3 w/o duckling with splay leg now has a patch with no fur

[injeniera]

Hi everyone! I hope someone can help me!! I have 3 ducklings, they are around 3 weeks old.

About a week ago, one of the ducklings had a weird leg and I read I had to supplement their feed with niacin, 'cause where I live there is no specific food for ducks and they are eating baby chick food. We supplemented inmediately, and 24 - 36 hours later, he was fine... but then! About 2 to 3 days later, another ducklings leg twisted, it was straight behind him! So we used the bandaid trick, and he started getting up a little...
That was like, 3 days ago, and the thing is that now he has a patch with no fur, and I'm a bit worried... should I be concerned? The other 2 ducklings are thriving!! I've seen him eat and drink... what could it be?

The cage has a puppy pad as a base and 2 cm of shaving for bedding

I hope someone can help me

This is the furless patch:

Here he is "standing up" with a little help (he does it on his own sometimes)

 

[Eggcessive]

B complex tablets work pretty well with niacin and riboflavin deficiencies. They can be crushed into a small amount of food, water, or just given 1/4 to 1/2 tablet daily. You can injectable liquid b complex at feed stores and give it orally. @Miss Lydia might have more suggestions.

 

[injeniera]

B complex tablets work pretty well with niacin and riboflavin deficiencies. They can be crushed into a small amount of food, water, or just given 1/4 to 1/2 tablet daily. You can injectable liquid b complex at feed stores and give it orally. @Miss Lydia might have more suggestions.

You think it still is B vitamin deficiency? They are receiving Brewer's Yeast...

 

[Eggcessive]

Brewers yeast is full of B vitamins, so that should be enough, although I don’t know the dosage. Have there ever been any issues with the legs right after they hatched? I am more of a chicken person, so hopefully others will help. There is also the duck forum that you can post on for more help.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Brewers yeast and Nutritional yeast is good for helping them not to come down with niacin def but there always seems to be one or 2 that still need more help. That is where B complex comes into play. Get them on the liquid B complex TSC carries it and it will say injectable but we all use it orally for our water fowl. Here is info and dosage for age of your ducklings. Usually depending on how long this has been going on determines how long it takes to see full recovery but we have seen it in less than a week.

Where is this bald patch? Have you noticed anyone nibbling on this duckling?

more info https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/nutritional-yeast-vs-brewers-yeast.1393856/

 

[injeniera]

Thank you for your replies!!

The patch is on the back of the neck, right under his head... I haven't seen nibbling :-/

 

[Miss Lydia]

Are you beginning to see any new pin feathers starting to come in asking because when they begin to lose their down they can have bald patches.

 

[injeniera]

Nope.... I've seen that, I've had chickens and ducks before. He's definitely bald there

 

[Miss Lydia]

Lets see if we can get more help. I've had many duckling look very sparse with their down when they are young before pin feathers start coming in but I don't want to tell you it's nothing to worry about if it is.
@HollowOfWisps

 

[injeniera]

So, if there's still someone around... The little duckling is still alive, but his leg is twisted. I can't seem to get it fixed!! I've been bracing him but, it worked a bit and now he seems back to his initial status .... I was using tape but it doesn't seem to be doing the job.
The bedding is still pine shavings