Minusthebuff
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- Dec 2, 2023
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Hello All,
So my 2 year old female muscovy duck (Pretty Girl) started vomiting "clear" liquid and some chicken feed tonight. I say "clear" because the color is clear now, the first few times it looked like it had a yellow tint to it. It was hard to tell because it was getting dark out at the time I was trying to get her to bed.
She would only vomit when she would do her broody peeps. She is currently laying and as far as I'm aware, she isn't egg-bound. None of the other ducks nor chickens are sick/vomiting. Pretty Girl did drink water when offered to her, I have not seen her poop or see her eat before this has happened. Although I'm assuming she was eating fine since I did see bits of the chicken feed in her vomit.
I don't know if she's vomiting because she's stressed - I did try getting her to go to the coop for bed, but decided against it as her nesting spot is behind a hydrangea bush by my house and it's well hidden that I don't think a predator would get her. (I normally don't allow this, but if it's because of stress, I don't want to make things worse)
Or could it possibly be that her crop is full? This has never happened before, so I'm not sure how her crop would get like that to the point she'd have to vomit. She free ranges all day, has access to water, and will sometimes eat the chicken feed that's in the coop.
Attached are screenshots from a video I took of her. Circled in red in the first picture is what she threw up in her nesting spot.
I was able to upload the video to youtube. In the video you can see some liquid come out of her mouth after she peeps.
Here is the link:
Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you for taking the time to read!!!!
So my 2 year old female muscovy duck (Pretty Girl) started vomiting "clear" liquid and some chicken feed tonight. I say "clear" because the color is clear now, the first few times it looked like it had a yellow tint to it. It was hard to tell because it was getting dark out at the time I was trying to get her to bed.
She would only vomit when she would do her broody peeps. She is currently laying and as far as I'm aware, she isn't egg-bound. None of the other ducks nor chickens are sick/vomiting. Pretty Girl did drink water when offered to her, I have not seen her poop or see her eat before this has happened. Although I'm assuming she was eating fine since I did see bits of the chicken feed in her vomit.
I don't know if she's vomiting because she's stressed - I did try getting her to go to the coop for bed, but decided against it as her nesting spot is behind a hydrangea bush by my house and it's well hidden that I don't think a predator would get her. (I normally don't allow this, but if it's because of stress, I don't want to make things worse)
Or could it possibly be that her crop is full? This has never happened before, so I'm not sure how her crop would get like that to the point she'd have to vomit. She free ranges all day, has access to water, and will sometimes eat the chicken feed that's in the coop.
Attached are screenshots from a video I took of her. Circled in red in the first picture is what she threw up in her nesting spot.
I was able to upload the video to youtube. In the video you can see some liquid come out of her mouth after she peeps.
Here is the link:
Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you for taking the time to read!!!!