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Old 09/08/09, 03:47 PM
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What diseases if any do ducks get?

I have 4 full grown Pekings; 4 mostly full grown Mallards(the male is still getting his green head feathers in) and I am wondering if they get as many diseases as chickens seem to get. When I did a search online; I came up with nothing on any duck diseases, and as this is my first time with ducks, I wanted to make sure I knew what to keep an eye out for.

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Old 09/08/09, 04:18 PM
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http://www.duckhealth.com/duckhlth.html

Here you go.

In general, just keeping them in adequate quarters and providing nourishing food and plenty of fresh water prevents most diseases.
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Old 09/08/09, 06:38 PM
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Thank you so much for that information; at least the list is a lot smaller than the list for chickens. I will need to do a better job of cleaning out their wading pool, I try and clean it out as often as I can. But what it the GA summer it has been sort of hard and I can't clean it out every day.
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Old 09/08/09, 08:29 PM
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I wouldn't worry about it excessively. Just give reasonable care and they should be fine.
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