My Drakes
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Hello, and welcome to BackYard Chickens. Sorry to hear you're duck is feeling unwell.
Her symptoms are fairly non-specific to any disease, in other words, there are too many things that can cause what you're seeing, so it's hard for me to even suggest what might be the problem. If you could answer some of these questions, that will help.
How old is she? Where did you acquire her? What are you feeding her? Is she laying? Has she had any problems laying in the past, or has she laid any "oddly-shaped" eggs lately? Besides the lethargy part, and not eating, are there any other symptoms we should know about (?) Coughing, respiratory problems, walking funny, etc? Could you post a few pictures of the duck in question and a few pictures of her poop?
There is obviously something wrong going on here, so the bird needs to be set in a warm, soft padded, calm, quiet area, with feed and water provided. If the coop is getting cold, I would suggest bringing her inside. Birds that are sick tend not to eat as much, which lowers their metabolic energy levels, which subsequently leads to a lowered body temperature (hypothermia). I would start weighing her every morning, so if she is losing weight, we can track exactly how much she is, so we know if tube feeding needs to be set in place. A 5 to 10% decrease in weight grants supplemental tube feeding.
Contrary to what I said earlier in this post, her symptoms do slightly resemble a bird suffering from laying problems. That is, if she is actually laying eggs, of course. In my experience, the number one cause of sudden lethargy in grown waterfowl is reproductive problems such as minor egg binding. It tends to resolve itself, although a nice warm soak in an epsom salt bath may help, as well as an administration of a calcium supplement such as Calcium Citrate, tums, or calcium Gluconate 23%.
Her symptoms are fairly non-specific to any disease, in other words, there are too many things that can cause what you're seeing, so it's hard for me to even suggest what might be the problem. If you could answer some of these questions, that will help.
How old is she? Where did you acquire her? What are you feeding her? Is she laying? Has she had any problems laying in the past, or has she laid any "oddly-shaped" eggs lately? Besides the lethargy part, and not eating, are there any other symptoms we should know about (?) Coughing, respiratory problems, walking funny, etc? Could you post a few pictures of the duck in question and a few pictures of her poop?
There is obviously something wrong going on here, so the bird needs to be set in a warm, soft padded, calm, quiet area, with feed and water provided. If the coop is getting cold, I would suggest bringing her inside. Birds that are sick tend not to eat as much, which lowers their metabolic energy levels, which subsequently leads to a lowered body temperature (hypothermia). I would start weighing her every morning, so if she is losing weight, we can track exactly how much she is, so we know if tube feeding needs to be set in place. A 5 to 10% decrease in weight grants supplemental tube feeding.
Contrary to what I said earlier in this post, her symptoms do slightly resemble a bird suffering from laying problems. That is, if she is actually laying eggs, of course. In my experience, the number one cause of sudden lethargy in grown waterfowl is reproductive problems such as minor egg binding. It tends to resolve itself, although a nice warm soak in an epsom salt bath may help, as well as an administration of a calcium supplement such as Calcium Citrate, tums, or calcium Gluconate 23%.
Hello and welcome to BYC! 
I am so sorry about your drake.
I do hope he recovers soon.
I am so sorry about your drake.
I do hope he recovers soon.
Welcome to our FUNomenal community! 
I hope you enjoy it here as much as we do!
I hope you enjoy it here as much as we do!
Welcome to BYC! I'm sorry your duck isn't feeling well
Hi Robin and welcome to BYC We're so happy you've decided to join us
Hoping for the best for your drake
We're so happy you've decided to join us Hoping for the best for your drake
Vickischics
Life, is a Learning curve.
WELCOME TO BYC.
We are Egg-cited you joined us so, pull up a chair and a drink and learn all about chickens and Ducks from this knowledgeable group from around the globe.
Enjoy and have fun.
We are Egg-cited you joined us so, pull up a chair and a drink and learn all about chickens and Ducks from this knowledgeable group from around the globe.
Enjoy and have fun.
Welcome to BYC Robin, I hope your drake will be doing better soon.
Sammi_0411
Crowing
Hiya welcome to BYC 
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