normal duckling poo?

[artsyrobin]

just wondering, what is 'normal' duckling poo? are there any pics anywhere? seems like my 2 week olds have pretty loose droppings...

 

[chickboss]

Without a pic, it would be hard to say for sure, but I can tell you that my four ducklings have a huge range of runny poo.LOL. Everything from what looks similar to chicken droping to "wow, that duck just pooped water!" Some of it is that funky orangy brown color that you see in chick poo as well, only the ducks let loose with it much more often and at larger vollumes. Ducks "go" alot. I don't know where to find pics. of normal poo, but somebody here might. Hope this was helpful.

 

[artsyrobin]

actually that does help alot- i have them on towels so they get changed a couple times a day, and yes sometimes it seems water- like they drink some water and it just travels straight through

 

[chickboss]

It only gets worst! LOL. You may want to switch to pine shavings.

 

[Amiga]

Pine shavings work for many, but this duckherd is allergic! Just an fyi, I am sure I am in the minority. I really like Wifezilla's small brooder setup. I just haven't figured out how to scale it for eleven six week olds who hatched way ahead of schedule . . . .

Anyway, I love the concept of a little e-booklet of normal duckling feces. Wow. There's a project!

When mine are nervous, theirs is more watery. If they have had water without food for a while, it is also more watery.

Often their waste is the consistency of damp play dough, sometimes more a thick, viscous liquid. The color is usually similar to what they recently ate - dark green for salad, golden brown for pellets, black for dirt, gray-green for peas. The odor is richer after eating fresh vegetables.

If it is very dark, and smells like iron, that would indicate to me internal bleeding, and something to work on right away. One duckling had viscous, dark brown feces the first couple of weeks. I was concerned, but everything else seemed fine, it did not spread to the others. So far, we still have everyone and they are all healthy.