Duck limping with no visible injures?

[Miss Cheep]

Hello, I have a young male muscovy who is limping. He is about 2 and a half months old. I have checked his foot he is favoring for injuries, no signs of bumblefoot. I also felt his legs for swelling. Nothing. He also usually doesn't hang out with his siblings or any other ducks we have. What is wrong with him?

 

[nuthatched]

He could be vitamin deficient, what do you feed him?
Or maybe he pulled something.

 

[Isadora]

He's limping but does not seem weak? My first thought would be he probably strained it, but a vitamin deficiency is also possible if you aren't supplementing.

 

[Miss Cheep]

He could be vitamin deficient, what do you feed him?
Or maybe he pulled something.

We feed him Egg maker 15 pellets, as we do with all our ducks.

 

[nuthatched]

We feed him Egg maker 15 pellets, as we do with all our ducks.

You need duck feed or all flock with duck supplements for your ducks, especially the males, the extra calcium and layer feed is hard on them plus there's not enough protein.

 

[Bochama]

Hello. My pekin duck had the same issue. He was limping and had a slight bow leg. We started niacin supplement immediately and he improved over the weeks. If niacin is not available u can also use brewer's yeast.

 

[Miss Cheep]

You need duck feed or all flock with duck supplements for your ducks, especially the males, the extra calcium and layer feed is hard on them plus there's not enough protein.

Thank you! Do you know the best place to buy duck food from? Also, where do you get niacin?

 

[nuthatched]

Thank you! Do you know the best place to buy duck food from? Also, where do you get niacin?

If you have a tractor supply or rural king in your area, even if they don't have duck feed in stock, they can order it in. Brewers yeast contains niacin, I think.

 

[Bochama]

Thank you! Do you know the best place to buy duck food from? Also, where do you get niacin?

Either brewers yeast or nutritional yeast. U can get nutritional yeast from mart easily

 

[Miss Cheep]

Either brewers yeast or nutritional yeast. U can get nutritional yeast from mart easily

Thank you! I went to the store yesterday looking for brewers yeast, but I couldn't find any! Thanks again!