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Well, my duckies arrived safely this morning, yay! I'm a little worried about the Cayuga though. Clearly the weakest one, she doesn't really seem interested in eating. I did get her to drink quite a bit of water with Nutri-drench so that's good. But she mostly just sits under the heat plate. The one time she came out she even climbed into the food dish but did not eat. I don't know for sure that she hasn't eaten at all as I've been back and forth doing other things. The other two are much more energetic, especially the Saxony. They peck at the Cayuga sometimes. Can't really tell if it's bullying or more of a friendly grooming peck.

Any tips for helping the Cayuga?

I'll get more pictures later, right now all I have is when I first got them. Well, I have a video, but have to figure out how to post it.
 

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Critter721 said:
Well, my duckies arrived safely this morning, yay! I'm a little worried about the Cayuga though. Clearly the weakest one, she doesn't really seem interested in eating. I did get her to drink quite a bit of water with Nutri-drench so that's good. But she mostly just sits under the heat plate. The one time she came out she even climbed into the food dish but did not eat. I don't know for sure that she hasn't eaten at all as I've been back and forth doing other things. The other two are much more energetic, especially the Saxony. They peck at the Cayuga sometimes. Can't really tell if it's bullying or more of a friendly grooming peck.

Any tips for helping the Cayuga?

I'll get more pictures later, right now all I have is when I first got them. Well, I have a video, but have to figure out how to post it.
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Did you wet their food? Mine didn't want to eat it dry so I soaked it down with water and then they started eating it. They haven't eaten as much as I thought they would but they are still really young.
 
Critter721 said:
Well, my duckies arrived safely this morning, yay! I'm a little worried about the Cayuga though. Clearly the weakest one, she doesn't really seem interested in eating. I did get her to drink quite a bit of water with Nutri-drench so that's good. But she mostly just sits under the heat plate. The one time she came out she even climbed into the food dish but did not eat. I don't know for sure that she hasn't eaten at all as I've been back and forth doing other things. The other two are much more energetic, especially the Saxony. They peck at the Cayuga sometimes. Can't really tell if it's bullying or more of a friendly grooming peck.

Any tips for helping the Cayuga?

I'll get more pictures later, right now all I have is when I first got them. Well, I have a video, but have to figure out how to post it.
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You could try giving her some mashed up hard boiled yolk. Most likely shipping stress as well
 

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