11 week old Pekin duck started falling on its back.

[Christine6404]

When I flip him over he is very wobbly. Stays like this for a few hrs. Then next time you see him he is fine. Any suggestions. I started giving him liquid niacin about 5 days ago. Yesterday when I gave it to him he just sat down and it scared me so I put him in his pool. He got out with the others and seem fine.

 

[Isaac 0]

Hello, and Welcome to BYC!

Could you take a video of the duck, upload it to a video platform like Youtube or Vimeo, and copy/paste the link here?

Could you also post a picture of the Liquid Niacin you're using?

 

[Christine6404]

 

[Christine6404]

I started giving him 1cc orally. The last few days I have given him injections 1time per day 1cc.

 

[Christine6404]

When I give him a shot I lay him down on my lap back on my legs breast up. I feel the breast bone until it stops and inject it above the bone into the breast muscle.

 

[Christine6404]

Happy

Hello, and Welcome to BYC!

Could you take a video of the duck, upload it to a video platform like Youtube or Vimeo, and copy/paste the link here?

Could you also post a picture of the Liquid Niacin you're using?

Please look I took video and sent pics and explained everything I have done.

 

[Isaac 0]

I started giving him 1cc orally. The last few days I have given him injections 1time per day 1cc.

When I give him a shot I lay him down on my lap back on my legs breast up. I feel the breast bone until it stops and inject it above the bone into the breast muscle.

Happy

Please look I took video and sent pics and explained everything I have done.

At his age, the slightest of any improvement may take several weeks given how old he is. I also want to mention unless you are familiar with giving birds intramuscular injections I would conclude the use of doing so, and institute the use of giving him the medication orally, via 1ml syringe.

Here is a link regarding administering oral medications to poultry, in case you haven't read it.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...dications-to-all-poultry-and-waterfowl.73335/

This link here contains most of the information you're going to need when treating a bird for a niacin deficiency.

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

 

[Miss Lydia]

What a precious duck. Hopefully you’ll begin to see improvement soon! ❤