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[mamaduck17]

Help! I was just walking my ducks through my house after swimming outside. I noticed a feather on the ground by them. The feather though has a red gooey substance I'm guessing blood at the end of it. There is no tip to the shaft of the feather. Is this something I need to be concerned about. My ducks are two months old and seem to be going through a molt. I read something about blood feathers but don't know if this is one of those. please help!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Help! I was just walking my ducks through my house after swimming outside. I noticed a feather on the ground by them. The feather though has a red gooey substance I'm guessing blood at the end of it. There is no tip to the shaft of the feather. Is this something I need to be concerned about. My ducks are two months old and seem to be going through a molt. I read something about blood feathers but don't know if this is one of those. please help!

It is a blood feather. just keep an eye on where it got pulled out you can even put some neo with out pain on it but most likely it will be fine.

 

[mamaduck17]

It is a blood feather. just keep an eye on where it got pulled out you can even put some neo with out pain on it but most likely it will be fine.

I will look over both ducks since I'm not sure who it came from and where.

 

[JLynnsDuckies]

The last few days I have been noticing some different behaviors in Hazel and Henry but mostly Henry. I knew most of their behavior was "courting" behavior. Head bobbing for one and Henry mounting Hazel. But... Today, Henry was acting like he had something he was trying to cough up. He would shake his tail feathers first then he would ruffle his feathers and lounge his neck up and make a whistle sound. It didn't look pleasant and he actually looked like he was in pain. After researching half the day and thinking something had to be wrong with him, I found an old thread on here by Amykins. She had a video of Wobbles doing the EXACT same thing! Apparently Henry will be just dandy as this too is courting behavior... He seriously had me worried. Geesh. He got his drake feather and now he's acting like a mad duck.

Thank you @Amykins for that video you posted of wobbles! Talk about relief to know Henry's not choking or something!

 

[Charlielou14]

Watermelon! they love it! Or peaches, corn, spinach, raspberries, grapes... really any fruit! They also love peas

 

[Charlielou14]

I am also wondering if it's the nictitating membrane that is irritated or infected. I would definitely follow Miss Lydia's suggestions - and please keep us updated.

Just an update on my duckling: I got her the terramycin ointment and have been applying it two to three times a day. She is keeping it opened more and it is looking better but I cant still tell there is something wrong. I will keep applying it though. Does it wash off when she gets in the water?

 

[Pekin1999]

So there is a male Cayuga in my flock that has drown a mate in the past. Other than eating and drinking all it wants to do is mate, and aggressively I might add. The problem is that it picks a favorite female and constantly harasses that one! Since its other favorite died all it does is try mate with a ten week old pekin, that I'm not even positive is female. I'm ready to shoot this duck and throw it out. Unless anyone has any solutions.

 

[TXchickenchick]

So there is a male Cayuga in my flock that has drown a mate in the past. Other than eating and drinking all it wants to do is mate, and aggressively I might add. The problem is that it picks a favorite female and constantly harasses that one! Since its other favorite died all it does is try mate with a ten week old pekin, that I'm not even positive is female. I'm ready to shoot this duck and throw it out. Unless anyone has any solutions.

Shoot it and throw it out sounds like the best choice to me. There is no way I would keep him around.

 

[ajallchorn]

I have a pekin duck, she's so laid back and content. She always looks like she's smiling, everyone comments on how pretty she looks. She loves red pepper, grapes, courgette and spinach.. And mealworms!!!! I have a khaki Campbell too who's more outgoing than she is but doesn't like red pepper so my pekin gets all of those!

 

[Amiga]

Just an update on my duckling: I got her the terramycin ointment and have been applying it two to three times a day. She is keeping it opened more and it is looking better but I cant still tell there is something wrong. I will keep applying it though. Does it wash off when she gets in the water?

I would think some of it does wash off, though some should be soaking into the tissue as well. I find that medicine applied at bedtime seems less likely to get quickly washed off - but it depends on the habits of the duck.