Sick duck dragging tail

[mkathleen419]

Help! New duck mom, I have six 4 month old ducks. Pretty sure 5 are females based on quack and only one has Drake feather. They are not laying yet so I do not think I am looking at egg binding. One of the Female Swedes started to lag behind the group. She can walk and she is drinking water but she appears to tire quick and sits in a shaded area. When she walks her tail is dragging like it is tucked down. She has no obvious physical ailments on her body. The other ducks seem fine. I have separated her in a cage and cleaned out the coop. I do not see any worms and her poop is dark green. Any ideas?

 

[CaliFarmsAR]

Help! New duck mom, I have six 4 month old ducks. Pretty sure 5 are females based on quack and only one has Drake feather. They are not laying yet so I do not think I am looking at egg binding. One of the Female Swedes started to lag behind the group. She can walk and she is drinking water but she appears to tire quick and sits in a shaded area. When she walks her tail is dragging like it is tucked down. She has no obvious physical ailments on her body. The other ducks seem fine. I have separated her in a cage and cleaned out the coop. I do not see any worms and her poop is dark green. Any ideas?

Can you post pictures?

 

[Isaac 0]

Could you post a video of her walking, and upload it a video platform like Youtube or vimeo, and copy/paste the link here?

How does her abdomen area feel, firm, hard, squishy? What are they being fed? How does her vent area look?

 

[mkathleen419]

I feed flock raiser as there are chickens, ducks and geese. They free range and there is also cracked corn and grains available. Vent looks normal. Here body feels normal. Her walk is stumpy. she is isolated in a cage right now. No neck issues or breathing issues that I can see.

 

[Isaac 0]

I feed flock raiser as there are chickens, ducks and geese. They free range and there is also cracked corn and grains available. Vent looks normal. Here body feels normal. Her walk is stumpy. she is isolated in a cage right now. No neck issues or breathing issues that I can see.

Could you post a video of her walking, and upload it a video platform like Youtube or vimeo, and copy/paste the link here?