Hey all! I'm a very proud cayuga duck mama (4 of them little black footballs lol) and have been interested in backyard duck and hopefully soon chicken raising for some time. Coming to you from the beautiful northeast of the US. Saying hello and a very big thank you first and foremost for the information I have found here so far. You guys seem to be amazing sources of knowledge!
Some bad news, though: I arrived here after stumbling upon this thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...o-heal-a-duck-w-likely-aspergillosis.1517362/
...because one of my ducks, Vandie, has been having serious breathing problems I unfortunately did not really catch until Friday. She's a big girl and pants a lot in the summer heat. Took her to the only vet near me that said they could handle ducks, but they didn't know what was going on. I keep reading about aspergillosis and I'm convinced she has it, has had it for a while in fact, maybe months based on her little coughs/hiccups if those two are indeed related. Got some more treatment options lined up for the coming days for her, if at the very least to soothe her. That thread and a few others recommending Oxine, for example, have been so helpful.
Some bad news, though: I arrived here after stumbling upon this thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...o-heal-a-duck-w-likely-aspergillosis.1517362/
...because one of my ducks, Vandie, has been having serious breathing problems I unfortunately did not really catch until Friday. She's a big girl and pants a lot in the summer heat. Took her to the only vet near me that said they could handle ducks, but they didn't know what was going on. I keep reading about aspergillosis and I'm convinced she has it, has had it for a while in fact, maybe months based on her little coughs/hiccups if those two are indeed related. Got some more treatment options lined up for the coming days for her, if at the very least to soothe her. That thread and a few others recommending Oxine, for example, have been so helpful.
Glad you joined.
