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I rescued a Pekin ducking a couple of years ago. She put on a lot of weight very quickly, and once mature, wasn't able to walk normally -- it seemed like she just couldn't support her weight very well. She didn't forage, or groom herself: she'd increasingly just eat and lie on the ground. I have...

I just ordered the Baytril, thank you. I'm a little baffled by the fact that she seems completely normal, other than the breathing. She's always been my most active duck, and that hasn't changed -- she's still charging around. Hopefully, that's a good sign and the Baytril will knock out...

Thank you! Is there one that you would suggest I try over the other, Baytril vs. Doxycycline?

I've got a two-year-old Swedish blue duck that's having some sort of respiratory problem. Her breathing is very labored: you can see her body contract when she exhales, especially when she's laying down, and she opens and closes her mouth slightly with every breath. It's been going on nearly two...

Thanks for the reply. We've had her in a crate at night, and in a very small outdoor pen during the day (she's been a great patient). She has access to calcium all day, so I don't think that's the issue with her eggs. It isn't that the shells are soft or thin; there are actually no shells at...

It's been six weeks, and not much improvement. It's happened a couple of times that she seems like she's getting better, and then she has a setback. She'll slowly get to the point that she's walking around with a severe limp, and the next day she'll be back to hopping on one leg. The swelling...

The ducklings and the older females have started eating out of the same feeders this past week, so I think they're coming along. The drake is still a bit aggressive towards the ducklings, but he's on his own most of the time anyway -- and they probably outweigh him by two or three pounds at this...

Thank you! Their yard is large enough that they have no trouble separating themselves during the day. I've got two pens in the house, but I'm nursing a female with a broken foot in one of them, so they'll probably have to be together inside for a few more weeks. I think that's more of a problem...

I rescued two young drakes a few years ago. Last fall, one of them passed away, and I adopted four laying females. After keeping the drake (a Pekin) in an adjacent yard for a couple of weeks, I put him in with the females (Cayugas and a Swedish Blue). It took another week or two before they...

Thanks to everyone for the advice. The ducklings are doing well, and their wings are no longer drooping. I suspect their feathers were developing more quickly than their muscles.

And here's a video of the panting: .

Here's a video of their wings drooping: .

We recently rescued a couple of Pekin ducklings, and I have some concerns about their development. They came to us at two or three weeks old, and we have no idea how they'd been cared for or fed (they were purchased from a local farm supply by a young woman who wanted them as pets, but didn't...

I posted here recently about a one-year old Cayuga female with a badly injured ankle. I've been trying to nurse her back to health for about a week and a half; for the first few days after the injury, she continued laying normally, then stopped. I got one small egg (with a slightly pitted shell)...

Do you recall where the break was on your duck's leg? The swelling on mine seems to be worst around the ankle; she's able to move her leg, but the foot itself is limp and immobile.