http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ Farming Friends Forum Tag: help en Sat, 18 May 2013 19:57:10 +0000 http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=5158#post-23405 Wed, 08 May 2013 16:52:10 +0000 duskhunter 23405@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>It does sound as though this has been sorted Ani. As long as he is interested in you large duck and is leaving the smaller ones you don't need to worry. Your big duck may get a bald neck if he is too passionate with her but unelss it is very sore it is not a massive problem we have often joked about making them scarves as protection agains the amorous advances of the boys!<br /> They are funny they do not like being apart but suffer when they are together! </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=5158#post-23404 Tue, 07 May 2013 19:11:36 +0000 ani 23404@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>sorry, havent been on for a while :) we have sorted the problem (mostly.) do ducks tend to 'mate for life' like swans or something as our drake is obsessed with our other bigger duck. he chases after us and he puffs himslf up if we go near her. the 3 smaller ones are separated, one on eggs and i will have the other 2 together soon as one was recovering from a bad eye ( which is now completely healed!) but I fear that if i did separate the drake and female he is with now, it will affect both of them. They are happy waddling about in the garden during the day and they sleep in the same house. I'm hoping we have sorted this out now, and hopefully we will have some new additions in a few weeks! </p> <p>thank you all so much for putting up with me!</p> <p>ani xxx </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=5158#post-23403 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:41:33 +0000 m40mo 23403@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>ani this has all been a shock for you and fully understand your upset, ok you are only 14 im 55 and still gets frustrated trying to keep them all happy and safe, they are clearly your pets but you are still a child you need help from your parents to try and sort this problem, you say you need drastic help we can only tell you what we do they need to sort this for you </p> <p>your drake is the issue, I see no point in getting rid of the girls you have and getting more, im not sure where you home your ducks but for now I suggest he is put on his own to give you time to think what to do, this can't carry on like this one dead duck is enough :(<br /> I've just looked back and seen you had the same problem last year, what did you do then ? </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=5158#post-23401 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:20:49 +0000 duskhunter 23401@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Hi Ani,<br /> If you don't separate your drake from the gils he will just carry on doing damage. The small ducks will be most prone to it and it is not only heartbreaking it is not fair on the girls. It is his natural instinct of course but I had a drake drown two girls in breeding season so I separate them now unless I want to hatch eggs and even then I separate them after a while as the drakes can be just so heavy footed/beaked whatever the girls are entitled to live without injury from him. My girls go and sit the other side of the wire netting to keep the drakes company and then they are let back together around the end of October till about the end of Feb when it all starts again. </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=5158#post-23399 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:46:57 +0000 ani 23399@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>well now i have a small duck with a bloody face as he has got hold of her :( i am afraid that if i dont get any drastic help i will have to re-home him... I have spent the last 3 hours crying as i have had such a bad weekend with my ducks (would just like to say i am only 14, so this is very hard as i am very attached to my pets) and I am devastated. I have now got a duck who is badly injured and very scared. I have attempted to clean her eye but she was so stressed i left her to calm down in a clean cage. She has water and i gave her some grass as she loves it. I am torn between keeping the girls or starting again with some new girlies... please help me as i am so upset words cant describe it... :'( xxxx many thankssss xxxxxx </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=5158#post-23398 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:00:01 +0000 m40mo 23398@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>oh how I wish we could castrate drakes, I have 2 and once more mayhem has broken out as both boys want to claim each girl we havnt had injuries but eye damage is my biggest fear, last summer I kept both drakes happy together away from the girls but that would be so unfair for a single drake, im not sure it would be fare to pass him on to someone else though, is he a bigger breed drake than your girls ? would he be better with a bigger girl kept as a pair maybe away from your smaller ducks </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=5158#post-23397 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:19:35 +0000 admin 23397@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Hi Ani, So sorry to hear this. I suppose the drake could have been over zealous and it could have been too much for her. I am notsure what to suggest. I suppose you could separate the other injured ducks from him until they are better. Is he like this all year round or just as the breeding season gets under way?<br /> Hope he calms down.<br /> Kind regards<br /> Sara @ farmingfriends </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=5158#post-23396 Sat, 27 Apr 2013 16:44:31 +0000 ani 23396@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>hi guys, haven't posted in a while!</p> <p>any way, i have some very bad news. One of my female ducks was killed this morning, and i was very upset at the fact i was the one to find her whilst attempting to move some chickens. We aren't sure how she died, as there was no bite marks ruling out cat or fox. What i do know is our drake is very heavy handed and caused this duck to go blind in one eye. Do you think he might have killed her? He has also done damage to 2 of my new Call/Campbell females. one of them has some serious damage to her eye. it is red raw and all her feathers around her eye are gone. Her eyelid is pretty much destroyed and she has a small hole that she can see through. Luckily, her eye is fine underneath. She is sitting on some eggs at the moment, so she is in a separate house in the pen. I would like to know if there is ANYTHING i can do to stop this drake as this is really a LAST resort before i have to get rid of him, so please IF YOU HAVE ANY HELP OR TIPS FOR ME, REPLY AS I REALLY DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO LOOSE HIM TOO. thank you every one... </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=5124#post-23320 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:49:42 +0000 chuggs 23320@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>thanks to all those who replied! i think it must be pecking, although there is no blood or soreness . i will give them some veggies to peck at instead thanks! </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=5124#post-23316 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 10:46:22 +0000 campbell ridge 23316@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>I cannot get the pictures to open. It does sound like this is pecking and once there is a different colour on a bird they will keep pecking. Make sure they have plenty of other more interesting things to peck at instead. veggies etc </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=5124#post-23315 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:27:44 +0000 admin 23315@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Hi Chuggs,<br /> Are they feather picking each other and picking on the one with the red patch?<br /> Kind regards<br /> Sara @ farmingfriends </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=5124#post-23313 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 21:33:51 +0000 chuggs 23313@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p><a href="file://localhost/Users/chuggs/Pictures/Photo%20Booth/Photo%20on%202013-03-12%20at%2021.39%20%232.jpg" rel="nofollow">file://localhost/Users/chuggs/Pictures/Photo%20Booth/Photo%20on%202013-03-12%20at%2021.39%20%232.jpg</a></p> <p><a href="file://localhost/Users/chuggs/Pictures/Photo%20Booth/Photo%20on%202013-03-12%20at%2021.40.jpg" rel="nofollow">file://localhost/Users/chuggs/Pictures/Photo%20Booth/Photo%20on%202013-03-12%20at%2021.40.jpg</a></p> <p><a href="file://localhost/Users/chuggs/Pictures/Photo%20Booth/Photo%20on%202013-03-12%20at%2021.40%20%232.jpg" rel="nofollow">file://localhost/Users/chuggs/Pictures/Photo%20Booth/Photo%20on%202013-03-12%20at%2021.40%20%232.jpg</a></p> <p>pictures to with my post </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=5124#post-23311 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 21:29:32 +0000 chuggs 23311@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>HI ALL </p> <p>I HAVE 4 EMBDEN GOSLINGS WITH I HATCHED FOR THE FIRST TIME 3 WEEKS AGO!<br /> THEY ARE GRATE AND FOLLOW ME EVERYWHERE I GO !<br /> HOWEVER I HAVE NOTICED A RED PATCH ON ONE OF THEIR BACKS. THEY ARE ALL HEALTHY AND HAPPY.<br /> COULD THIS BE FLEAS FROM THE DOGS OR PECKING FROM THE OTHERS? IT DOSENT LOOK BLOODY OR SORE JUST BALD AND RED.</p> <p>ANY HELP WILL BE REALLY APPRECIATED AS I AM WORRIED :( </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=3969#post-21433 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 18:29:50 +0000 Mama 21433@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>How exciting and yes the little one may come sooner than the others and hopfully will hatch and cheer the others on .Don't think you should do anything at the mo to early yet .Good luck Headwyn and hope it is a happy ending :)) Mama </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=3969#post-21404 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 23:26:20 +0000 campbell ridge 21404@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Hi. it could be the first laid egg so is a bit ahead of the others. They need to be incubated for 28 days so probably still a week or so to go. fingers crossed.<br /> Here's a great link to show age of embryos and what to expect. <a href="http://shilala.homestead.com/candling.html" rel="nofollow">http://shilala.homestead.com/candling.html</a> </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=3969#post-21385 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:33:28 +0000 Anonymous 21385@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Hello, we have five mallard eggs that we rescued after my horses scared mom off the nest. Amazingly 4 have made. We found/rescued them on the 30th of June and could already see that they were fertilized and some movement. So I am guessing they are at least 20 plus days already. My question is this three of the eggs have growing air sacs. One of them only now has air bubbles, but is still moving, and has good veins. Has almost filled the egg to. No noise yet though. Is there anything I can do to help this little one? Have used the stethoscope and it sounds the same as the others. It is the most filled egg of all of them. I hope this makes sense, as this is the first time I have done anything like this. </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2984#post-18519 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 07:04:14 +0000 ferityelf 18519@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Thank you Sara, she seems to be doing ok so far, she's eating and I put a sand bath in for her last night, I am hoping she can rub some of the dried blood off that way. I was worried that if I seperated them for any length of time she would just give up, but I don't think it's a problem :) </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2984#post-18456 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 08:32:53 +0000 admin 18456@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Hi ferityelf,<br /> I have only just read this and yes would definately suggest keeping them separate as birds tend to bully injured other birds and the others will start pecking at the blood.<br /> Hope your injured female recovers soon with no permanent damage.<br /> Kind regards<br /> Sara @ farmingfriends </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2984#post-18453 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 07:21:32 +0000 ferityelf 18453@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Hi Katy</p> <p>Thank you for your reply, I have also had a response from a Quail farm in Wales, I thought anyone reading this may be interested, he suggested keeping them seperate until she is fully recovered and then introduce them back together in a strange environment to them all, but he has warned that once they pick on one they could take it to the end. </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2984#post-18446 Sun, 11 Mar 2012 22:03:55 +0000 Katydid 18446@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Dear ferityelf,<br /> I know nothing of quail but can you get wound powder in France? I don't know what it would be called there but it's available here from any farm store or equestrian store. I would keep her separate from the other two.<br /> A runner I had was attacked by a crow who took an eye out, it was a mess but wound powder and being kept separate the eye did eventualy heal over and the runner was fine.<br /> I'm sure someone here will be able to help you better than I can, but I would use some antiseptic on the wound.<br /> I hope all goes well.<br /> Katy </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2984#post-18443 Sun, 11 Mar 2012 19:02:51 +0000 ferityelf 18443@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>I am looking after 3 quail, 2 female, one male. The male has badly injured one female, I think she may have lost an eye but there is lots of blood on the back of her head, I have left it to dry, no flies around and no point in wetting what is healing, I think??. I have seperated the three to allow the injured female to rest and not be bullied by the other female, tomorrow will be the second day, what do I do now? do I let the other female in to her, when should I let the male back in. I am in France, we have just got over a really cold winter and spring is springing. Not bothered about eggs just that they all survive. Please help, I don't know anything about looking after these little things. </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2881#post-18013 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:49:16 +0000 Jz_8889 18013@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Thank you soooooo much sara, i am thinking about getting two more but there is short supplie in napier haha but thank you anyway :-) when i can get some i will buy some more, i have an egg in the incy, yayayayayay :-) </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2881#post-18012 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:03:00 +0000 admin 18012@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Hi Julia,<br /> I am sorry to hear this about the quail, sometimes you get a bird that can be very agressive, if he is trying to mate with her she may not like it and be letting him know, although you would think that it was instinct to mate. Has the male got anything the matter with him, if so the female may be picking on him because of this and trying to establish herself higher in the pecking order. Is it possible to get some more females which may distract the female and also the males attention away from her.<br /> Sorry I can't be more helpful.<br /> Let us know how you get on.<br /> kind regards<br /> sara @ farmingfriends </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2881#post-18009 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:47:35 +0000 Jz_8889 18009@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>I had a male Japanese Quail living in a giant rabbit cage all alone after his partner got out. I then brought a new female Japanese quail as a mate for him. But every time he even walks past her or even far away she with peak, attack, bite and rip his feathers out for no reason, she now owns the outside area while he stays hidden inside the den, she is very tame (same with him) but this has to stop as he is being harmed, any advice or ideas? Thank you :) </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2776#post-17648 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:13:59 +0000 crazychick 17648@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>She was Egg bound, thank you Mo for your help and support, im still getting eggs so she wasnt the one laying just bad timing, going to sort a light this weekend and dividing the barn up anyway! </p> <p>At least i know now, still so sad! New arrival coming this weekend an albino pygmy hedgehog! </p> <p><img src="http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s320x320/393484_10150529472939179_508694178_10553381_966542568_n.jpg" /><br /> x </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2776#post-17636 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:27:51 +0000 Lorna 17636@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Hi Crazy chick,</p> <p>So Sorry to hear you lost your duck, that is always difficult and very sad. I do know as I have lost ones.</p> <p>I do hope that all your others will be fine, getting a PM done even with another Vet would give you peace of mind.</p> <p>Take care<br /> Regards<br /> Lorna </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2776#post-17632 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:13:36 +0000 crazychick 17632@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>thanks Karen</p> <p>its so heart breaking, ive been doing alot of reading about being egg bound and it does sound like it was! what as shame! my vet wont do a PM as they have only recently started taking chooks and duck on, i have to find somewhere to send her! </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2776#post-17631 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:37:42 +0000 dollydylo 17631@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Hi Crazychick</p> <p>So sorry to hear about your duck - this is the first chance I've had to log on since this morning so have just read all the posts. I agree with Mo that a PM is a good idea. If you discover she was egg bound then you can at least know you did all you can, and if it is something else then you can hopefully protect the rest of your gang from it.<br /> Good luck with the segregation this weekend! </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2776#post-17630 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:34:24 +0000 crazychick 17630@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>i totally agree, what you say sounds right! Im going to put some "stalls" in the barn this weekend! keeping poultry to the left and the "rodents" to the right with a gangway in the middle ! will post photos this weekend! </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2776#post-17629 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:30:36 +0000 m40mo 17629@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>ahh really dont think its anything to do with mites this duck really sounded egg bound to me, dont like to judge as im no expert but im not convinced it is right having such a variety of animals living so closely together though maybe Sara as a farmer will advice on that x maybe a second shed for the rabitts and guinies would be an idea </p>