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@DuckyDonna - do you just sprinkle a little of the powder on the food or measure out a certain amount? I currently only have three ducks.

Great info. I have made a hefty amazon order to beef up my duck and chicken supplements :D - more 1mL oral syringes, calcium citrate in tablets and powder form, and some other items for all of our critters. I have three more ducklings coming next week so good to have all this on hand and...

Thanks - do you get something like these? With D3, or just unflavored calcium citrate?

@DuckyDonna can you share what product you use and how much? I wouldn't mind supplementing for all three like this. I have the calcium gluconate for a more emergent situation, but I'd like to try to avoid that. If there is a form of calcium citrate that can be put in their oyster shell that...

Thank you! They do have oyster shell handy and they do consume it. I may up the layer feed ratio a bit too for the summer. Question on the calcium gluconate - I have some in my first aid supplies but haven’t administered any yet. Is the purpose of it to help harden a soft shell egg in order to...

I have three runner ducks that started laying in late January. I get three eggs pretty reliably each day. Today I got three, good shells as always. I went to put them in their house tonight and as I was walking out of the pen I spotted a soft shell egg. I know this happens and can be considered...

This is exactly what we are doing - we have three ducks now, three duckling on the way. Currently using a kiddie pool on top of smooth white stone (to keep the mud around the pool down). We got one of those big in-ground plastic ponds, my husband put a drain in it and got a valve for easy...

I love finding these bits of knowledge even on older posts - I'm still in my first year of duck ownership. My runner females have been laying consistently for...a couple of months now and I've noticed their behavior has changed somewhat towards me. I still can get them into their house at night...

I have three female runner ducks that I raised as ducklings (born July 2023). They are all laying as of a month or so ago, but I have noticed their bill color changing, one is particularly dramatic. I've read about the xanthophyll/melanin pigmentation and how that can get depleted when they...

Hello all! I've posted previously about our mating pair of emus laying a clutch and four chicks hatching. I am raising them currently and they're about seven weeks old. Next week we go to the vet (field trip) for vaccinations and blood testing to determine sex (I was not able to match eggshell...

Not definite but maybe! Just wanted to float it in case the would-be owner falls through.

Are you still looking? I'm in Staunton, VA and possibly have a couple that will need homes. My mating pair had four chicks hatch and I'm raising them in the barn. They're about seven weeks old and getting vax and sexed next week.

Hello - I have nine chickens (1 rooster and 8 hens) as well as three runner ducks in an adjacent pasture. Thursday evening I noticed the rooster had a little foamy discharge in his right eye. The next morning he seemed fine but mid day I saw it again and isolated him in a crate in the garage...

Wondering if my ducks may be getting ready for a late winter molt. I might be imagining it but sometimes their feathers don’t look perfectly dry so wet feather fears set in. Then again it’s cold in the mornings and maybe it’s just a little ice. They do enjoy the pool and buckets and I see them...

If you can pay for shipping (I have no idea what that costs) I can send it. I expect I’ll have more. The last clutch was ten.

Let me know if you’re serious🤣

Guess what : Fred and Ethel have another egg and are building an actual nest (this time under their shelter - guess they learned from the last go around). I don't think I can let him sit another two months, he just got up three weeks ago from the last clutch. But wow, fast moving on the next...

Thank you! They are an absolute hoot!

I have a breeding pair of emus in western Virginia. The female laid a clutch of ten eggs in late November and we had four chicks hatch about three weeks ago or so. I retrieved the chicks after the male hatched them and they are in my barn brooder/pen.The pair have just started laying eggs again...

That's what I was hoping for but wasn't sure what to look for; she's so ratty looking and the only one in a molt. Thank you for taking a look!