Thank you! Still going strong! My gals don’t seem interested besides digging in the mulch/soil. Now if I put down peas and cilantro a whole different story haha
I am attempting to grow some duck friendly plants inside my enclosure this year to offer more enrichment to my ladies. I put in a garden bed today including oregano, lavender, and French marigolds. If it goes well I’ll add sage. I also have boxes of various mint outside their reach. Hopefully...
We have only had 2 relatively cold
Snaps so far, for those the girls were in the garage overnight for a day or two.
I ended up not insulating with foam, but using lots of straw and putting in a sterlite container on its side stuffed with straw. That and wind blocking thick greenhouse plastic...
Coughing is usually associated with Gapeworm which won’t show up in a fecal float/poop as it lives in lungs/trachea area.
Ducks can pick up gapeworm from eating earthworms and snails. Typically they’ll cough a lot, and have their mouth open constantly “gaping” once the parasite load is high...
I ended up being my girls in tonight for the weekend. They are not a fan of their boring garage set up, but plus side is I can let them play in the tub and have “pool time” this weekend and I don’t have to worry about them freezing in it 😃
Mine did well overnight as well, about same temps as you over here! I think I might have to put them up in my garage duck playpen (4 foot high metal dog play pen in a square with a tarp under it) this weekend as Saturday is supposed to be 12 degrees and most likely lower with windchill. They’ll...
I do have a surplus of 5 dozen duck eggs, so that would be a good use lol - Maybe she is molting as she was laying daily and stopped 2 days ago and is using energy to grow new feathers. (Which for a Cayuga she’s laid daily since May - I think she’s trying to keep up with her Campbell
Sisters)...
@Jenbirdee and @casportpony i checked her gland, you can definitely feel her glad (I’m assuming it’s supposed to be raised- almost like a chickpea size? I’m not sure how I’d diagnose if it’s clogged) I massaged it and had an oil on my finger.
I checked her armpits and didn’t see any lice. I was...
Here’s my gal Toast, she’s only dunked her head in water so far before this pics. I placed her in the water afterward, and she is preening. @casportpony and @Jenbirdee I’ll be going out shortly to grab her with my husband to get a better look under her wings/armpit for anything as she’s picky...
Here’s my gal Toast, she’s only dunked her head in water so far before this pics. I placed her in the water afterward, and she is preening. @casportpony and @Jenbirdee I’ll be going out shortly to grab her with my husband to get a better look under her wings/armpit for anything as she’s picky...
Thank you! How would I locate the oil glad on her tail end? I’m guessing it further up from the vent/cloaca on the skin, so I just feel around until I hopefully get oily fingers?
Hi all,
How do I determine if my Cayuga has wet feather? It’s a bit difficult as she’s all black, but compared to my 2 khaki campbells she seems to be more “wet” at a given time. It was dark tonight so I’ll check tomorrow to make sure she has no mites or anything under her feathers.
But she...
Yes! I have a sterlite container on its side in the back corner, I added straw inside it and around the sides - they definitely use it too, I add first Saturday like daily to the coop bedding and fluff the top layer (adding more shavings and straw every other day) every morning you can tell one...