed nicely and then jumped out of the kiddie pool and "ran" at speed to find where the others are. So she kinda ran but with flopping down all the time and some help from the wings etc... I do hope she'll improve. They were all in such good shape when Junior's special treatment worked out and now this

They can cause a sprain pretty easily so just have her rest as much as possible plus if you have some b complex that can help support while healing.

 

[Supercow]

They can cause a sprain pretty easily so just have her rest as much as possible plus if you have some b complex that can help support while healing.

We keep her in the big crate apart from morning and evening bathing. Vitamins in the drinking water and yeast on cooked peas same as it was for junior. Not sure yet about overnight... Crate inside the duck House or without the crate.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I doubt it would be necessary to crate her over night since you don’t have any rowdy drakes.

 

[Supercow]

On a happy note, I was today the last person on earth to figure out that soft shelled eggs are great for cooking.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Really how’s you do that? I always toss them unless the chickens get to them first

 

[Supercow]

Just boil them like any other egg, except when they are done, you just open the shell a bit in one place with a knife or even fingers, and it peels off like a glove.

 

[Canadian Wind]

All the time that she's in the crate, when others move away, Junior stays with her and yells for them to come back. Runs a bit after them but returns to her always.

Awwww. That's so adorable and sweet!

Hope the limping one recovers soon.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

One of our ducks has been climbing a pile of wood brush and started limping heavily... It's been 36 hours now. Separated her into a crate (the well known crate that formerly held Junior during her all-inclusive special treatment package) so we're sure she's resting, eating and drinking (and yelling when the others vanish from view).

Checked the feet to see that there are no thorns, cuts... Could not find any.

Fingers crossed.

That sounds like a sprain or an over-stretched joint to me.

Limping duck now let out to do the evening swim. They are SO much happier when swimming is available...

This one actually came in the batch of 3 together with Junior - came from a really poor environment so they are sisters in hardship.

All the time that she's in the crate, when others move away, Junior stays with her and yells for them to come back. Runs a bit after them but returns to her always.

She bathed nicely and then jumped out of the kiddie pool and "ran" at speed to find where the others are. So she kinda ran but with flopping down all the time and some help from the wings etc... I do hope she'll improve. They were all in such good shape when Junior's special treatment worked out and now this

Junior is such a caring sister!
Swimming is a very good treatment for leg injuries plus Vitamin B complex. And rest, rest and more rest!

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

We keep her in the big crate apart from morning and evening bathing. Vitamins in the drinking water and yeast on cooked peas same as it was for junior. Not sure yet about overnight... Crate inside the duck House or without the crate.

I would not crate her in the house. - Unless you have a duck mansion where she has to walk a mile between the food and the water…

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

On a happy note, I was today the last person on earth to figure out that soft shelled eggs are great for cooking.

I eat those all the time!

Really how’s you do that? I always toss them unless the chickens get to them first

No chickens here! Just need to be ahead of the crows, squirrels and other wild birds…

Just boil them like any other egg, except when they are done, you just open the shell a bit in one place with a knife or even fingers, and it peels off like a glove.

Cooking?! - I always use them for scrambled eggs.
And i only use them on the same day they've been laid!