Call Duck limping**** please answer

[PoultryGirly]

I have a female black call duck that is limping. It's not bad, but it's just enough to call it a "limp". She acts perfectly normal and eats and drinks. We looked at her foot and didn't see anything. She roams around in a pen with another small duck (that came with her) and a 3 month-old GLW chicken. She also had water or snot on her beak. Is she okay?

 

[PoultryGirly]

She also hasn't layed an egg before.

 

[Cochin378]

If there were scab like things on the bottom of her foot I would say that she has Bumble foot.Is there anything swollen on her leg or her foot?
Usually waterfowl are much more disease resistant than chickens or turkeys. If you think the duck has something wrong with it I would isolate it immediately and put it in a separate cage far away from your other birds. I would also make sure to sanitize the pen that the duck was living in. Hopefully this helps.

 

[PoultryGirly]

I don't really think she has a disease. And, I'm glad that it is more rare for a duck to get a disease. I hope she just a bruise on her foot. She has black feet, too.

 

[PoultryGirly]

Is there any disease for ducks that involves these symptoms????

 

[PoultryGirly]

anyone else??

 

[ejctm]

Could you post a photo of the top and bottom of her foot. It may help people identify the problem

 

[PoultryGirly]

I will when/if I get a chance. She seems like she's doing better.

 

[PoultryGirly]

Anyone else have advice. She is pretty much doing the same. Does/could limping be a sign of being egg bound? She hasn't layed an egg, as I stated.