Alright, I am officially going crazy. Since I found Backyard chickens, I feel like a crazy new parent asking questions 24/7 but I have one more. My duckling is about 3 1/2 weeks old and about a week ago we had her sexed, since then her cloaca seems a tad bit enlarged, now I am not sure if it due to her growing almost double in size or if it is swollen, it does not seem to bother her but every now and then there's a sort of farting sound coming from her. She backs up about 2 steps to poop usually pushing a little bit almost in a squat position and then she is ok. Keep in mind that she wears a diaper inside and that is usually when she backs up although sometimes, she does it without the diaper. As for her poop, about 2 days after her sexing, her poop went from being her normal olive green and white to a more tannish wet almost solid but not quite substance and now to almost a runny green/ brown tube. I have been goggling everywhere and the only thing I can come up with is lead poisoning, I live in Lubbock Tx, which I'm not sure if any of yall know where that is at but it has a very high mineral content in the water. I try to filter all of her drinking water but her bath water I don't. she also is breathing hardish, I never paid much attention to it till now but it seems fast, and her little heart seams to be racing. I'm just worried there's something going on deeper, or if she has lead poisoning on how to deal with it I love her very much. please let me know!
P.S: some of the stuff in the poop photo is also food. A
lso, these are all from the past 8 hours.
P.S: some of the stuff in the poop photo is also food. A