Purple_grape84
Songster
My 8 Khaki Campbel ducks are 4weeks old. The largest are just starting to get feathers and are a large handful to pick up.
I'm worried about the smallest duckling, he's about a 1/4 size of the others. He eats and drinks and swims. Not extra noisy, doesn't isolate himself in the corner or anything else. He does seem to have a swollen belly and I have seem him on his back a couple times. And was kind of standing hunched up.
I put the heat light back in when I saw the hunched stance a couple days ago. They are in my bsmt and didn't seem to be using the heat at 2wks so when I moved them into the bigger brooder I didn't bother putting it back in.
I'm feeding 24% chick starter because they are brooding with same age keets, I'm going to switch to 21% this week. I'm supplementing with chicken vitamins that has niacin in it. I know there is enough niacin because I started adding it when the ducklings were 1wk old and a couple bigger ones were having trouble standing. Next day they were fine and problem hasn't repeated. I'm adding a light sprinkle to their evening water change 1 gallon size.
In the pictures he is the smallest one. He's even smaller than the keets now. Yes there is one chick in there too if you can spot her.
There is a 2nd smallish one, but not as small, and just seems stronger.
I originally posted this in the Ducks thread before I realised that his belly was so round. Is he constipated, blocked intestines?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/help-duckling-not-growing.1314750/
@casportpony @Pyxis
Here are the pics from the other thread.
I'm worried about the smallest duckling, he's about a 1/4 size of the others. He eats and drinks and swims. Not extra noisy, doesn't isolate himself in the corner or anything else. He does seem to have a swollen belly and I have seem him on his back a couple times. And was kind of standing hunched up.
I put the heat light back in when I saw the hunched stance a couple days ago. They are in my bsmt and didn't seem to be using the heat at 2wks so when I moved them into the bigger brooder I didn't bother putting it back in.
I'm feeding 24% chick starter because they are brooding with same age keets, I'm going to switch to 21% this week. I'm supplementing with chicken vitamins that has niacin in it. I know there is enough niacin because I started adding it when the ducklings were 1wk old and a couple bigger ones were having trouble standing. Next day they were fine and problem hasn't repeated. I'm adding a light sprinkle to their evening water change 1 gallon size.
In the pictures he is the smallest one. He's even smaller than the keets now. Yes there is one chick in there too if you can spot her.
There is a 2nd smallish one, but not as small, and just seems stronger.
I originally posted this in the Ducks thread before I realised that his belly was so round. Is he constipated, blocked intestines?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/help-duckling-not-growing.1314750/
@casportpony @Pyxis
Here are the pics from the other thread.
