Need duck help

[LucyBrown]

Good day! I live in Georgia and have Cayuga ducks. They are all about a year and a half or two yers old. I let them out this morning (I have three) and everyone was fine. They were fine at lunchtime around 12:30 but this afternoon around 3 I noticed one of my females is hiding. She is not foraging in the grass like her siblings, she is not eating pellets but is drinking. Her left wing is drooping. She will let me near her but not too close. Her siblings just came in for the night and she refuses to follow. She just finished molting, stopped laying through most of the molting and just started back a few days ago. She stopped laying again. Any ideas? THank you.

 

[sourland]

Do you have drakes? Any possibility that they are harassing her?

 

[Quatie]

One thing that is possible is that she is broody. Is she hiding on a nest? Some will stop eating when they try to sit on a nest. It is a bit late in the season, but still possible. But it would explain the behavior.

Another possibility, have you checked to see if she is egg bound? Egg bound can affect mobility sometimes.

 

[LucyBrown]

No the drake has actually been approaching the other female. I frequently give the girls a break from him during mating season. She just pooped a think white poop. Im concerned about egg binding. With the white poop maybe a bacterial infection? Her behavior changed so quickly though.

 

[LucyBrown]

One thing that is possible is that she is broody. Is she hiding on a nest? Some will stop eating when they try to sit on a nest. It is a bit late in the season, but still possible. But it would explain the behavior.

Another possibility, have you checked to see if she is egg bound? Egg bound can affect mobility sometimes.

Yes I am definitely concerned about her being egg bound. Im going to put her in a warm bath. She is so stressed I am trying not to make it worse. O this is like having kids.

 

[LucyBrown]

Just checked and I did not feel any eggs in her abdomen. We will be seeing the vet in the morning! Thank you friends!

 

[LucyBrown]

She has been a little broody but not as of late. Not since she stopped laying again.

 

[N F C]

Hope the vet can give you some answers tomorrow, best wishes!

 

[Quatie]

Vet is definitely the best way to go. I hope she starts doing better soon.

Just so you know. You can treat egg bound ducks with calcium gluconate, which can be found at TSC. Or tums works in a pinch. And give them a warm bath to help with the passing of an egg. Good to know if you ever can't get to vet.

 

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
When you checked for egg binding did you insert a finger in her vent?