Sick duck!

[Miss Lydia]

Have you talked to the hatchery something is defiantly going on for you to lose that many.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Poor little one can you wrap it loosely in a soft cloth so it feels secure?

 

[chickens really]

Pine shavings? What feed are they getting?

 

[Natashal8909]

What do mean in a little water? They have a water dish? That Duckling looked wet?

Yes he looked wet which doesn't make any sense considering the are fed from a waterer that is small enough for quail. All the other ducklings were bone-dry I don't understand why he looked wet.

 

[Natashal8909]

Pine shavings? What feed are they getting?

Yes pine shavings. Chickstarter

 

[Miss Lydia]

Check you feed for unusual smell. But to have lost so many after getting them makes think something was wrong at the hatchery or shipping stress. Last year the hatchery I ordered my Runners from had a problem with their hatches and some orders were delayed because of it. I lost 2 of mine from shipping stress. Hatchery diagnosis. Not mine.

 

[Natashal8909]

Feed fresh? Shavings fresh no ammonia smell?

Yep! I clean it with new bedding every other day

 

[Natashal8909]

Check you feed for unusual smell. But to have lost so many after getting them makes think something was wrong at the hatchery or shipping stress. Last year the hatchery I ordered my Runners from had a problem with their hatched and some orders were delayed because of it. I lost 2 of mine from shipping stress. Hatchery diagnosis. Not mine.

My feed literally I just open the bag so I think it's fine it doesn't smell either. I was just more shocked than anything because they've been fine and we're fine this morning I came home three hours later to find him like that.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Did the hatchery resend ducklings? Of the ones you lost?

 

[Miss Lydia]

Very strange that the little one would be wet unless it was moving around so much in the brooder the wet shaving might have made it wet. Hard to keep a brooder dry. Ducklings are so messy.