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Hello! I recently got four ducklings, two pekins and two khaki campbells. I already have three adult khaki campbells. The new guys are 4-6 weeks old, pretty much have all their adult feathers in, but are still a little bit small. I don't know their genders yet, but I'm thinking one of my pekins...

Thank you! She's already doing so much better, she's struggling much less to breath, eating on her own a little and drinking, and generally looking much perkier. We moved her to a different dog kennel that's a bit bigger (the other one was a quick "can I borrow this for the night?!" that had to...

Just got back from the vet. We ended up having to go to a place an hour and a half away. He did a throat swab on her, it's bacterial, probably pneumonia-related. He did a nubilizer treatment, which is basically putting her in a clear box and pumping the medication in as steam so she breaths it...

There's an avian vet in the city over that opens in the morning that we'll call. My mom called the animal hospital at MSU, they told us to keep her inside for the night to prevent further stress on her body. She's in a dog kennel inside, and has calmed down. She's not eating on her own, but is...

We caught her, and it doesn't look like egg binding. I can't feel any eggs in her belly, and her vent isn't swollen or distended at all. It looks like a respiratory problem. She's really struggling to breath, and she sounds really raspy. Any ideas? Right now I think my mom is trying to find a...

Usually they eat out of my hand, but she didn't eat any peas when I brought them out yesterday unless I threw them directly in front of her. I hand-raised most of mine from day-olds, but after I put them outside they became pretty wild, aside from eating out of my hand, thought they do come up...

Thank you, everyone. She wasn't with the others this morning. She's pretty much just staying right by the pond, drinking a lot. I think that maybe she's one of the ones that tends to lay on the shore of the pond. (We get three eggs in the garden and two on the pond, usually) I don't know how...

We couldn't catch her tonight, we probably can get her when there'll all laying tomorrow morning. I'm pretty sure she's egg-bound. We haven't been giving her oyster shell before, but we got some and put it in her water today. (I've noticed her drinking a lot, but not eating very much) I don't...

They didn't like the yogurt. She looks worse to me today, and is panting a little bit. The heat isn't helping. She looks like she could be having an egg-belly like she's egg-bound, but I can't really tell. I'm going to do some research on that, and then she if she'll let me catch her so I can...

Thanks you Amiga! I will definitely try one of those, probably starting with the yogurt, and I definitely check for eggbinding.

She isn't panting. She is laying eggs, though we have been an egg or two short for the last few days, though it is possible that we just aren't finding them. I haven't gone over her thoroughly for injuries yet, I don't like to handle them if it isn't completely necessary, it stresses them out...

One of my girls is breathing really heavily-I can see her whole body move with each breath. I noticed it this afternoon when I got back from school. She's drinking, and went in earlier to eat. Is there anything I can do for her? Isn't there vitamins and such I could get to put in her water? I'm...

Mine pant like that when it's really hot.

Eep! I'm (and the ducks!) glad it doesn't get crazy hot like that too often here! If we have another super hot summer like a few years ago I may invest in a mister, but with the pond they can keep cool. I'll keep in mind next time we have lettuce to chop it finely! Since we have gigantic gardens...

I give them peas once or twice a day, and I almost never thaw them. Of course after so many peas they don't recognize other treats. I gave them lettuce once or twice and they can' figure out how to eat is.

You guys are making me tired just thinking about all you do! I admire your dedication! Goosedragon; that does sound very scary! I'm glad you told me about it, I probably would've had a full on panic attack if I found my ducks like that without any prior knowledge. It usually doesn't get that hot...

I can understand where you're coming from, but there's a fountain in the pond that they can swim under for the same affect. (Which they have before. They love the thing!) I have a feeling that lugging out a big hose that they've seen maybe once before, and never moving nor with water coming out...

The ducks do like their water! We don't drain the pond/change the water. It fills up by rain water and is quite large and keeps clean through natural processes. It has a fountain that the ducks like to swim under! Earlier I went out with a spray bottle full of cool water and sprayed them with...

It's 93 degrees Fahrenheit where I am, and my ducks are all panting. They have a nice big pond to swim in, but they're all napping in the shade right now. Anything I can do to help cool them off?

I've read a few things about autistic people being particularly receptive to ducks. Someone should do a study on that I have a cousin with autism, so I'll suggest we have them over to see my ducks sometime! (I have a gigantic family so I haven't even met half of them!) Animals do help people...