Re: duck health

addicted2chickens wrote:
On Aug 17, 3:57 am, " Jill" <n...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
addicted2chickens wrote:
I am seeking a person or place who can inform me on some duck health
questions.I own/raise muscovies; what can be given for sprains and
strains; what can be done for a knee slipping in and out of socket;
For birds of what age? and what sexes?
I would be looking at feeding and breeding.
If these are young birds, particularly those bred for meat, and had some
selection to improve growth rates and finished weights, then slipped tendons
is a common weakness that can occur. The birds grow faster than the anatomy
can cope with.
If its mostly females being affected with leg problems in a mixed flock then
there may be too many males in the ratio.

wormers(like Ivermectin); and what antibiotics can be used when you
suspect an infection?
That depends much more on the infection, its site and its cause?
Respiratory conditions tend to have different solutions to puncture wounds,
for instance.

I have raised muscovies for 5 years and I cant

find these answers on other groups I belong to or I get conflicting
info. example;dont give medicated chick feed to ducks; I had a
supposed duck breeder explain it was a coccidiastat and it was safe; I
lost close to 30 ducklings within 48 hours.
Medicated chick feed is "safe" BUT - and its a big but - ducklings eat FAR
too much of it due to their much higher feed intake compared to chicks.
Some people will use it for the first few days when they are not eating so
much, especially if they have a cocci problem on their property.
But once the ducklings 'get going' their consumption is FAR too high.
Its much better to deal with any cocci issues with management.
This can be using things like OOcide ; Stalosan, and the herbal
preventatives like cider Vinegar and Ropadair

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regards
Jill Bowis

Domestic Poultry and Waterfowl Solutions
Herbaceous; Herb and Alpine Nursery
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Sprains and strains would be on adult females.I have a 2yo lost babies
last year,lost a clutch on July 4th,she is laying again almost ready
to nest and in walking behind her I noticed her right knee was
slipping in and out of place.I dont want any more ducklings but it
would be about the only way I would keep her still that long.Two years
ago I had 7 out of 9 hens come up with a mystery injury.They were able
to move the leg from the hip but the knee seemed none functional and
the foot on each hen was turned under. 5 days in a very confined cage
and they were fine. My birds are 95% of the time as pets that will end
up meat.And I only have 1 drake, but hes 14 pounds.He has been my only
drake for 5 years. (my hens are 6-9 pounds)

Oh yeah I have a sprain of sorts currently-muscovy moms are a little
protective of their young.Currently I have 2 hens with broods they are
kept in sperate sleeping quarters but everyone free ranges.Both moms
were coming in for the night and got into a fight right before the
coops and one hen limped pretty well that night and she gets sore
about halfway through the day.She has 15 teenagers running her ragged.

Can you use Ivermectin or Wazine 10 to worm ducks?

Infection, well I would love to know if there is something for
respitory;yet in 5 years I have never had one.My last crisis is when
my drake and a tom turkey became sworn enemies.The tom got my drake 3
seperate times,my drake did win,but he had alot of injury to his
caruncle and his bill.None of my poultry groups could offer more than
peroxide or neosporin and those dont work for obvious reasons.It had
happened on a weekend and there is no small or large vets that will
touch chickens or ducks.My vet will dispense if I know what I need.I
always have aeuromycin and tylan for chickens,I know baytril is the
top of the line but I dont know if any are suitable for ducks.

If you can answer any of this I would be overly excited duck info is
hard to come by and while muscovys are ducks I also know there are
alot of differences.And I have nothing against herbal or holistic its
just I live in a very rural area and those things are not accessable.
Thank you, Christy


Honey is a great antiseptic and healing substance but its disadvantages aren't hard to spot. On humans, there is the stickiness to contend with so dressings have to be secure. For animals unless you could pen them in a place where there were no ants, bees, wasps...


I've been googling and here is something from http://chinwags.invisionzone.com/lofiversion/index.php/t1883.html
following on from a post from Suki about hideous injuries inflicted on a Muscovy drake by 2 teenage boys :

suki
Jan 24 2007, 10:39 PM
He is doing really well. He doesn't like his treatments and definitely doesn't like metacam and baytril. Jane will probably laugh reading this as she knows what it is like getting meds into a huge muscovey duck. He is getting used to it now though and is being very good. I am told that another local paper and the calender news team are taking the story too. He is still very wobbly from the head injury but is eating and drinking well.


Perhaps you could follow up there and find out about what doses etc were used, then post back to us?

A L P
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