Final update: lost my last duck today. Cannot figure out what has killed them (chickens and turkeys are doing well at least). They had stopped eating for the last few days. My suspects so far are: the small amount of mold I found in their food a week+ ago; a plant or bug the were eating; or...
Sad news everyone, just found my female Pekin dead. I'm shocked. I haven't seen any symptoms from her. The way she was laying looks like she could have had a seizure. Looks like their food hasn't been touched today (usually very messy eaters). I assume it is bad to have just one duck (assuming...
That's for sure. My ducks have been very nice to me with egg laying. It's hard to see what looks like them feeling down or scared. I'm sure they will bounce out of it before I will. Hopefully I have the problem that caused the death under control.
The water tank is their pool. They have a secondary drinking source (plastic). I plan on keeping up on their extra supliments. Now more than ever since it is abnormally hot and humid for our area. I will try apple cider vinegar.
My ducks have always disliked me/never seemed to care about me...
I have been watching for signs of being sick. They were all playing in the water then then male suddenly started having a seizure. He has left side weakness and couldn't walk. He had many seizures; I lost count. He eventually stopped seizing after an hour or so. He was very weak after and seemed...
I had 3 ducks all about 2.5 years old. 1 male pekin, 1 female pekin, and 1 runner. The male became ill last wednesday and expired thursday early morning while in isolated observation. The 2 females are now just hiding in their coop and when I coax them out they will shortly run back to the...