1 yo female pekin suddenly not walking

[Mharman0930]

Hello. My 1 yo female Pekin is suddenly not herself this past wk. I knew something was wrong when our 4 chickens tried attacking her. I isolated her in a pool on deck. My 5 yo male Pekin is completely fine. She mentally is fine and Quite fiesty eating worms peas cucumbers. She swims fine but pooping white and green. The issue is she is using her wings to balance and walk but was walking a little the past few days but today now she won’t stand all the way up and only half standing on legs. I have given her as much nutridrench I get trick her into by putting peas in the bowl. I also sprinkled some powder of pic below. I had a prior female duck who had issues too for years with walking she would fall all over so now I’m scared it’s happening again!! Why only the female not male which makes me rule out any food or water in our pond concerns. My chickens share the all flock layer pellet food and they lay eggs just fine. I seperate feed my 2 ducks duck food here every other day ish. My female duck prior had egg laying issues and now she does too she was laying soft eggs. Prior to the walking issue she hasn’t laid eggs and for a bit were soft and smashed. I tried crumbling cooked egg shells in her food but she eats around them. I can’t go through this again my prior duck live til 6 and for 3 years couldn’t walk right we always had to go out and flip her back over. Is there anything else I’m missing her feet look healthy too and she doesn’t look egg bound her vent is closed I can’t see anything.

 

[CoriM]

I'm so sorry! Maybe it's just a sprain or strain. Help her rest it for a few days by keeping her in a smallish area with easy access to everything she needs. I did have this happen with a 3 year old pekin and she never walked again without assistance. I ended up euthanizing her after a couple months of carrying her around. I think their legs are just weak for their heavy bodies. They are bred to be harvested at 8 weeks You could definitely try the liquid vitamin B complex - give 1 ml a day over treats. That is best for emergency fast effectiveness.

 

[Mharman0930]

I'm so sorry! Maybe it's just a sprain or strain. Help her rest it for a few days by keeping her in a smallish area with easy access to everything she needs. I did have this happen with a 3 year old pekin and she never walked again without assistance. I ended up euthanizing her after a couple months of carrying her around. I think their legs are just weak for their heavy bodies. They are bred to be harvested at 8 weeks You could definitely try the liquid vitamin B complex - give 1 ml a day over treats. That is best for emergency fast effectiveness.

Thank you! She was standing and walking at first thought when she first started to not be well so I’m guessing it couldn’t be a strain. I only have the injectable vitamin B I read I can’t give that orally so I’ll go to store and find a liquid one tmrw. Thanks and so sorry to hear about your duck. I hate that I hatched a jumbo pekin - I only did it because we took in a jumbo male pekin in who is 5 now and we would need a female that could handle him mating. Never again jumbo pekins ugh

 

[CoriM]

Thank you! She was standing and walking at first thought when she first started to not be well so I’m guessing it couldn’t be a strain. I only have the injectable vitamin B I read I can’t give that orally so I’ll go to store and find a liquid one tmrw. Thanks and so sorry to hear about your duck. I hate that I hatched a jumbo pekin - I only did it because we took in a jumbo male pekin in who is 5 now and we would need a female that could handle him mating. Never again jumbo pekins ugh

The Durvet brand says injectable but you give it orally to ducks. Is that what you have?

 

[RouenDuckiesMom]

Hello. My 1 yo female Pekin is suddenly not herself this past wk. I knew something was wrong when our 4 chickens tried attacking her. I isolated her in a pool on deck. My 5 yo male Pekin is completely fine. She mentally is fine and Quite fiesty eating worms peas cucumbers. She swims fine but pooping white and green. The issue is she is using her wings to balance and walk but was walking a little the past few days but today now she won’t stand all the way up and only half standing on legs. I have given her as much nutridrench I get trick her into by putting peas in the bowl. I also sprinkled some powder of pic below. I had a prior female duck who had issues too for years with walking she would fall all over so now I’m scared it’s happening again!! Why only the female not male which makes me rule out any food or water in our pond concerns. My chickens share the all flock layer pellet food and they lay eggs just fine. I seperate feed my 2 ducks duck food here every other day ish. My female duck prior had egg laying issues and now she does too she was laying soft eggs. Prior to the walking issue she hasn’t laid eggs and for a bit were soft and smashed. I tried crumbling cooked egg shells in her food but she eats around them. I can’t go through this again my prior duck live til 6 and for 3 years couldn’t walk right we always had to go out and flip her back over. Is there anything else I’m missing her feet look healthy too and she doesn’t look egg bound her vent is closed I can’t see anything.

I'm so sorry...my duck Sugar had a similar problem. From what I've read, leg issues are common with Pekins because they are bred to grow so fast. It could possibly be a niacin deficiency. My ducks eat the all flock pellets as well, but it doesn't have enough niacin. But I buy them a supplement and that takes care of all the vitamins they need