duckling not growing

[Duck mommy 2019]

one of my ducklings (rouen) is more than double the size of my other (khaki) even though they are the same age and were about the same size when i got them. i honestly don’t think the khaki has grown very much at all, my other ones were definitely bigger. he also cannot eat right it seems, whenever he eats one side of his neck (which is now bald and red) swells up so much. do you think he will be okay?

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

Pictures please. He should not have a bald neck. What are you feeding?

 

[Duck mommy 2019]

Pictures please. He should not have a bald neck. What are you feeding?

mannapro duck starter/grower, chico grit, mealworms, and now i’ve added two different types of Sav-A-Chick for him. his sibling and all of my other ducks have alway done great, and i raised them all the same way.

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

Sounds like all the right things. I don't know what else to suggest. Someone else will be along soon. I hate to say it but we seem to have had more failure to thrive issues here this spring.

 

[DuckyDonna]

Sounds like all the right things. I don't know what else to suggest. Someone else will be along soon. I hate to say it but we seem to have had more failure to thrive issues here this spring.

I've been thinking the same thing!

 

[Duck mommy 2019]

I've been thinking the same thing!

is there anything else i can do to help him? he is the sweetest little duckling and i really don’t want him to die

 

[DuckyDonna]

I'll call in the big guns! @Miss Lydia @Isaac 0 @casportpony @Jpat

 

[Isaac 0]

A little bit of balding around the neck is common at that age. I do have a few questions, does the swelling appear to be gone in the morning, how do her poops look, picture, and you may start weighing her on a food scale daily for any weight loss.

 

[Duck mommy 2019]

A little bit of balding around the neck is common at that age. I do have a few questions, does the swelling appear to be gone in the morning, how do her poops look, picture, and you may start weighing her on a food scale daily for any weight loss.

the swelling is usually all day long and doesn’t go away, watery poops(sometimes) even though he eats the same stuff his sibling does

 

[Isaac 0]

the swelling is usually all day long and doesn’t go away, watery poops(sometimes) even though he eats the same stuff his sibling does

How does it feel?