jennybvcr
Songster
Hi! I'm just going to jump on this thread since I don't need to post ANOTHER thread about niacin deficiency... so here is my video! Three week old ducklings - about three days ago I noticed my smaller Welsh Harlequin wasn't as active as before. Well.. all three are a little lazier but I figured it is because they're growing and their feathers are coming in. That sounds exhausting.
Anyways, I noticed Jemima, the smaller WH, will walk around on her "knees" instead of standing all the way up and only when she MUST walk. She lays down in place to eat and drink, unlike the other two who will run back and forth from food to water. To note - she CAN walk, just prefers not to. When I took her out separately and placed her on the carpet she stood tall to look for her sisters and tried to get to them. So she isn't unable to walk... just not really interested in walking like the others are.
I haven't been supplementing with niacin because I was using a duck specific starter crumble (mannapro) but I'm wondering if that is the problem? I am going to head out and pick up some niacin tonight because from what I've read, it couldn't hurt.
So is that what I'm dealing with? Or is she just a lazy regular duckling? Or could it be something worse that I need to try and identify? Thanks for the help.
Anyways, I noticed Jemima, the smaller WH, will walk around on her "knees" instead of standing all the way up and only when she MUST walk. She lays down in place to eat and drink, unlike the other two who will run back and forth from food to water. To note - she CAN walk, just prefers not to. When I took her out separately and placed her on the carpet she stood tall to look for her sisters and tried to get to them. So she isn't unable to walk... just not really interested in walking like the others are.
I haven't been supplementing with niacin because I was using a duck specific starter crumble (mannapro) but I'm wondering if that is the problem? I am going to head out and pick up some niacin tonight because from what I've read, it couldn't hurt.
So is that what I'm dealing with? Or is she just a lazy regular duckling? Or could it be something worse that I need to try and identify? Thanks for the help.
