Duck Poop

[chickiefoo]

I don't own any ducks, but from what I've heard from others, ducks tend to have particularly large, liquid-y dumps. Especially when compared to chickens. Is that the general case in y'all's experiences? If so, why do do ducks have these sort of feces? And is this a running trend with all waterfowl? Just genuinely curious, and Google wasn't getting me very far in answering my questions...

 

[Miss Lydia]

Water fowl drink alot of water which makes anything they eat come out liquidly. Mine stay at their water bucket continually or at their pool.

 

[gal5150]

They use water to sift through dirt and debris while foraging. They do this the majority of their day....so intentional or not, they are ingesting a TON of water. They remind me a lot of very determined gold panners!

 

[sylviethecochin]

I'm careful with baby ducklings because if you squeeze them even the tiniest bit, they have a strong tendency to burp water from their crops on you. I doubt it's good for them, but they seem happy when they've just ingested half their weight in water, so I don't argue.

 

[chickiefoo]

So basically the general consensus is their poop reflects how much water they drink being well, waterfowls? That does make sense. Thank y'all for answering my question

 

[Miss Lydia]

And color of poo has a lot to do with what they eat, say Mud is brown with lost of water and green is plant material with water mixed in feed can be yellowish with water mixed in. Get my drift.

 

[chickens really]

......Gotta love Duck poops.....?
Always different ....