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    Please help me - Ducklings hatching with fused joints

    I’ve hatched from the incubator but my duck is also hatching outside, due in a bout a weeks time, it is most definitely a fused joint, already checked the boxes I just don’t know the cause, I know there is no fix and I’m really distraught because I know I’ll have to cull them but I really don’t...
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    Please help me - Ducklings hatching with fused joints

    I don’t know what has happened or what to do but my most recent hatch of ducklings have come out with fused joints right at the knee… my duck which lays the egg has made no change to her routine, she eats the same, same male duck she breeds with. I don’t know what to do, 3 of 7 were meant to be...
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    Help! Possible fused hock joint or slipped tendon

    Don’t worry I will! Both me and my partner have been trying to condition her with water so she is more confident in it so she can be a duck lol! Water therapy seems to be helping the joint some more, even though it’s fused when she uses it in water it gives alittle more ‘give’ if that makes...
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    Help! Possible fused hock joint or slipped tendon

    So I have determined it is definitely a fused joint, there is very very little movement in her hock joint, I also posted this on Facebook and have had many comments saying to euthanise but have decided against it as I’ve seen some great threads on here suggesting if she is happy, healthy and...
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    Help! Possible fused hock joint or slipped tendon

    Photo attached above for reference, this little love is a pure Indian runner, under 48hours old. Unfortunately she’s hatched with her leg stuck like this.. unsure if it is a fused joint or slipped tendon at this point.. joint is rather stiff, not a whole lot of movement, can very gently stretch...
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