My Ducks Poop...

[SnyderFarm55]

i have 3 ducks 1 Cayuga (willy) and 2 Pekin.

Willy's poop is watery and green, but my other 2 pekin ducks are pretty solid and white?..

is it the breed difference or what?

thanks for the advice

 

[Miss Lydia]

i have 3 ducks 1 Cayuga (willy) and 2 Pekin.

Willy's poop is watery and green, but my other 2 pekin ducks are pretty solid and white?..

is it the breed difference or what?

thanks for the advice

I have 13 ducks and everyone of them have poop that looks different. If your Cayuga is eating good, feels in good body form, eyes clear nose clear. it's probably just something he/sh ate. What feed are you using and do they have free range of yard or acerage? When my ducks are dabbling in the mud what comes out the back end looks just like the mud that went in the front end.

 

[HauiBali]

I do not know if there are differences breed-wise, but I found out that it largely depends on what they eat - greens like salad make their poop more greenish watery. The little cubes of melonrind I made for them pretty much passed through their bodies, I expected it to come out much better digested, but only rounded a bit, even if they have access to small rocks and not stressed.. They pee too, it is also more liquid then the usual duck-poop. When my ducks spend a lot of time slurping and filtering mud in the garden their output is like black mud. If they found a few earthworms, bugs and snails it looks like mud but smelly too

/Today and yesterday they were not allowed to play in the mudhole though, we are trying to banish the moles, and it takes a few days for the carbide to completely evaporate in the moleholes. I like moles (they are not gassed to death but irritated so they dig away far) just not in my garden./

I have read somewhere that every 10th poop is the clearing of their appendix, and it is not the same consistency and color like the usual. Did'nt noticed differencies, however I never felt the urge to count their poops and make notes about it.

I am a novice duck owner, so as a rule of thumb I keep an eye on them: when they dress their feathers they come close to me, so I can check there is no visible signs of diarrhea. They act like very healthy, active ducks supposed to do, but they look skinny to me - runner ducks (well, their dad is a mallard and mom is a runner), building their first set of real feathers. I cannot rely on the poo I find in their duckhouse, because they step it into the straw and dilute it with water. If they eat a good portion of duck pellets and the other stuff they eat is only enhancement of the staple diet, they should be fine I guess.. Sorry for my wall of text (with bad English , just shared my thoughts, I hope that someone with knowledge will come and answer too.

 

[SnyderFarm55]

i cant remember the name of the feed they have but they are eating the same as my chickens. and they are in a pinned area and i feed them lettuce and peas everyonce in a while...

Lydia you had mentioned "nose clear" what do you mean by that?

THANK YOU!!

 

[Amiga]

Does the poop smell really rank?

 

[Miss Lydia]

no drainage coming out of nares

 

[SnyderFarm55]

Yeah the poop stinks but not more than usual.

And my ducks sounded like they were breathing a little weird but no drainage from there nose

 

[Amiga]

Keep a close eye on the little one, and I would be sure to be giving some probiotics. I just ordered some vitamins and electrolytes plus probiotics made by Agrilabs (I make no commissions, let it be known), as I really like that product. Miss Lydia likes Nutri Drench and I have that, also. But I cannot recall if the latter has probiotics in it.

Just thinking he could have a little out of balance digestive system for any number of reasons. And vitamins, electrolytes and probiotics would give him a boost.

 

[sherrik9]

Keep a close eye on the little one, and I would be sure to be giving some probiotics. I just ordered some vitamins and electrolytes plus probiotics made by Agrilabs (I make no commissions, let it be known), as I really like that product. Miss Lydia likes Nutri Drench and I have that, also. But I cannot recall if the latter has probiotics in it.

Just thinking he could have a little out of balance digestive system for any number of reasons. And vitamins, electrolytes and probiotics would give him a boost.

I went to the agrilabs web site and can't find the product with probiotics. Can you give the name?