Help!!

[DatCrazyChickenLady]

We just got ducklings, they are about two days old. We were holding one and randomly a strand clear saliva like substance came out of its mouth? It happened again with another duckling too. Does anyone know what this could be?

 

[chickens really]

Your squeezing the crop so the water that they drank is coming out...

 

[chickens really]

Circle the neck with fingers and support the bottom so they don't fall..

 

[DatCrazyChickenLady]

Your squeezing the crop so the water that they drank is coming out...

Oh ok. So just don’t pick them up while they are eating/drinking?

 

[acceabex]

Well, yes -- when they eat food goes into the crop... basically thing of it like a bag in their neck. That gets full and then it slowly goes down their throat. You don't want to squeeze the crop. When I pick them up, one hand goes under their feet, the other in a loose circle around their neck -- basically I make a very loose "o" with my thumb and pointer finger and put it on them like a necklace.

Picking them up and squeezing the crop after they eat is basically like someone picking you up and squeezing your stomach after a big meal. The food is going to go somewhere.

As they get bigger, I carry them like a football.

 

[chickens really]

Well, yes -- when they eat food goes into the crop... basically thing of it like a bag in their neck. That gets full and then it slowly goes down their throat. You don't want to squeeze the crop. When I pick them up, one hand goes under their feet, the other in a loose circle around their neck -- basically I make a very loose "o" with my thumb and pointer finger and put it on them like a necklace.

Picking them up and squeezing the crop after they eat is basically like someone picking you up and squeezing your stomach after a big meal. The food is going to go somewhere.

As they get bigger, I carry them like a football.

Funny that's what I just said..

 

[DatCrazyChickenLady]

Well, yes -- when they eat food goes into the crop... basically thing of it like a bag in their neck. That gets full and then it slowly goes down their throat. You don't want to squeeze the crop. When I pick them up, one hand goes under their feet, the other in a loose circle around their neck -- basically I make a very loose "o" with my thumb and pointer finger and put it on them like a necklace.

Picking them up and squeezing the crop after they eat is basically like someone picking you up and squeezing your stomach after a big meal. The food is going to go somewhere.

As they get bigger, I carry them like a football.

Alright, thanks!