30 day old Pekin or Pekin hybrid not walking, eating nor drinking

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13 Years
May 29, 2010
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I'm not asking what happened and how to fix it, more so if I should go ahead and put it down now or try and help it get better until butcher day, which is in 20 days, btw...
The other ducks managed to trample it and it hurt its hip or knee, I've isolated it w/its own food and water. It doesn't seem to eat and I had to hand feed/force feed it.
 
Personally I'd isolate the baby ( give it a mirror to keep it from getting lonely), give it Niacin, and keep a close eye on it. I can't tell from your post if the duckling is unable to move because of being trampled or was trampled because it couldn't walk.

Michelle
 
He was fine before I started moving them and they are all really heavy meat duckies, so he got trampled and now cannot walk.
I've already isolated him, put it into a large plastic half of a kennel so he can see and chat with his buddies, but his fatness won't let him just hop over and out.
I'm going to make scrambled eggs for them today, hopefully he will eat them on his own.
 
He's still not eating. Guess I will try again late tonight and if it doesn't work, I should butcher him while he has meat on his bones, no?
 
Well, he drowned himself after he passed out in the water. Tomorrow I will dress him for the dogs and cats. Even though he was a food animal, it's still sad...
 

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