Bad Morning.. Any Ideas?

[aa3655]

It certainly seems suspicious for something they were carrying before they got to you. I'm just putting the toxin theory out there, but I agree with the previous post.

 

[Debs Flock]

It certainly seems suspicious for something they were carrying before they got to you. I'm just putting the toxin theory out there, but I agree with the previous post.

Yeah, toxins are seriously scary things. Something to always be aware of if neighbors are nearby.

 

[jtn42248]

All the guessing in the world will not solve the mystery of why your birds died. Only a necropsy will do that and even then it might only be a possible cause of death. I have a bunch of ducks that are all from the same hatchery, were bought together and have been together all their lives. When they were about 4-5 months old I went out to let them out on morning and two of them were dead. Just lying there like they were asleep. Everyone else was, and continues to be, fine. I did send them to Texas A&M to see what had happened and the report I got back was "undetermined insect toxin"...in other words they either were bit or ate a poisonous insect like a spider or something.

 

[jlang0977]

Yeah, toxins are seriously scary things. Something to always be aware of if neighbors are nearby.

Oh I know.. I was just saying it was strange that if it were neighbors that only the two that were the same breed died of it and all the others seem fine.. We've had the 3 khakis since 2 days old and got them back in early April and our three newest magpies came from my moms best friends daughter and she's also had them since a few days old. The two that died were from a livestock auction and we were looking for ducks. I don't know anything about where they came from.

 

[jlang0977]

All the guessing in the world will not solve the mystery of why your birds died. Only a necropsy will do that and even then it might only be a possible cause of death. I have a bunch of ducks that are all from the same hatchery, were bought together and have been together all their lives. When they were about 4-5 months old I went out to let them out on morning and two of them were dead. Just lying there like they were asleep. Everyone else was, and continues to be, fine. I did send them to Texas A&M to see what had happened and the report I got back was "undetermined insect toxin"...in other words they either were bit or ate a poisonous insect like a spider or something.

Oh I realize sometimes things happen like that too.. It was just kind of traumatizing because like I said, my daughter found the boy in the house and then the female acted all depressed like almost like she was sad because her friend was gone. I don't know if that even happens, but they were always together. When I went to grab her she didn't even quack, just struggled a little but then everything else just happened so fast it's like OMG whats going on??

I appreciate all the opinions and info..