A duck can't walk or even stand on its feet!

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Hello! I have three white ducks who are all 2 months old. They all eat the same everyday as they spend their time together and go anywhere together. I provide them with grinded corn and soybeas, bread mixed with water, in addition to them eating grass, fruits, and insects in the yard... They all are of the same size and all look healthy but one of them is currently strggling to stand on its feet. It is not able to walk or swim as well. It only stay on the same position and eating less than before. Its poo looks normal like the other ducks. The problem started 2 days ago when this duck was hardly walking and now unable to stand!
The legs look normal like the others as well.
The injured duck is the dirty one on the right side of the picture.
 

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:welcome!

It sounds like their diet has not been correct. Where do you live? Do you have access to a chick starter, or better yet, an all flock feed? Because that's what they should be eating. Ducklings require a lot of niacin to prevent leg issues like your one is now having. I recommend immediately getting them a proper starter feed or all flock feed and adding niacin to it as well. Brewer's yeast is a good source of niacin, and I would recommend picking some up to add to whatever feed you get for them.
 

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