sudden death in ducks

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    Duck death

    I lost my khaki girl this morning. I’ve looked into the diseases that ducks and chickens can get and nothing stands out. I have two female ducks mixed in with my chickens and everyone gets along. My ducks have been laying for about a month. I feed an all flock with niacin, but everyone gets...
    • weelilghosty
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    • ducks khaki cambell sudden death in ducks
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    • Forum: Ducks
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    2 sudden Deaths

    Our cayuga (Dorothy) and Indian runner (Topanga) both passed away suddenly. Dorothy died three days ago and we had a necropsy done. The pathologist said there was nothing obviously wrong with her and by all accounts she was a healthy duck. Her ovaries were slightly red, that was the only...
    • GoBlue86
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    • cayuga ducks death in ducks duck indian runner ducks sudden death in ducks
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    • Forum: Ducks
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    Baby Duckling Death/worried about the rest

    A couple of hours ago, my duckling Jojo was swimming in the pool when he went belly up and died. Last night at roughly 11:30 pm I noticed something was wrong with him. He wasn’t moving about and socializing with the other ducks and he kept squeaking almost as if he was crying. He wouldn’t stand...
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    Separating a male duck from his deceased partner

    I have a flock of ten ducks, mostly runners. We live in Central Vermont where the temperature got down into the single digits last night. I haven’t run any external heat out there, as it’s just not gotten to the temps I would think it necessary, and duck farmers out here often don’t run...
    • SpiderBus
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    • death in ducks duck grief sudden death in ducks
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    • Forum: Ducks
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