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PhoenixPharm

In the Brooder
5 Years
Jul 22, 2014
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I have 2 muscovy that are about 15 weeks old (HUGE) a 2 year old runner and 14 week old runner/pekin mix. Recently I noticed that the runner stopped quacking and seems depressed. She still eats/drinks/forages but instead of acting like her normal bubbly self, ignores me when I talk to her and now follows the runner/pekin around (her daughter) I've seen both my male and female muscovy biting her back and her feathers look ruffled. There is quite a bit of size difference between them and I'm thinking she is being bullied to the point of depression. She used to quack all the time and was excited when I came in the pen and now seems so sad and passive. I thought maybe she was sick at first....any thoughts??
 
A month or so ago. I just separated them and wihtin a few hours the runner is already starting to bob her head and quack at me again a little :D
 
Okay, i was going to say that they were putting in the pecking order. But maybe something else is up, how many females are there to males?
 
I just noticed her feathers are wet and looked at her back and there is a sore where they have been biting her.
 
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