lethargic duck not eating feathers have been falling out

[decomposed]

I used to have that problem with my chickens though. Every chick i got from them turned out to be a rooster lol

 

[Going Quackers]

Hahaha i usually get a lot more females than drakes I'm just lucky i guess lol.

I used to have that problem with my chickens though. Every chick i got from them turned out to be a rooster lol

I seem to always hatch drakes here.. i do get some ducks but they are the minority. Roosters seem to hold a high level too.. two batches of silkies(SR) have yielded 8 cockerels.

 

[decomposed]

I found out what happened to poor Lilith and i feel like the biggest idiot for not realizing sooner. It turns out the poor girl had an old spring stuck in her mouth and stuck to her beak i cant believe i didn't notice it until today. Most of it was in her mouth and i could hardly see it. I pulled it out but her poor beak looks weird now

It must have been in there for a while.

 

[Amiga]

Ouch! Thank you for the follow-up information. I have written this before - ducks can get into the most unimaginable trouble….

I will remember to have people check their ducks' bills closely.

This makes sense in retrospect - the way to induce a molt is to remove food from the duck.

 

[desertdarlene]

I'm so glad you found that spring! Hopefully, she didn't swallow anything else. Teenage ducks seem to get into all kinds of trouble with picking up small objects. I named a duckling "rubber band" because she had a rubber band around her bill when I first met her. It eventually broke off and she was fine, but I did notice she picked up all kinds of things like fishing line, etc, that could get her in trouble.

 

[decomposed]

Yeah i have no idea where she found it i hope she didn't get into my fathers shed or anything. I'm just happy its out now and she is eating again. She seems a lot better now, i put some antiseptic ointment on the top and bottom of her beak.I might have hurt her tongue pulling it out and i'm wondering if i should give her antibiotics in case it gets infected.

 

[Amiga]

I would be sure she has some ACV in her water, maybe dab the outside and underneath of her bill with antibiotic ointment. But if you feel an oral antibiotic is a good idea, then go with it - you are with her and know better than anyone how she looks.