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    What predator ?

    Here's a helpful link: https://www.welphatchery.com/predator_diagnosis You can try searching up poultry predator diagnosis to find some other websites that have information about different types of animals. From your description, I agree with azygous about either dog or raccoon. Since the bodies...
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    Happy Thanksgiving to you too!! Hope you eat a lot of food! I definitely will

    Happy Thanksgiving to you too!! Hope you eat a lot of food! I definitely will
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    Help! Ducks killed by unknown predator (slightly graphic description)

    Thank you for bringing this to my attention! I'll definitely be checking it out and getting one so I can hopefully catch which predators frequent the coop.
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    Help! Ducks killed by unknown predator (slightly graphic description)

    Nope, no visible tracks in the dirt! There were only some indiscernible muddy prints where it dug out the hole.
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    Help! Ducks killed by unknown predator (slightly graphic description)

    Thank you all for the replies! We've come to the conclusion that the predator was a weasel or raccoon, based on how the ducks were killed and how the animal slipped into the coop.
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    Help! Ducks killed by unknown predator (slightly graphic description)

    Hello, Yesterday morning, our adult Pekin was killed in the coop. Her head and neck were bloody and I could not make out her face. A predator had eaten her insides from the back, in the place between her legs and tail. She was left in the cage, and we discovered a small hole above the ground. I...
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    Duckling tired and clear poop

    Yup, I'd bet it is! Thanks a lot for both of your help! Also, his poop is normal now. I guess he just drank too much water earlier!
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    Duckling tired and clear poop

    @Pyxis Ok, will do! We'll make sure to do those things. Thanks so much! @CayugaJana Yes, it's our only Pekin. We have some Rouens too. We do put water in their feed, and the Pekin eats a lot. After he rests, he can get pretty loud and active.
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    Duckling tired and clear poop

    Ok, sounds good! We are using paper towels which we are changing a lot, so we are planning to change it to maybe pine shavings. Under the heat lamp, it's a little over 90 degrees Fahrenheit, but the ducklings usually go to this little area we have for them that's around 80 degrees Fahrenheit.
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    Duckling tired and clear poop

    Update: The Pekin's poop is brown but a little watery still. We keep the box around 80 degrees Fahrenheit, which they seem to prefer best. We line the bottom with paper towels.
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    Duckling tired and clear poop

    They're around a week old. We set up a heat lamp that's 100 watts, and we put a waterer and feeder in the cardboard box. Right now, we're feeding them chick starter feed, which the person we bought them from recommended. We haven't fed them any supplements. The Pekin is more active and is eating...
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    Duckling tired and clear poop

    We just recently got some ducklings, and one of them, a Pekin, is very tired, sleeps a lot, and has had clear poop a few times in a row. I'm new to ducks, and I'm really worried. Does anyone know what I should do, or if this is normal?
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