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Vilis Veritas

(2,405 posts)
9. Ducks are wonderful, little Pond Puppies that never grow up.
Fri Mar 9, 2018, 03:02 PM
Mar 2018

There are some mail order poultry places out there that are nothing more than mills for the big box suppliers like TSC and others.

I order from small suppliers to get good stock and it works well.

And like you, I have not lost a duckling ever...this last one almost got me, but I was diligent and never gave up, I think a lot of owners let nature take its course and never intervene, when in reality a brooder is not natural and therefore the brood keeper needs to be a mother and try something if they begin to wither, don't just sit there and let them die, when the reason may be as easy as giving them a bath, or isolation from the others, or vetricyn on a small cut...etc.

After she bounced back, I gave them all some watermelon...forgive the music, my nephew made the video.


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