Female ducks not quacking as much

[Hball]

Hello, it’s me again… right now I have 3 adult drakes and 2 adult laying females. The males quack constantly whenever they hear me come to them or see them. The females used to be the same way and quack quite a bit. Here lately I noticed my black Swedish doesn’t quack anymore. She just makes the sound when she gets excited but not a full quack. Now my Ancona female isn’t quacking either and she always would when picked up or when I came close by. I’m currently treating her for bumble and with antibiotics. Could it be stress from being with the males? Or could it be a respiratory infection?

What are some good vitamins or natural foods/spices to add to their diet?

I also have 9 ducklings around 2-3 weeks old that I am raising and hoping the majority turn out female. I tried vent sexing when they were a few days old soooo I’m hoping my predictions were right so I do not have to get rid of my males. When I’m out there I haven’t noticed the drakes being aggressive towards the females and they all sit together. I just don’t want them to be miserable.

I guess my main question is just regarding why the females are no longer quacking. They are both around 25 weeks old

 

[Miss Lydia]

My Runner drake talks all the time even when eating lol. My females seem to have times when they are more quacky than other times. if you can post a video of what your hearing from your females? If I pick any of my females up they don't quack.
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[Hball]

My Runner drake talks all the time even when eating lol. My females seem to have times when they are more quacky than other times. if you can post a video of what your hearing from your females? If I pick any of my females up they don't quack.
You'll have to load your video to youtube or another similar platform then copy and paste here.

I will try to get a video when I put them up this evening. It’s just something I had noticed because the females were always super honky up until a few weeks ago. The drakes constantly talk. One I’m treating with antibiotic for bumble and other than that she’s still acting normal and eating, laying, etc. The female black Swedish is acting fine and doesn’t present with any symptoms of being sick or lame. She just does her happy chirp sound when I let them out for the day or give treats but I haven’t actually hear her honk loudly in several weeks

 

[Hball]

Isn’t that the truth lol! I have iodine swabs and swab her entire foot after soaking and slather on ointment then cover with gauze and coban. I just got the baytril in so I started her on that yesterday.

 

[Hball]

Isn’t that the truth lol! I have iodine swabs and swab her entire foot after soaking and slather on ointment then cover with gauze and coban. I just got the baytril in so I started her on that yesterday.

She’s not limping or acting like it bothers her really. But I know it has to hurt!

 

[ruthhope]

My son has a virtually silent female pekin. She doesn't need to quack as she lives with a very noisy pekin female who was brooded with her and the drake. I wouldnt worry about the lack for quacking if your ducks are happy and healthy, eating and drinking, and pooping normally

 

[Hball]

My son has a virtually silent female pekin. She doesn't need to quack as she lives with a very noisy pekin female who was brooded with her and the drake. I wouldnt worry about the lack for quacking if your ducks are happy and healthy, eating and drinking, and pooping normally

My son has a virtually silent female pekin. She doesn't need to quack as she lives with a very noisy pekin female who was brooded with her and the drake. I wouldnt worry about the lack for quacking if your ducks are happy and healthy, eating and drinking, and pooping normally

I have started putting a tbsp of acv per gal of water that I’m going to do for a couple days a month and some granulated garlic on their feed and hope that will help boost their immune systems as well. Are there any other natural remedies? I read that I need to do probiotics in their water for a couple days after the antibiotic is finished for the one duck.

 

[Hball]

My Runner drake talks all the time even when eating lol. My females seem to have times when they are more quacky than other times. if you can post a video of what your hearing from your females? If I pick any of my females up they don't quack.
You'll have to load your video to youtube or another similar platform then copy and paste here.

This is the best I could get. My 3 year old wouldn’t stop talking but you can hear the black female making the like low quack hum sound.

 

[Miss Lydia]

They sure look healthy.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I use dried green oregano mixed in mines feed as a natural antibiotic. ACV once a week as a tonic. Get a probiotic to give her so the good bacteria gets reestablished in her gut once the Baytril is done