I know there are various chicken/duck forums, maybe backyard fowl? I'll try to ask a friend who is very involved with chickens (many of them have ducks too). They even have their own doggie door. LOL! I don't know where you are in the country, but I ran across an alert that Calif's results were all positive for West Nile this year (chickens are immune, the antibodies just show in their bloodwork). I don't know what the signs are. I do know the greatest danger at one time was the native bird population and not so much domesticated birds (I used to raise exotics - Lories specifically). But I will definatley ask my friend tonight because finding a good forum (like ECF) is your best bet for info.
One other option might be to check with the county extension website. There should be links to the veternarian site and often they will list if there are any 'nasties' as far as illness detected in the county or state (state vets have a list too, but ours isn't as informative).
I would think if there's a physical injury, that you'd see or detect it with a specific spot, as in the leg. It seems with the imbalance that something internal is going on. Keeping him seperate seems like a good idea for sure. I hate it when my animals show illness. I'd much rather be sick than them. At least I can communicate what's going on. That's so stressful.
I didn't know chickens were so "cruel". LOL! I used to have parakeets and cockateils that I'd have to watch because the parakeets were so much smarter that they'd take advantage of the cocketeils; like going for "free" rides on their tails (cause them to scream and run). Kids that never grow up.
Wow! Thanks! That would be so cool! If you have anything you need ro ask me if they need to know details pm me
My boyfriend thinks that it is a combination of him in the process of growing (he is awkward right now, because he is growing. He looks unproportionate, his legs are really long, his body is long, and his breasts are big.) and the chickens attacking him. He thinks the duck is just bruised up......and I hope he is right.
Chickens can be buttholes sometimes! Lol chickens have what many call a Pecking Order. The Pecking Order consists of at the very top: The Boss hen- she is the boss, she is allowed to peck every chicken in the flock and she gets first dibs on everything, and no other chicken can peck her, and then it goes down the line all the way to the lowest chicken of the pecking order, and every chicken can peck her and she gets to peck nobody.
I have had ducks with chickens and they normally do not bother the ducks this much. last year I had 2 ducks and 1 disappeared, the one duck that did not disappear started flocking with the chickens! It was funny! I really think she thought she was a chicken lol she was my favorite duck
I love birds! I had a cocketeil named Tweety, and he was so funny...and grumpy! He was mistreated before I got him. I got him before I was in the 6th grade and had him until I was 25. He died last year on April 4. He was already 2 or 4 when I got him. So he was 17 or 19 when he died. I still miss him sometimes. He loved whistling the andy Griffith song...lol He knew it before I got him. He used to stare in his mirror say pretty over and over to himself and say pretty bird a lot too. He also whistled you are my sunshine.
