EMERGENCY! PLEASE HELP ME/ SICK DUCK

[countryladyNH]

Put the chick grit in a separate bowl not in their feed so they only get the grit when they need it [they know instinctively].
Do you have any activated charcoal? I wonder if this could be a tummy upset.
Do you notice her breathing differently like rattling or breathing with her mouth open?

Too warm can cause poop to become foamy I think I read somewhere just tried to find info and came up null. I'd put a thermometer in with her to see exactly what the temp is.

Ok. I put chick grit in a separate little bowl. Tried to get her to at least drink, but she won't. She is not opening her bill much. Just sitting. Her breathing seems perfectly normal. No rattling. No breathing with mouth open. It is 63 in our house so not too warm.
I can't get her to eat or drink. She is just sitting in the box now. We don't have any activated charcoal...What form is it?

 

[countryladyNH]

Boy that is a huge crest. which means there is no skull under there just a fatty layer under that crest. If this is a female which it sounds like it is your not going to want her mating since a drake grabs hold of head feathers and this could cause serious damage to her.
She was standing with her head down on the floor and then lifted it up in normal postion ?

We have only female ducks and no mating will happen with any.
Yes, she was first standing. Then looked down like that. She then lifted her head up again.

 

[countryladyNH]

I don’t think I would separate her if she doesn’t have runny nose or eyes
They get a weird slight emu aged honk noise when first starting it in Boyd they can sound like a frog in the throat
Maybe put her back with her flock and see how she does
She may have got to much grit by having to eat it when she didn’t need it

Ok. I agree that she seems lonely now without her 2 little buddies. I will put her back..

 

[Miss Lydia]

I agree she has already been with her flock and if they aren't picking on her she would probably like being with them instead of isolated.

activated charcoal is in the antacid aisle in the grocery store or pharmacy it will bind to a toxin and remove it from the body. I haven't had to use it with any of my birds but I have used it on my dog and myself. here is info on Activate charcoal and how to use it.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/flushes-for-aiding-in-toxin-removal.700526/

 

[countryladyNH]

I have put her back in regular brooder. She got up and drank some water. That's good.

 

[countryladyNH]

Hubby works at home and will take a break later and get some activated charcoal. This is so awful and scary not knowing what is wrong and what to do! She was so lively and healthy...Everything was fine. The other 2 are Welsh Harlequins. No signs of anything amiss with them.

 

[New duck mommy 2021]

I have put her back in regular brooder. She got up and drank some water. That's good.

Her crop looked a bit full in the photos
Can you feel to see if it’s full and hard ?
Then if it is just keep an eye on her if it doesn’t go down you can look into ways to help with oil and massages
But could he she ate and is full and needs time to empty it

 

[countryladyNH]

I don’t think I would separate her if she doesn’t have runny nose or eyes
They get a weird slight loud honk noise when first starting it in Boys they can sound like a frog in the throat
Maybe put her back with her flock and see how she does
She may have got to much grit by having to eat it when she didn’t need it
Her crop looks full to me but going to see what @Miss Lydia thinks

What is Boyd?

 

[countryladyNH]

Yes, the duck is a female. Her name is Cotswold. She is exactly one month old.

 

[countryladyNH]

Her crop looked a bit full in the photos
Can you feel to see if it’s full and hard ?
Then if it is just keep an eye on her if it doesn’t go down you can look into ways to help with oil and massages
But could he she ate and is full and needs time to empty it

Picked her up and crop is very normal. Not hard or full at all. We saw that she seemed sick this AM at 6 before they had any food yet, so she had not eaten. They cleaned up whatever food they had probably by early in the night time. She is not interested in eating other that a little of the peas in water stuff earlier. As mentioned, she did just drink a little water. Nothing in eyes or nares. That all looks normal. She is just so listless and sits there. Hoping the weird noise is her starting to quack as she is not peeping.