Is there any way to tell which duck laid an egg?

[DuckyDonna]

Just scoop up poop and take it in if one has worms you'll want to treat them all. But if the B complex is helping keep that up too. Just because she isn't a duckling doesn't mean she can have a deficiency. Sure worth trying. When my chickens had round worms they were visible in their poop.

Are you saying that I should not worry about who's poo I'm getting? I do the deep litter thing in their pen but every morning there is a concentrated area in one part that has just about all the poo in it. I usually take that out with my pitch fork because it's so thick and gross and easy to get rid of. Should I just use that to take to the vet? Assuming he does that sort of thing.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I believe I have read here that just scoop up some poop and take it in but if you can get mainly just hers that would probably be best. If you have a vet for other of your animals I'd think they would do a fecal float on your ducks poop.

 

[DuckyDonna]

No vet around us does this poop test so I am wondering why not just can't go ahead and deworm all 4 of my runners? Will that hurt anything?

I'm reasonably sure they don't have the Gape worm because they are displaying none of the symptoms of that.

I've read some articles, mostly from the UK, that says to deworm them twice a year. If it would be all right to deworm what do I get and can I get it at TSC?

I think without a vet around here that does ducks this may be my only choice. I will still keep using the B-complex too because it seems as if that is good for them all.

 

[MillersFarm]

@Loopeend has given some amazing advice

 

[DuckyDonna]

@Loopeend has given some amazing advice

Yes, she is incredibly smart and I so appreciate his/her advice. In fact I'm saving all those posts for future reference. But.....I need to know what exactly I'm supposed to buy to deworm them?

 

[MillersFarm]

there's liquid form and pellet form. I usually mix this in my main feeder for all my birds every couple of months.. Never had a problem with worms before.
https://www.amazon.com/Durvet-Strik...d=1544715252&sr=8-1&keywords=poultry+dewormer

 

[Loopeend]

I've read some articles, mostly from the UK, that says to deworm them twice a year. If it would be all right to deworm what do I get and can I get it at TSC?

That varies a bit in opinion. Some say twice a year, some say never unless they show signs they might have worms. Since ducks need a bit of these worms in them to make anti-bodies to fight too many worms. I let it depend on if I have a meat-duck or not. Since I'm going to eat them. (And I have to, otherwise the butcher will not slaughter them)
The rest don't get them. I de-worm only when needed, or the females before laying hatchable eggs if I chose to let the mother raise the ducklings.
It's a personal choice. You can get these worms from the ducks.
I chose to naturally de-worm myself monthly instead of de-worming all the ducks.
If you or someone in your household has a less resistance..(my English skills are leaving me lol).. you know a lower immune system due to young or old age or health issues I think I would de-worm twice a year.
You have to weigh it all out for your personal situation.

Oh de-worming yourself, this might be a thing to do now and then when working with animals or gardening. I hope you like garlic
I used to work with children and have worms all the time. And get these pills.
Then I did other work for years. No worms.
Then I started with ducks, jaaaay, worms again.
I read this natural thing against worms, I'm not that into natural medicine and stuff, but it actually worked.

Brown 2 chopped onions and at least 12 cloves of chopped garlic in a big chunk of butter in the biggest pan you have. Add as much flower as the butter. Slowly mix warm water in. Add bouilloncubes. If you like spicy; also add next to the onions and garlic a fresh red chillipepper. Or dried chiliflakes. Garnish with black pepper, parsley or spring onions
Worms dislike garlic and spicy.
Try to eat a bowl three times a day or 4 times, for three days. This breaks their re-production cycle.
For 4 times I have done this when having worms, and after these three days they were gone.
Now I do this every month, not only when having worms. Since I also really like soup it is not much of a hassle haha. And haven't had worms since.
Some people also say that eating yoghurt helps against worms. Never tried that since I'm lactose intolerant. But I guess eating a bowl of yoghurt as breakfast and/or after dinner never hurts (if your not lactose intolerant that is).
Other stuff people claim helps against worms and never hurts to add to your eating habits; parsley, applevinegar (good excuse to eat more fish and chips), eating one raw carrot a day for a week, cloves, papaya.
I can't get papaya's here, so I made it a habit to sprinkle every dish possible with some parsley, add a raw carrot in my lunchbox every day, and our kitchen already had a lot of stewes with cloves in them, and I'm never too stingy with the amount of garlic I use in dishes that need garlic
If it doesn't help, it atleast can't hurt

Good luck with the duck!

Please update, maybe also way later if it ever came back

 

[DuckyDonna]

I think your English is amazing!

I won't be eating any of my ducks. I've had 2 die from predators and that sent me crying for days.

I don't think I've got worms or I'd be skinny. I did get some deworming stuff (Durvet Strike III) for the ducks and started giving it to them today along with some calcium gluconate and B-complex. We shall see if that makes my girl with the shaky leg get better. I appreciate all the help and advice you've given me and I've got to figure out a way to save all the posts you've made.

We used to own a fishing boat in Destin, Florida. My point in this is that some of the fish we used to catch had tons of worms, especially Amberjack. It was disgusting! I've never liked fish very much and still don't except shell fish like shrimp, oysters, scallops.

 

[Loopeend]

I don't think I've got worms or I'd be skinny.

You don't get instant skinny from having worms. Just really happy white gross things that wave at ya when you look at your poop. And/or have to scratch at the evening/night because that's when they like to take a nightly romantic outside-walk on the rim of your uuh... bare moon. Or white bits in your poo if it is a tapeworm.
The most worms you have as humans can't quite harm you. Are mere annoying and gross. Getting skinny due to a tapeworm is quite rare as an human. They rarely grow that big. But you can infect others with having a tapeworm or these arsemaggots (Sorry, literal translation from the Dutch official word, don't know the proper English term, I hope arse is not an offensive word). And give it to people with a weaker immunesystem.
There is a really small chance that you can get a hairworm, or other tiny worms that actually can get in your blood, and it can kill humans. It's really rare.

But working with animals/soil/children it can be handy to de-worm yourself just in case. And well, get a toilet where you can see your poop.. because waiting till you get really skinny is kind of too late

*Running off to look at cute duck pictures to get all the images of poo and worms out of my mind*