Panting?

[Isaac 0]

That's not very big at all, get them in a bigger tote soon.

 

[Jackanddianesmom]

It seems fine for now, it's pretty big, but their new crate arrives this week so I'll get them in there

 

[Miss Lydia]

Try getting it around 75 as long as you don’t notice the others piling up under the heat lamp maybe 75 would be okay

 

[Miss Lydia]

How old are they now?

 

[Jackanddianesmom]

How old are they now?

3 weeks old now, we raised it up and its 75 now and she's stopped panting and the other seem fine, thanks !

 

[Miss Lydia]

That's awesome. 75 is a good temp for 3 weeks old I always start my ducklings at 85 and never had any problems so if your drop that temp 5* every week you'd be right at it.

 

[Isaac 0]

Glad to hear the panting stopped, its almost always a heat-related problem.

 

[JulieBeth07]

Is this panting? She does it once and a while, but will sit under the heater, instead of at the other cooler side of the pen, and the other two ducklings dont do this. (Also i cleaned their pen out 2 hours ago, they are just extra messy, I will be cleaning it again in an hour lol)

I have one duckling that was doing the same.. I read somewhere that I may be they had a blocked nostril. I tried a paint tray with water but they didnt have much room.. and I couldnt add the water at the temp I wanted... so I put them both in my tub (I used a thermometer to make sure the temp was right for their age) not with a lot of water (they could still stand) but enough for them to really dunk their heads and clean everything out. I made a makeshift ramp so if the wanted out of the water they could. I also gave them some feed in there. I only did this for a little while maybe 5 mins or so. I had a towel to dry them off a bit and put them directly back in the brooder under the lamp.

They loved it and she stopped panting. I try to do it once a day. I'm a newbie and I'm not sure if everyone will agree with this, but it worked for our ducklings. Like I said.. watch your temps.. dry them off promptly.. and put them under the lamp. I read they chill easily... and make sure you supervise them because they dont have feathers and cant "swim" I

'll try to post a pic.

 

[Isaac 0]

I have one duckling that was doing the same.. I read somewhere that I may be they had a blocked nostril. I tried a paint tray with water but they didnt have much room.. and I couldnt add the water at the temp I wanted... so I put them both in my tub (I used a thermometer to make sure the temp was right for their age) not with a lot of water (they could still stand) but enough for them to really dunk their heads and clean everything out. I made a makeshift ramp so if the wanted out of the water they could. I also gave them some feed in there. I only did this for a little while maybe 5 mins or so. I had a towel to dry them off a bit and put them directly back in the brooder under the lamp.

They loved it and she stopped panting. I try to do it once a day. I'm a newbie and I'm not sure if everyone will agree with this, but it worked for our ducklings. Like I said.. watch your temps.. dry them off promptly.. and put them under the lamp. I read they chill easily... and make sure you supervise them because they dont have feathers and cant "swim" IView attachment 2100736'll try to post a pic.

 

[Jackanddianesmom]

She started panting again so I maybe ill try that!