Indian Runner with a really large crop? Normal?

[AzDuck]

Trying to induce vomiting in a bird, of any kind, is a bad idea as the bird may aspirate on the fluids whilst they are coming out of the crop , which can result in pneumonia which is often fatal.

The best thing, would be to wait tomorrow morning, and feel her crop then. Also, pay attention to her feces. If the crop is full in the morning, and her feces look abnormal, let us know

UPDATE: I added a picture of her latest poop today. It’s the only one I happened to catch her in the act of.

Thank you. I hope I didn’t hurt her today doing the massaging. I didn’t do anything very hard, I just kind of moved her crop around to see what it felt like. She didn’t throw up though—should that be alright?

And how would it look if it was abnormal? I feel like all of their poop looks abnormal lol. Sometimes it’s super watery, sometimes it’s much more solid. Sometimes green, sometimes brown, or white or even almost black. I could drive myself crazy analyzing duck poop

 

[AzDuck]

Not much urates in the photo, so that might suggest she is drinking lots of water, and not much feed. Let us know how she is in the morning, and if you can, post another poop picture.

I don’t have a poop picture yet, it was so cold this morning and frosted over it looked like they all had super cold feet, so I put them in their run until the sun comes up all the way. This is how she looks this morning though (much less full). I think she just might have more of a curve to her neck/body than my other two runners. I’ll watch for poop when I let them back out.

*how worried do I need to be about frostbite and ducks? They always have a dry run to go into, but they choose not to it literally looked like it hurt for them to be walking on the frost this morning—ouch! It was 18F

 

[AzDuck]

Frostbite is no concern in those temps. When their feet get cold, they'll just lay down and tuck it into their fluff. I've had some out in -40F temps, with no problems.

Oh good I thought my fawn and white runner was trying to push out an egg this morning, but she was probably just colder than the rest. She kept kind of limping on the hard parts of the frost, laying down and getting back up, and then standing on one foot. I bet her little feet were just cold ❄now she’s running around normally and no egg to be found lol.

Oh and this is the first poop I could catch this morning—I’m sure there were more before it haha. I think it looks like this because she’s been eating/drinking a ton of mud this morning though. She ate the Mazuri (floating) Waterfowl Maintenance with the rest of the flock this morning.

 

[Isaac 0]

Oh good I thought my fawn and white runner was trying to push out an egg this morning, but she was probably just colder than the rest. She kept kind of limping on the hard parts of the frost, laying down and getting back up, and then standing on one foot. I bet her little feet were just cold ❄now she’s running around normally and no egg to be found lol.

Oh and this is the first poop I could catch this morning—I’m sure there were more before it haha. I think it looks like this because she’s been eating/drinking a ton of mud this morning though. She ate the Mazuri (floating) Waterfowl Maintenance with the rest of the flock this morning.

That is a lot of dirt, and sand in her droppings. That can be an indicator the bird has a blockage in their digestive system, which may also explain the bloated looking crop, as the food wasn't able to properly pass. I'm not completely confident that's the reason, but if she continues to produce poops containing that much sand, I may get some Metamucil, mix it in with water, and give her a few drops orally, twice a day, to help push out any blockages in her digestive tract.

 

[AzDuck]

That is a lot of dirt, and sand in her droppings. That can be an indicator the bird has a blockage in their digestive system, which may also explain the bloated looking crop, as the food wasn't able to properly pass. I'm not completely confident that's the reason, but if she continues to produce poops containing that much sand, I may get some Metamucil, mix it in with water, and give her a few drops orally, twice a day, to help push out any blockages in her digestive tract.

Oh no. Could I mix a few drops into some water and have her drink it? I’m scared to death of having her aspirate liquid. Would it be bad if my other birds got some too? Almost all of their poops look like this the last few days during the day time because they are playing in the snowy wet mud and I’m sure eating a ton of it :/

night time poops look more normal from what I can tell in the coop.

**this is her latest poop from this afternoon—cecal? Is that correct? Very gooey and very stinky

 

[Isaac 0]

Does the last poop look slightly more normal? I remember reading somewhere that this type of poop (Cecal?)is good as long as it’s only sometimes.

Looks OK to me. Ducks tend to have very watery stools since they drink so much water.

 

[AzDuck]

Looks OK to me. Ducks tend to have very watery stools since they drink so much water.

Two poop updates Not sure if these are maybe looking better

 

[Isaac 0]

Two poop updates Not sure if these are maybe looking better

The first picture is what I'm used to seeing around here, but the second one looks a little off, but if she's acting fine, I wouldn't worry. This duck seems to have a wide variety in her poops.