DUCK cant walk and she is pooping dark green????

[lynettejames]

Hello everyone i have a sick duck here, not to sure what to do we are a homestead family trying to stay away from meds in our food. Needing to know if?? she is just egg bound should we put her down??, and will the meat be okay if we butcher?? I have a year old Peking duck she was fine yesterday walking, eating, and swimming fine. This morning when we came to let everyone out, she was unable to walk. She uses her beak and wings to help her along, she can stand but not long just enough to move herself along? I also noticed she had very dark green diarrhea? Could this be egg bound?


this is the color of her pooh...
Please Help Us,
Thank you,
The Haase Family

 

[redsoxs]

Greetings from Kansas,lynettejames, and

! Great to have you in our community but sorry your duck is ill. I would suggest that you'd get the best advice by posting in the Ducks Forum here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/42/ducks
or in the Emergencies Forum here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/10/emergencies-diseases-injuries-and-cures
I'm not enough of a duck guy to advise but the folks in those forums should be able to help you out. Best of luck to you and your duck!!

 

[drumstick diva]

Ducks are especially prone to niacin deficiencies that cause problems with legs. The diarrhea may or may not be related to it. Please stay on line, or folks on the emergency thread can not reach you with advice if you are off line. You may also wish to post on the "Duck thread," in the interim to see what they suggest.

I don't know if ducks can get Marek's disease - like chickens do but, it generally starts with trouble walking, paralyzed legs etc.

 

[Pork Pie]

Hi and welcome to BYC - you have some great advice and links already so I'll just say hello and wish you luck with your duck.

All the best
CT

 

[N F C]

You've received some good links so I'll just say hello and hope all is well with your duck.

 

[lynettejames]

thanks for the info dont think its that tho...

 

[Teila]

G’Day from down under the Haase Family

Welcome!

Sorry that I cannot help with your duck but I see you have been given some links to good starting points. I do hope that she is OK.

I also hope you enjoy being a BYC member. There are lots of friendly and very helpful folks here so not only is it overflowing with useful information it is also a great place to make friends and have some fun. Unlike non chicken loving friends, family and colleagues, BYC’ers never tire of stories or pictures that feature our feathered and non feathered friends

 

[Shylah6]

Hello everyone i have a sick duck here, not to sure what to do we are a homestead family trying to stay away from meds in our food. Needing to know if?? she is just egg bound should we put her down??, and will the meat be okay if we butcher?? I have a year old Peking duck she was fine yesterday walking, eating, and swimming fine. This morning when we came to let everyone out, she was unable to walk. She uses her beak and wings to help her along, she can stand but not long just enough to move herself along? I also noticed she had very dark green diarrhea? Could this be egg bound?


this is the color of her pooh...
Please Help Us,
Thank you,
The Haase Family

Hi did you ever figure out the problem my duck is going through same thing

 

[Debbie292d]

Hi @Shylah6,

The person who posted this hasn't been on since the week after posting it about 7 years ago, so most likely won't reply.

To get some help, I'd make a post in our ER forum here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forums/emergencies-diseases-injuries-and-cures.10/

Or in the Duck forum here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forums/ducks.42/

Welcome to BYC!!

 

[chrissynemetz]

Hi did you ever figure out the problem my duck is going through same thing

Welcome! Good luck with your duck.