Hi, I’m having a little trouble with one of my Muscovy female duck, I don’t know what’s wrong with her, she doesn’t want to eat and is resting all day

[Gaby48]

Sorry to hear about your duck.

She is near the laying age, so the possibility of an egg being stuck might need to be something that should be considered. What also concerns me is she is being fed corn, which does not fulfill her nutritional needs by the least, and could be a predisposing factor to becoming egg bound.

How does her abdomen feel, firm, soft, hard, Is she exhibiting any respiratory-related signs such as labored breathing, or tail bobbing? When did this start?

her tail is facing down, she doesn’t have any respiratory problems she’s breathing normal.
Her abdomen feels firm.

 

[Miss Lydia]

What is the concentrate your feeding along with corn?

 

[Gaby48]

Hi there. I have ducks also! It has proven to be more challenging that I anticipated and I am a medically savvy girl. So she isn’t laying yet.... we have a mixed flick but we still feed either chick starter through 20weeks and then a layer pellet. It has the right amounts of proteins and calcium and whatnot that they need. Also they need plenty of water. Is it possible she is hot? Does she have a bumble? They can lead to discomfort and potentially infection and limit movement..... does her poop look normal. Does her skin look okay any mites or lice..... sorry just going down the list of simple thingS that come to my brain.

Her skin looks normal, and yes they eat the right amount of protein and calcium

 

[Gaby48]

What is the concentrate your feeding along with corn?

they eat the corn broken and they eat concentrate that the concentrate.

 

[Isaac 0]

they eat the corn broken and they eat concentrate that the concentrate.

What does this mean?

 

[Isaac 0]

Until a diagnosis can be made, you should probably bring her inside and set her in a warm, quiet, stressful free area with feed and water provided, I would really hope that you start feeding her a feed for poultry, corn does not contain the essential nutrients ducks need. Towels work great as lining in the cage, that way her feces can easily be monitored, next time she poops can you post a picture? If you have a food scale, I would set her on there and start monitoring her weight for the next few days to see if she will require supplemental feeding or not.

 

[Gaby48]

Until a diagnosis can be made, you should probably bring her inside and set her in a warm, quiet, stressful free area with feed and water provided, I would really hope that you start feeding her a feed for poultry, corn does not contain the essential nutrients ducks need. Towels work great as lining in the cage, that way her feces can easily be monitored, next time she poops can you post a picture? If you have a food scale, I would set her on there and start monitoring her weight for the next few days to see if she will require supplemental feeding or not.

I’m giving her a poultry feed the only thing is that I’m mixing it with broken corn.

 

[Isaac 0]

I’m giving her a poultry feed the only thing is that I’m mixing it with broken corn.

The main ingredients of basically all poultry feed is corn, there is no reason to be feeding her corn unless you're trying to fatten her up for butchering.


I hope you follow my advice here,


"Until a diagnosis can be made, you should probably bring her inside and set her in a warm, quiet, stressful free area with feed and water provided, I would really hope that you start feeding her a feed for poultry, corn does not contain the essential nutrients ducks need. Towels work great as lining in the cage, that way her feces can easily be monitored, next time she poops can you post a picture? If you have a food scale, I would set her on there and start monitoring her weight for the next few days to see if she will require supplemental feeding or not."

 

[Duckmom27]

@Gaby48 I feel like there's some confusion here about what you're saying about what you're feeding her. My understanding is that you're buying basically poultry food concentrate that has everything except for the corn in it, and then adding the corn yourself? There was a post a few weeks ago where people talked about that option. If that's the case I think the food probably isn't the problem as long as you're adding the right amount of corn mixed in. And of course make sure the poultry food is meant for waterfowl and has the right amount of niacin. I'm not sure what the problem could be but I hope you figure it out for your precious duck