Ok last week I shared that I thought my gosling got squished and died. Well later that day I lost a duckling and realized it was possibly the feed. I'm guessing it was either bad or it had gotten some medicated chick feed in it. So I dumped all the duck feed in the trash and all was well....for a few days. It's been in the upper 80's to 90's for weeks. Sunday it was pushing 100 then it turned cold with highs around 60 lows 40ish with rain. I lost 3 ducklings bam,bam,bam. I'm guessing maybe cocci. I treated after the 1st but it was apparently too late. Cocci sucks. The weird part is those 3 chose to sleep inside with the chickens near the chicks heat lamp that first cold night. The surviving duck and goose stayed out in their little shelter in the covered run. I felt guilty leaving them there that night. That's where they've been living since they got too big for their little brooder though. Now I'm trying to figure out if the 3 sleeping inside was the first sign of illness and I missed it or if they got into something or something happened to them (from the chickens) over night.
My next email will be discussing the feed.
Marla
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