Sick ducklings

[Duckfarmer909]

i hatched some ducklings that are about 4 weeks old now, and just today one of them was fine when I checked on them this morning then about an hour later it had died. Another one is not acting normal and keeps rolling over on his back. Does anyone know what might be wrong?

 

[The Phantom]

@casportpony

 

[casportpony]

Welcome to BYC and sorry for your loss. Can you post pictures of your brooder and tell us what you are feeding?

Curiously, had you just filled their water before you noticed the abnormal behavior? It's been my experience that sometimes if they run out of water and then you replace it with cold water that you can get the strange deaths. If they run out of water, replace with warm water, not cold water.

 

[chickens really]

What temperature are they at and what's the heat source?

 

[Kiki]

Welcome to BYC.
What do you feed them?

 

[Duckfarmer909]

Welcome to BYC and sorry for your loss. Can you post pictures of your brooder and tell us what you are feeding?

Curiously, had you just filled their water before you noticed the abnormal behavior? It's been my experience that sometimes if they run out of water and then you replace it with cold water that you can get the strange deaths. If they run out of water, replace with warm water, not cold water.

I had just changed their water but it was room temperature.

 

[Duckfarmer909]

I don’t have any pictures of my brooder but it is about 3 feet by 2 feed made out of wood and the sides have wood on the bottom half with chicken wire on the top half. They are being fed a mix of chick food and mashed up chicken food as I was suggested to because I cant buy duck food where I am located.

 

[Slash3]

watching this with interest. Good luck x

 

[Duckworth]

I’m sorry for your loss!

 

[Slash3]

chick food and mashed up chicken food

is this food medicated? You can buy duckling crumbs online. EBay and Amazon.