FernbergFarms
Songster
Well.. I’m duck sitting for my neighbors again. Last time (some of you might remember) they left me 2 pekin ducklings in the brink of dying and they’ve done it again. The Pekin ducks are now about 2 months old. They’ve been keeping them in a rubber main tote (small) for their whole life. If they were a week or two it would be okay but they are two months old... so I get to their house and the neighbors said tonight is the first night outside with the other drakes. (they have two drakes and their other duck they didn’t know if they were boys or girls but I knew right away they had one girl and one boy. So 3 drakes and 1 hen) so I get to their house and both pekins are trapped in this dirty water and they can’t get out! So I get in the coop and take them out (they are very calm) and they were shivering and cold
they race right to the food (which was grain and seeds. Almost look like bird seed) and the drakes immediately race to the girl and GRAB HER NECK. This poor duck is still young and not even feathered out! They won’t let her eat and they are being very mean. So the Pekin drake (he was nice and calm not going after his sister) was in the toughest shape. It’s legs were EXTREMELY bow legged and it could barely walk. He was scared of the other drakes but had no problem hiding behind me and sitting under me to protect him. They were also extremely small for pekins like I could see their wings and bones. They were missing a lot of feathers on their wings ( they aren’t completely feathered so maybe the water just made them look so small. But they were under averaged a lot I could still tell) so this drake was cold, small, getting beat up, eyes red, bow legged, and just so sad looking. I’m most concerned about their size and their bow legs. So I separated them and put them in the other side of their chicken coop so that they would be outside. They got fresh food and water and nice warm hay. I’ve never seen a duck worst than this! Please help me get this duck better! We are watching them for a week or so. (Almost thought about saying it died and taking it to my place to nurse it back to health. Maybe that’s still an option idk) I know if I don’t do anything this duck will die. I plan to bring them to my house in the morning and let them eat actual duck food.
Do you guys think it could have a disease and transfer it to my ducks if I brought them to my house? That’s the only thing I’m concerned about if I brought them to my house. I have new ducklings about a week old and I think they’d enjoy playing together. They are so calm I don’t think they would do anything to the ducklings.
Any advice is welcome! Thank you, Alli
Also I posted this is the emergency forum and I’ll get pics this morning
they race right to the food (which was grain and seeds. Almost look like bird seed) and the drakes immediately race to the girl and GRAB HER NECK. This poor duck is still young and not even feathered out! They won’t let her eat and they are being very mean. So the Pekin drake (he was nice and calm not going after his sister) was in the toughest shape. It’s legs were EXTREMELY bow legged and it could barely walk. He was scared of the other drakes but had no problem hiding behind me and sitting under me to protect him. They were also extremely small for pekins like I could see their wings and bones. They were missing a lot of feathers on their wings ( they aren’t completely feathered so maybe the water just made them look so small. But they were under averaged a lot I could still tell) so this drake was cold, small, getting beat up, eyes red, bow legged, and just so sad looking. I’m most concerned about their size and their bow legs. So I separated them and put them in the other side of their chicken coop so that they would be outside. They got fresh food and water and nice warm hay. I’ve never seen a duck worst than this! Please help me get this duck better! We are watching them for a week or so. (Almost thought about saying it died and taking it to my place to nurse it back to health. Maybe that’s still an option idk) I know if I don’t do anything this duck will die. I plan to bring them to my house in the morning and let them eat actual duck food.Do you guys think it could have a disease and transfer it to my ducks if I brought them to my house? That’s the only thing I’m concerned about if I brought them to my house. I have new ducklings about a week old and I think they’d enjoy playing together. They are so calm I don’t think they would do anything to the ducklings.
Any advice is welcome! Thank you, Alli
Also I posted this is the emergency forum and I’ll get pics this morning
way too young to be In with drakes. Some folks just don’t need animals. Print this out for them 
