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    Comment by 'Seemsfamiliar' in article 'How To Raise Baby Chicks: The First 60 Days Of Raising Baby Chickens'

    Ducks will become ill if given medicated chicken feed. Grit is not a good idea and crushed oyster shells should be offered only when the hens are older.
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    Sick hen

    Those symptoms match several things. This lists a few: http://www.poultrysupplies.com/index_files/Page1190.htm Perhaps someone else has an educated guess. (Googling headache is just as likely to get you caffeine withdrawal as brain tumor but its sooo much more likely to be the caffeine)
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    Found baby duck on back, kicking, spinning in circles

    Very cool. I am so downloading all that when I get home.
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    Found baby duck on back, kicking, spinning in circles

    Thanks. BYC has always been a great source of information, and I really appreciate the community. I just found this: Riemerella anatipestifer Infection This bacterial disease of ducks is also known as Pasteurella anatipestifer infection, infectious serositis and New Duck disease...
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    Found baby duck on back, kicking, spinning in circles

    He died at the vet's office while the doc was considering an antibiotic. The vet cut it open said it was devoid of food, no blockages though. After having thrown up this morning and pooping about an hour before we were able to make it in I'm not sure if that had something to do with him being...
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    Found baby duck on back, kicking, spinning in circles

    Every so often its like he has a mini head seizure and is keeping his head tilted left and holding it down now. Aside from shaking his head, and flicking his tail occasionally he doesn't try to stand or move at all. Think I will be able to try to feed him again at some point without him...
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    Found baby duck on back, kicking, spinning in circles

    Update: One of the times I stuck his head in water he spit up an aspen shaving. Then a few globs of fully softened food after that. and I mean after he got his drink by a few second then . Not the little bits that had been showing up that I had just assumed still stuck to the inside of his...
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    Found baby duck on back, kicking, spinning in circles

    Checked on the babies this morning, they are 1-2 weeks old and one of the ducklings was under the heat lamp kicking and struggling so that he had cleared all his bedding out in a circle under the heat lamp. He was holding his head back at a weird angle and I'm not sure if he's making a little...
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