Duck having trouble walking

[Heather Ryczek]

On Sunday I noticed my duck (3 years old) was having trouble walking. She gets off balance easily and falls over. After we examined her we noticed her dew claw was bleeding. She is in a Coop with chickens and will try and get in the nesting boxes to sleep. Not sure if she injured herself trying to get into nestinf box or injured herself when she gets off blance. She as been changed in our garage since with little change. She eating and drinking. Her feet look good other wise. This is my 1st post Im not sure how to add a video! Any help is appreciated Thanks

 

[Miss Lydia]

Did you clean up her foot wash in betadine then get a good look at the claw that got torn. They can bleed a lot and also be very sore. You can let her soak in some Warm water and Epsom sat mixed in that can help with healing and swelling

FYI Epsom salt is also a laxative so best to not let them drink the water. I use a bucket or plastic dish pan for soaking. Holding onto them so they keep both feet in.

 

[Heather Ryczek]

Thank for your advice. I did give her a bath to clean her up. She almost acts drunk. She has been couped due to the cold weather so there is no way she could have gotten into anything.

 

[Miss Lydia]

What are you feeding? acting drunk makes me think she has gotten into a toxin of some kind.

Check your feed does it look and smell like the other times you have used it?

What treats if any do you give?

 

[Heather Ryczek]

Layer pellets. Same she has always had. I give them scratch but it was all ok. She will walk ok for a bit then start to loose her balance then fall over backwards. I took a few videos but having a hard time uploading them.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Maybe this will help
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-attachments-images-to-the-new-byc.1174493/


Could she have inured herself some how?

 

[chickens really]

Hmmm...Could be arthritis?...Deficancy in nutrition...?

 

[casportpony]

Layer pellets. Same she has always had. I give them scratch but it was all ok. She will walk ok for a bit then start to loose her balance then fall over backwards. I took a few videos but having a hard time uploading them.

Welcome to BYC! To post a video you have to upload to youtube or vimeo then copy/paste the link here.

 

[Heather Ryczek]

Welcome to BYC! To post a video you have to upload to youtube or vimeo then copy/paste the link here.

Thank you!

 

[Heather Ryczek]

Video of her walking. What vitamin would she be deficient in? Thanks