➡I accidentally bought Balut eggs: 2 live ducks! Now a Chat Thread!

[CrazyCrttr75]

Fwiw 9 times out of 10 crops issues are caused by something else. Coccidia, worms and reproductive issues are three of the tops things.

Her stool was green and liquid. At one point it looked like water. I was so scared for her. So she was definitely fighting something. I never knew which pullet it was that was giving us the broken, soft shelled and/or shell-less eggs. Since she had that problem, I think it is safe to assume it was her having all the trouble. While we had her in the house we just got solid shelled eggs only. We didn't see any worms, at least by our naked eyes, so am not sure about that. We did try to look as best as we could. We ended up giving her a couple soaks in the sink incase she had one stuck up there. My hubby tried checking her vent and didn't feel anything so we ruled that out. I was terrified that it was that really bad thing where they have an egg break inside and get toxic from the yoke and stuff. But I don't know that she would've made it if that was the case. So we tentatively rule that out. She didn't have any blood in her stool but I don't think that is the only tell tale sign of it right? And they were on medicated feed in the beginning but is coccidia something they can still develop after the fact? Her crop was a little squishy. I wonder if she ate something that didn't agree with her or got stuck or what. I just don't fully know what happened. I am keeping a closer eye on her just incase we have a repeat of issues.

ETA: On my comment,
"While we had her in the house we just got solid shelled eggs only."
I meant from the other pullets. She didn't lay at all in the house. I think she gave us the itty bitty egg (like a beginner pullet egg) we got a couple of days ago but hasn't laid any more since rejoining the flock. Boy I worded that weirdly lol.

 

[CrazyCrttr75]

Welcome back!!!

Thank you! Sry about the loss of your puppers
I hate cancer

 

[Kiki]

Thank you! Sry about the loss of your puppers
I hate cancer

 

[CrazyCrttr75]

Here's an interesting discovery for myself. Before chickens, I would buy my eggs at the grocery store like normal everyday people do. If I ate eggs too often in a short period of time, I would have an allergic reaction. I'd get dried out around my mouth area (above lip and below as well as my chin). My face would get red and it'd itch a little. Not a lot. Kind of act like a sunburn if you will. So I'd have to limit/be mindful my intake of eggs. Be them scrambled, fried, hard boiled or in baking. We even would try and get the cage free organic ones in the hopes that they would be easier on me. I still had a reaction if I ate too many too often. Since my chickens have been laying and I've been eating their eggs only. No reaction whatsoever. So what in the world are they putting in store eggs that aren't in farm fresh ones? I will never go back to store bought ones if I can help it. Is just weird.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Here's an interesting discovery for myself. Before chickens, I would buy my eggs at the grocery store like normal everyday people do. If I ate eggs too often in a short period of time, I would have an allergic reaction. I'd get dried out around my mouth area (above lip and below as well as my chin). My face would get red and it'd itch a little. Not a lot. Kind of act like a sunburn if you will. So I'd have to limit/be mindful my intake of eggs. Be them scrambled, fried, hard boiled or in baking. We even would try and get the cage free organic ones in the hopes that they would be easier on me. I still had a reaction if I ate too many too often. Since my chickens have been laying and I've been eating their eggs only. No reaction whatsoever. So what in the world are they putting in store eggs that aren't in farm fresh ones? I will never go back to store bought ones if I can help it. Is just weird.

Could be the substance they wash the eggs in (not sure what they use) or their diet (guarantee it's not healthy or anything natural/organic) or the fact store eggs are usually months old or any number of things.

 

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

Poor baby! Yes, it was my Rouen that was having seizures. She was so bad that we ended up having to give her injections of b complex vitamins before it would help. Some people can correct it orally, but little Xena was really bad. I'm sry that I am only seeing this now. I sure hope she is doing better by now?

She is! I’ve been giving her B-Complex and making sure that they have supplemented niacin all the time. No known seizures in the past few days!

 

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

Xena was 5 weeks old and the only duck out of the 6 I had that had this to happen. I wonder what it is that causes this to happen in some ducks. It seems to be around this age time frame, 4-6 weeks old. Possible genetics, specific breed predispositions, or over bred lineage (i.e. more common is hatcheries)? I would be interested to know.

I would be interested to know too. It seems to happen in the Mallard derived breeds moreso than Muscovies or other non-mallard ducks. That’s why I think there is a genetic component to it too.

 

[Sara L]

I think Kilo is a boy!!! The feather pattern is still not like the older girls, and some of the black feathers have an iridescent green sheen to them when the light hits just right. Plus the silver laced Wyandotte cockerel and Kilo had one of the little dominance staring matches where they fluff out their neck feathers, I haven't seen any of the girls do that.

 

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

I think Kilo is a boy!!! The feather pattern is still not like the older girls, and some of the black feathers have an iridescent green sheen to them when the light hits just right. Plus the silver laced Wyandotte cockerel and Kilo had one of the little dominance staring matches where they fluff out their neck feathers, I haven't seen any of the girls do that.
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How old?

 

[Cyprus]

I think Kilo is a boy!!! The feather pattern is still not like the older girls, and some of the black feathers have an iridescent green sheen to them when the light hits just right. Plus the silver laced Wyandotte cockerel and Kilo had one of the little dominance staring matches where they fluff out their neck feathers, I haven't seen any of the girls do that.
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I would confidently say cockerel.