Duck has a broken leg!

[Tweetie the ameraucana]

Hello this my first time posting...might not be useful information, but my sister dropped my baby duckling from up high and it hasn't affected her until a couple days ago... my mom wants to kill her, she can hardly stand and swim and is very depressed...anything I can do? sorry if my spelling is wrong, I'm really in a rush!

 

[MelissaRose]

@Pyxis @aart @WVduckchick any help?

I'm sure some help will come soon! but I don't know anything about ducklings!

 

[aart]

More info would help.
How old is duckling?
Can you post pics and/or video(post on youtube, then link here)
Duck was walking fine for 2 days after drop and only now is struggling?
Is duckling eating and drinking on it's own?

 

[Pyxis]

In addition to what aart asked, what are you feeding the ducklings? It's unlikely that it had a broken leg that just now started affecting it after having been dropped several days ago, but a niacin deficiency could easily be causing leg issues.

 

[Tweetie the ameraucana]

Aflack is eating and drinking fine by herself, and I think she is...Maybe about 2 or 3 months old? She got hurt at about 3 weeks old, I think.

 

[ChickenyChickeny]

pics of duckling's leg?
is it visibly bent out of shape?

 

[Pyxis]

Aflack is eating and drinking fine by herself, and I think she is...Maybe about 2 or 3 months old? She got hurt at about 3 weeks old, I think.

Okay yes, there's no way she broke her leg at three weeks old and just now at three months it's bothering her with no signs of a break until now. Unless you're saying she broke it then and was affected but now it's even worse? What are you feeding?

 

[Tweetie the ameraucana]

Bless all of you for helping, I think I’m being useless..she’s gotten better but not as good as great. She walked a bit, bracing herself. Maybe she will get better!

 

[aart]

She may have 'sprained' it, have had birds do that.

If limp is really bothering them by inhibiting their normal activities too much, I will isolate them in a crate to 'force' rest for a day or two. Letting them out late in day, an hour before roost time, to give them a stretch and evaluate their mobility, then decide if they need another day and put them back in crate off roost after dark. Repeat stretch and eval the next day until they are better. Keep crate in coop so bird can remain 'with' the flock. It can take weeks for limp to completely go away.

These are the crates I use:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...rates-a-good-tool-for-every-chickeneer.72619/