Advice please! Khaki with curled toes and legs

[sheebshelbs]

This baby is roughly a month old. I got it from tractor supply. Its legs and feet were straight when I brought it home and I didn’t notice when they started to curl. We did have an issue with a niacin deficiency but I corrected it and all three of mine have been fine ever since. I’m in the fence about culling the duckling or seeing if she’ll continue to thrive with the disability. I bought these ducks (one Pekin and the khakis) to give us eggs but I also love ducks and these are my babies. Ignore the mess on the floor in the video - I wanted to get one of the duckling walking.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Are you using Liquid B complex for niacin deficiency? If it isn't on slick wood floors can it navigate better?

 

[sheebshelbs]

Are you using Liquid B complex for niacin deficiency? If it isn't on slick wood floors can it navigate better?

I use brewers yeast and I had one other duckling that had a curled foot but once I started using the brewers yeast, its foot straightened out. This one’s legs are deformed and also has the curled feet. It doesn’t navigate any better on anything else.

 

[Quatie]

From the video it makes me think of a slipped tendon. On one side or the other side of the hock joint, you can feel for the tendon. It feels a bit like a string under the skin. The hock joint is what most people mistakenly assume is the ducks knee. When a slipped tendon occurs, it reduces the range of motion in the leg.

Still give the liquid B, but I would check and see if they have slipped tendon.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Yes do check for slipped tendon but please also get liquid B complex it is the best for niacin deficiency and they get over it quicker.
http://bcpoultryhobbyfarmingnetwork.weebly.com/fix-slipped-tendon.html

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/niacin-deficiency-in-waterfowl.1367557/