I have 9 ducks, 4 cayugas, a Welsh harlequin, 3 Swedish blues and a perking. They're less than a yr old still but full grown. They share a pen with 7 geese, one with is a youngling. They all share a communal kiddie pool for water, becuase I needed something low for the ducks to drink out of but the geese and the ducks always get in it and make it dirty. I try to dump it out once a week but it's become a struggle and I'm not sure what to change it to to give them water.
Everything has been fine for months until I noticed my Welsh hedwig(not actually sure what gender is) not running over as fast as the others for food. She has always been a slower one so I though nothing of it, until she wasn't eating the food as like quickly as she used to. Again she has always eaten her food a bit slower since she was a baby but not this slow. I panicked talked to a friend that owns ducks who told me to change out the water more so I did. Then my Perkin Percy was acting strange, not running over and eating slow now he is a BIG boy and he has always without fail been the one to gobble up food fast. That freaked me out, but Hedwig was back to her normal self, still walking slow behind the other's but eating better.
I called my friend again who said they might have eggs which is why they're walking slower and a bit more waddly but to watch them. So I have been, I've been feeding those two away from the other's to make sure they get more food. Now today I noticed she was laying down away from the group, a few of them including Percy and hedwig have been off in another area recently laying down. She got up to rush over for food but was super freaking weird like she kept dragging her wing a little or it was sticking out. I. Freaked. Out. I thought something attacked her, I gave them their food fast and rushed inside to call my friend. Came out and she's eating normal again, and the wing looks fine! At this point I think I'm crazy, I noticed though that the part on her back like under her wings, like her rump area looks strange like something has been pecking her or something like it looks ruffled. She let's me pick her up, pet her, examine her profusely for blood but she's fine.
The possibility that something got in and messed with her is a thing. But between 7 terrifying geese, an alpaca, 2 dogs and a cat that guards them, there would be alot more commotion. They sleep under a light on the side of the pen close to my room so I listen out all night for anything. I've heard nothing all night. I have considered maybe the drakes over breeding, idk how many I have but I'm guessing more boys since they were straight run. But her neck is completely fine, not a feather missing and the other ducks haven't done anything when I'm outside watching them.
I'm really worried, she goes from being perfectly fine to suddenly looking hurt or unwell but literally within minutes she is fine.
Everything has been fine for months until I noticed my Welsh hedwig(not actually sure what gender is) not running over as fast as the others for food. She has always been a slower one so I though nothing of it, until she wasn't eating the food as like quickly as she used to. Again she has always eaten her food a bit slower since she was a baby but not this slow. I panicked talked to a friend that owns ducks who told me to change out the water more so I did. Then my Perkin Percy was acting strange, not running over and eating slow now he is a BIG boy and he has always without fail been the one to gobble up food fast. That freaked me out, but Hedwig was back to her normal self, still walking slow behind the other's but eating better.
I called my friend again who said they might have eggs which is why they're walking slower and a bit more waddly but to watch them. So I have been, I've been feeding those two away from the other's to make sure they get more food. Now today I noticed she was laying down away from the group, a few of them including Percy and hedwig have been off in another area recently laying down. She got up to rush over for food but was super freaking weird like she kept dragging her wing a little or it was sticking out. I. Freaked. Out. I thought something attacked her, I gave them their food fast and rushed inside to call my friend. Came out and she's eating normal again, and the wing looks fine! At this point I think I'm crazy, I noticed though that the part on her back like under her wings, like her rump area looks strange like something has been pecking her or something like it looks ruffled. She let's me pick her up, pet her, examine her profusely for blood but she's fine.
The possibility that something got in and messed with her is a thing. But between 7 terrifying geese, an alpaca, 2 dogs and a cat that guards them, there would be alot more commotion. They sleep under a light on the side of the pen close to my room so I listen out all night for anything. I've heard nothing all night. I have considered maybe the drakes over breeding, idk how many I have but I'm guessing more boys since they were straight run. But her neck is completely fine, not a feather missing and the other ducks haven't done anything when I'm outside watching them.
I'm really worried, she goes from being perfectly fine to suddenly looking hurt or unwell but literally within minutes she is fine.
