Recent content by NukiTruk
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Unknown duck behavior
Hey, No problem :D Another update. She has been sleeping! Good sign, finally some rest for her, she deserves it :) We put her back with her buddies and seems happy again. Breathing is better and almost back to normal I believe. She now sounds like the first stage when she started the 'purring... -
Unknown duck behavior
The bag arrived. It's a mix a oystershell, clamshells, stones, calcium, magnesium and what not. Let's see how it goes! -
Unknown duck behavior
Hi, Update for those interested and hope it can help with others who might have the same issue. After the vet's advice, we isolated her and started to give her antibiotics in liquid form. During the night we keep her in a plastic container where we held our ducklings the first 2 weeks. She... -
Unknown duck behavior
The wife just returned from the vet and explained the symptoms, she didn't take Kali the hen with her as she was on the way back home from work. The vet said it is probably a respiratory infection common with chickens and ducks and told to separate her and gave liquid antibiotics as a... -
Unknown duck behavior
Thanks for your input. Yeah that seems logic she needs a break hehe. Are panting and not laying, symptoms of molting with ducks? I can't find much information on that. Thank you for the info on the oyster shells. We will be getting that as soon as possible. We need it also for one of the... -
Unknown duck behavior
Hey, Yes she can poop, no problems here. Just put her in a bathtub and as you might now the moment you put them there it's go time :-) So no issues. Consistency also normal. Do not see any panicking on her side. I'm also not feeling anything 'stuck' underneath, I just did an exam and... -
Unknown duck behavior
Hey! Thanks for replying. By moult you mean changing feathers? Sry I'm still fairly new to it. How can you tell? I noticed the drakes have new feathers recently, no differences on the hens though. She is normally a happy quaker but nothing too crazy. I've been reading about egg bound and... -
Unknown duck behavior
He Miss Lydia, Thanks for the reply. Obvious I forgot that :) she's a Khaki. I just uploaded 2 videos. In the first you can't really hear too much because of the other ducks making noises. In the second video I held her down just so you could hear the sound, she started breathing much heavier... -
Unknown duck behavior
Hi all, I'm fairly new to keeping ducks, just over a year, and notice 'weird' behavior in our 1 year old hen. Hope to find some answers or ideas here of what this could be. I'll try to give as much info possible, if needed more I'll be glad to provide it. Firstly she stopped laying eggs 4...