r/duck

Last week they were so itty bitty now theyre all getting so much bigger theyre so sweet and precious

Took a walk over to the lake in the next section of my neighborhood and saw these guys. Mallard momma and Muscovy momma!

Status update for Swede is after 6 days she still has 10/13 babies so we aren’t in the clear yet but great to see she’s doing her job as a momma, heading out to get some crumble to toss out for them now so I don’t burn through so much of my adult feed/mealworms trying to get food for them inside our fence where the babies can fit through and exclusively eat!

THEYRE SO CUTEEE AURGHRHRH

Hello, my duck has had this weird walking posture for some time. A little backstory: She got bumblefoot and when at the vet she got antibiotic shots... and after the 4th shot she started limping. She didn't stop for over 2 months, so I took her to a vet that knows ducks better than the previous one. They took X-rays and checked if it was swollen. They gave me painkillers to give her every 12 hours for a week. No improvement. In the end they concluded that she got used to walking like this and that there is no cure. She is a healthy duck — cleans herself, preens, and is actively laying eggs. I tried duck shoes with a flat bottom, as she looks like she's walking on her toes. That was a waste of time as she walked even worse and managed to slip them off all the time. Any ideas on how I should tackle this? She's a healthy duck in a good environment and I just can't stand watching her walk like this. She doesn't walk around much and struggles to follow the other duck — sits a lot and loves to be in the water most of the time. It's been 6 months since.

It's not mine but they seem hungry so I want to know.

friends or frenemies?

He has been doing this “coughing up” for over an hour, he is very tired and doesn’t attempt to get away from handling he’s a week old.

I’ve tried to rub my fingers along his throat to see if I could dislodge anything

This morning I went to check on my flock and my favorite girl was laying in a puddle. Upon further inspection, I realized she wasn’t walking at all. When she did get up, she was limping very badly and flapping her wings. I quarantined her in a quiet dry place and took a look at her foot because she was holding it up.

My first thought was bumble foot but she seems to be in a lot of pain. I’ve had another duck with bumble foot and she never limped like this.

Could it be something else? Please help. Thank you.