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I forgot to add these photos with the above post

4 year old call duck (drake) has had this on the bottom of his foot, first noticed 2 days ago. Doesn’t seem to be bothering him too much, but I found it when I noticed him stumble, so then inspected his feet. He free ranges in the garden, but I’ve kept him in his coop for the past couple of...

I just need to say THANK YOU for this. I gave him brewers yeast last night, and he’s walking and standing this morning. I’ll keep up with it from now.

Thanks so much for your advice. I’ll restart the brewers yeast immediately, they had this as ducklings. They do have ducks layers pellets, but I’ll stop the evening corn. Do you know how long it might take for him to recover? I feel so bad for him just sitting when he’s normally so active.

Thanks

Hello, hoping someone may be able to offer advice. Our call duck has suddenly become lame in one leg. He is 3 years old and has previously always been in good health. He free ranges in the day in our garden with his brother, and is locked in a coop at night. 2 nights ago when I put him away, he...

Hello, Can anyone offer any advice on our bantam who has recently started self pecking? This has followed an autumn moult. She had a bald patch on her back as she kept pecking the new feather growth. Her back has now almost regrown, but she’s started badly pecking the area around her tail. I’ve...

Hello, I have 3 two week old Suffolk Chequer Bantam chicks. Could anyone give any advice on what you think the sex might be based on their markings?

Hi, Would anyone know if this chick has slipped tendons or spraddle legs? It’s 3 days old, has never been on a slippery surface, and yet hatched like this. I did think it had spraddle leg but after 48 hours of being in a hobble there is no improvement and it can’t stand up at all. It gets...

Thanks - I’ll stay hopeful then!

Thanks for your excellent advice. I didn’t rewrap and now it’s fine. The wings did droop again a few days ago, but have once again righted themselves. So I guess it just keeps happening as the feathers grow. So pleased and relieved it’s going to be fine!

Thanks for replying. It’s on a paper towel on top of the grid base in the incubator, so it’s not and has never been on a slippy surface. I’m just worried that this one is not pushing itself up at all on its legs. It does a kind of bum shuffle around, and rocks back and forth on its bottom, so...

Hello. We’ve just hatched 5 Suffolk chequer bantams. They are all fine and doing really well except for one which hatched with what I guess is Spraddle or splayed leg. It couldn’t stand from the moment it hatched. After 24 hours when I could take it out of the incubator, I made a hobble for it...