- Mar 21, 2013
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Duck seems to be doing poorly. She can walk and she did run away when I approached her, but she seems a bit wobbly and slow compared to her sister.
1) What type of bird, age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) 1 year old female duck, not underweight at all.
2) What is the behavior, exactly. She is sitting in her nest. Panting heavily, tail bobbing, feathers fluffed, keeps bringing her head forward as if she is trying to throw up.
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms? I wasn't home this morning, noticed the behavior around 1:30 PM MST.
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms? No. There are six chickens and another duck in the same yard with her, all of them seem normal.
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma. No.
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation. We think there may have been a skunk in our yard last night trying to get to the chicken feed, but other than that, no.
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all. She ate and drank briefly when I scared her off the nest.
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc. Haven't seen her away from the others, don't know.
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far? I caught her and palpated her in case of egg binding, I didn't find anything to worry about.
10 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet? It is Sunday and all the vets are closed, we are also not very well off right now, so we will take her to the vet if we ABSOLUTELY have to but it has to be a last resort.
11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help.
12) Describe the housing/bedding in use Chickens and ducks free range in our backyard, they have a coop they go into at night. Bedding is straw.
1) What type of bird, age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) 1 year old female duck, not underweight at all.
2) What is the behavior, exactly. She is sitting in her nest. Panting heavily, tail bobbing, feathers fluffed, keeps bringing her head forward as if she is trying to throw up.
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms? I wasn't home this morning, noticed the behavior around 1:30 PM MST.
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms? No. There are six chickens and another duck in the same yard with her, all of them seem normal.
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma. No.
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation. We think there may have been a skunk in our yard last night trying to get to the chicken feed, but other than that, no.
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all. She ate and drank briefly when I scared her off the nest.
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc. Haven't seen her away from the others, don't know.
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far? I caught her and palpated her in case of egg binding, I didn't find anything to worry about.
10 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet? It is Sunday and all the vets are closed, we are also not very well off right now, so we will take her to the vet if we ABSOLUTELY have to but it has to be a last resort.
11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help.
12) Describe the housing/bedding in use Chickens and ducks free range in our backyard, they have a coop they go into at night. Bedding is straw.
