Concerned for my Baby Duck!!!

[hollymh]

I have never had a duck before, so please forgive my ignorance! My day old duckling has a little water coming out of his nose, is this normal? He is acting like a day old duck with no sneezing or gasping or any other symptoms; so is it normal fluid from hatch or what?

 

[Wifezilla]

How is the duck now?

 

[Goat_Walker]

My ducklings to that too sometimes, id say it was normal. My adults even have a drop in their noses at times.

 

[Cetawin]

Do you have water deep enough for the duckling to get his head in? They need to be able to dunk their heads and clean their 'nostrils'.

 

[hollymh]

Yes, he is fine now! I did notice so food crumbs in the bottom of the waterer so I suppose he is using it to clean up after eating!

 

[Wifezilla]

They do that a lot

 

[ChaosTheory]

Just wait until it takes a sip and then shakes it's head! I was quite surprised the first time I got 'drooled on' by a duck