Day old Duckling's Feet are Curled Under

[The Widow Flanagan]

One of the eggs I gave my FIL for his incubator at the end of March hatched yesterday. I went over tonight to see and the cute little guy's feet are curled up in a ball. He bops around unsteadily, but I don't remember my ducks having this problem last year. Of course, mine were 3 days old from the feed store.

Is this something he'll grow out of? Or is he crippled for life? He's a pekin/rouen cross.

Give your birds Diatomaceous Earth. Baby Ducks lack silica. I cured many a duck/chix with DE. I take it myself! I coat their food with it. All my animals get DE. FOOD GRADE ONLY!