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[Anonymous]

Hello, or salut

I live in France with my husband and we have 3 ducks, 14 chickens, 3 cockerals, 1 turkey and rabbits - at least 3 in security and a few who have escaped - more fool them.

We do not eat our animals, much to the amusement of our french counterparts.

I am actually on here today, because we have one of our ducks who is suffering from worms. At the moment, he is in our veranda as outside - there is 12inches of snow. I have left a bowl of water with garlic and some food. The problem is that he is petrified of us! I tried using a syring to feed him water, but he just panicked.

What does one do with a sick LARGE duck?

 

[victorias poultry]

Hi and welcome
I use panacur sheep wormer to worm the ducks, hope your duck is better soon

 

[Anonymous]

Hi,
my aylesbury's were huge,and only came up to me for bread.Ducks seem to hate being picked up,but,I would wait until it is dark,then pick him/her up.Use a large towel or sheeet,that is large enough to wrap around the body keeping his/her wings tight and snug to the body.If you've ever seen a swan bag,like that with their legs sticking out straight behind.
You can then open the bill and syringe the wormer down.Good luck 17 .