Help Sick Duckling

[JennRatz]

Hi. Can anyone help. I am fairly new to raising chickens and ducks and it sure is a learning experience. I have a tendency to worry too much or so my husband says, but I love my feather babies. I have a 6 week old duckling who started today to have a rattling noise in chest and he sounds a bit raspy. They were just moved outside and it has gotten cooler. There are 3 of them. They seem to be playing, eating and drinking fine.

 

[Miss Lydia]

If you can post a video of this duckling that would help. You have to upload to you tube of Vimeo then copy and paste here. Are you sure it's not just voice change? do you know the sex of your ducks? There is a product called VetRX you can get for anything respiratory but your duck may also need an antibiotic but first try and get a video so we can hear what's going on.

 

[chickens really]

Hi. Can anyone help. I am fairly new to raising chickens and ducks and it sure is a learning experience. I have a tendency to worry too much or so my husband says, but I love my feather babies. I have a 6 week old duckling who started today to have a rattling noise in chest and he sounds a bit raspy. They were just moved outside and it has gotten cooler. There are 3 of them. They seem to be playing, eating and drinking fine.

Hello...6 weeks old Drakes sound raspy so you definitely have a Drake or Drakes..

 

[Miss Lydia]

A video will clear up if what your hearing is drake or respiratory.With rattling in the chest it maybe respiratory