@CoriM
I am so grateful that Honey's active/recurring infection has finally been eradicated. This past February would have been a year since it all started. It's been 6 months since the avian vet told me that the only option was to euthanize and there was no hope. I suspect the bone erosion and just the overall Pekin/duck gait causes a slight abrasion anytime her foot isn't bandaged. I don't want to go through the treatment process of active bumblefoot again if I can help it. I hate to subject her to constant bandages but the alternative is life threatening, so I choose constant bandages.
Wow! She is a big girl! I haven't weighed Honey in months so I should do that. You take such wonderful care with your ducks! It sounds like our ducks are in a very similar situation with their feet. Honey's foot pad is also enlarged but it's completely loose skin. That maybe part of the issue with constantly getting scraped if she's unbandaged. It's also more delicate skin I assume.
I just hatched 4 Call ducklings a little over a week ago. I'm super excited about them and have really enjoyed them so much. I'd like to add more so I'm considering contacting the amazing member that I purchased eggs from before for more eggs today. They're difficult to hatch artificially so I feel like I should fill my incubators up this time. I'd probably end up with too many at that point, hahaha! Hey, did I just say "too many call Ducks"? There's no such thing
I am so grateful that Honey's active/recurring infection has finally been eradicated. This past February would have been a year since it all started. It's been 6 months since the avian vet told me that the only option was to euthanize and there was no hope. I suspect the bone erosion and just the overall Pekin/duck gait causes a slight abrasion anytime her foot isn't bandaged. I don't want to go through the treatment process of active bumblefoot again if I can help it. I hate to subject her to constant bandages but the alternative is life threatening, so I choose constant bandages.
Wow! She is a big girl! I haven't weighed Honey in months so I should do that. You take such wonderful care with your ducks! It sounds like our ducks are in a very similar situation with their feet. Honey's foot pad is also enlarged but it's completely loose skin. That maybe part of the issue with constantly getting scraped if she's unbandaged. It's also more delicate skin I assume.
I just hatched 4 Call ducklings a little over a week ago. I'm super excited about them and have really enjoyed them so much. I'd like to add more so I'm considering contacting the amazing member that I purchased eggs from before for more eggs today. They're difficult to hatch artificially so I feel like I should fill my incubators up this time. I'd probably end up with too many at that point, hahaha! Hey, did I just say "too many call Ducks"? There's no such thing
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We have decided to hold off on getting ducklings all together for now. It's just a bit much and besides we are headed straight into a bitterly Cold winter
With regards to the niacin deficiency, I have some knowledge on that. We have wild ducklings (mostly yellow billed ducklings) that come into the rescue and they have to have B-co. Even if we do decide to get ducks, I don't think I have the time or energy to care for Pekin foot problems on top of everything else. So I may go for mallards or runners or even maybe Muscovys? But it won't be for a while. Thanks again guys!
I do think we may go with pekins. I have found another really nice breeder (a lot friendlier than the previous one and less expensive) who is willing to sell only 2 ducklings to us within 2 days of hatching. All the research I’ve done on pekins seems to sound promising. Any thoughts on them?
