Why is my Pekin duck "sneezing"?

Chickenkeepr said:

Well, spending a while outside today building a new run for the girls, I can definitely say that ms. Duck is NOT better. She's still active but sneezing sneezing sneezing. Ugh...I don't know what to do now..

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JadeComputerGal said:

Mine is no better, either, and I didn't mean to hijack your thread. They just seemed to have somewhat similar issues.

She still sounds the same, and she is dirty like crazy. That is new. The back half of her body is brown from about the mid-wings to her tail. Her feathers are hard and crinkly. The best way I can describe it is that she's like a duck that's been washed with shampoo then allowed to play around in dirt and mud before she reoiled her feathers.

That led me to check her oil gland. It looks normal, but she screams when I get near it even though she's typically pretty docile. I don't know if that's because it's painful or if she doesn't like me meddling around with her private parts, but I can't help thinking it's the former because of the way she's reacting.

@casportpony , @Amiga , @Miss Lydia , any advice?

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Chickenkeepr said:

This is the "odd sounding duck with crazy issues" thread now, so feel free to hijack lol. I really hope your girl starts feeling better soon. Can ducks get infected or plugged oil glands? My girl looks and feels oretty normal feather wise other than she's molting like crazy and it looks like a duck exploded right outside of the coop lol. The poor girl is sitting on any eggs I let her (which is none, but she sits til I let them out in the morning.) I did notice yesterday when she pooped in the garage that it was very wet and almost looked like her food wasn't fully digested. Both girls will have the odd watery squirter but I always thought it was normal.

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JadeComputerGal said:

Mine is no better, either, and I didn't mean to hijack your thread. They just seemed to have somewhat similar issues.

She still sounds the same, and she is dirty like crazy. That is new. The back half of her body is brown from about the mid-wings to her tail. Her feathers are hard and crinkly. The best way I can describe it is that she's like a duck that's been washed with shampoo then allowed to play around in dirt and mud before she reoiled her feathers.

That led me to check her oil gland. It looks normal, but she screams when I get near it even though she's typically pretty docile. I don't know if that's because it's painful or if she doesn't like me meddling around with her private parts, but I can't help thinking it's the former because of the way she's reacting.

@casportpony , @Amiga , @Miss Lydia , any advice?

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JadeComputerGal said:

Mine is no better, either, and I didn't mean to hijack your thread. They just seemed to have somewhat similar issues.

She still sounds the same, and she is dirty like crazy. That is new. The back half of her body is brown from about the mid-wings to her tail. Her feathers are hard and crinkly. The best way I can describe it is that she's like a duck that's been washed with shampoo then allowed to play around in dirt and mud before she reoiled her feathers.

That led me to check her oil gland. It looks normal, but she screams when I get near it even though she's typically pretty docile. I don't know if that's because it's painful or if she doesn't like me meddling around with her private parts, but I can't help thinking it's the former because of the way she's reacting.

@casportpony
, @Amiga
, @Miss Lydia
, any advice?

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