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    Daughter’s Pekin Died Suddenly

    I appreciate everyone‘s responses today. I’m thinking it was either an egg obstruction or something she ate. Neither of our females have produced eggs in several weeks (maybe 2-3 eggs at the most) which has me concerned about the surviving female. If we suspect egg bound as a problem with our...
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    Daughter’s Pekin Died Suddenly

    I only noticed a reduction in pooping yesterday when I initially found her just laying around. She didnt really eat much from what I can see yesterday. Prior to yesterday she was running around the yard, eating and pooping the same as usual so whatever it was hit her hard all in 1 day. The...
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    Daughter’s Pekin Died Suddenly

    Good point - I have river rock surrounding their water buckets. The ducks get fresh water and the buckets are automatically cleaned every 4 hours so I made sure drainage was good to keep their pen area as dry as possible. All of the rocks are egg size or larger to eliminate the risk of them...
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    Daughter’s Pekin Died Suddenly

    Depending on what they eat their poop can change from a somewhat solid to a bit runny. What should I look for - I can’t have this other female get sick.
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    Daughter’s Pekin Died Suddenly

    What about being egg bound? How long does it take for a duck to die if she was egg bound? She use to lay on average of 5 eggs or so a week. About a month ago we had a hot weather spell and it appeared like she went into a molting period losing some feathers. In the weeks following she...
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    Daughter’s Pekin Died Suddenly

    I just don’t know — I mean I know they are ducks but they are given ample food in and out of their pen. When they poke around the yard I’ve only seen them go through the grass and they seemed to always avoid the cherries that fall from the trees in our woods. If a duck were to eat a cherry how...
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    Daughter’s Pekin Died Suddenly

    The ducks are kept in a pen and only left out under supervision. We lost a female Pekin a year ago to a hawk so we are extremely cautious.
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    Daughter’s Pekin Died Suddenly

    One of my daughter’s female Pekin ducks died overnight. She was a year old nearly to the day. She was a normal egg layer and was otherwise healthy. About a month ago she went through what I’d consider a molting period losings a bit of feathers during a heat spell. Thereafter all of her...
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    Daughter’s Pekin Duck Killed (Need help identifying what could have done this)

    I’m leaning towards a hawk being the culprit. Since my daughter’s girl duck was killed I’ve seen hawks flying over my property several times a day - way more than previously. I have several farms around me and a couple homeowners within 1/4 of a mile that have free range chickens on their...
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    Daughter’s Pekin Duck Killed (Need help identifying what could have done this)

    My Beagle is on an electric fence and can’t go into the woods so no tracking. We have game cameras in the woods (mostly for watching the deer) and we seldom get raccoons, barn cats, fox and possums at night in the area. There has been a couple small Barred Owls in the woods in recent months and...
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    Daughter’s Pekin Duck Killed (Need help identifying what could have done this)

    First post — greatly appreciate assistance so we can prevent this from happening again. After asking us for years, my wife and I got our daughter 2 Pekin Ducks approximately 18 months ago. We have a secure coop that I built and each day we let the ducks out to forage and play in the yard. Our...
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