Duck That Just Had Ducklings Limping?!

[DaffytheDuck20]

Hi all,
So, about 2 days ago our Cayuga x Pekin duck hatched out 2 ducklings (and also adopted a deformed ducklings from my work which is now like one of her own) She is a very good mother, showing her babies where the water and food is, keeping them warm, and doing motherly things. Then yesterday I still noticed that she was lying down heaps, maybe form the transition of broodiness and laying on the nest, to raising babies? Then I realised that on one of her legs, (I think her right?) she isn't putting any pressure on as it must be very painful to stand. What could it be? She went from sitting on legs to a nice contained area that is safe for her babies. And I don't really want to touch her to much because she gets very stressed when we meddle with her+babies.

There is no visible injury but when I did get hold of her and was feeling the leg she reacted to the knee...

-also if you want a video just telling you now I can't get videos on here

What should I do??

 

[Debbie292d]

Hi!

I went through this exact same thing with one of ours, and bought some nutritional yeast for her. I put about a tablespoon in an ice cream bucket of feed. I also got back to giving them frozen peas (high in naicin). She gradually improved and took about two weeks to get back to normal.

We continue now to mix a little of the yeast in their food and give them Poultry Cell in their water bucket once a week.

Hopefully, this will do the trick!

Oh, and to post a video, you just need to post it on YouTube or in our Gallery (tab above), then paste the link here.

 

[DaffytheDuck20]

Hi!

I went through this exact same thing with one of ours, and bought some nutritional yeast for her. I put about a tablespoon in an ice cream bucket of feed. I also got back to giving them frozen peas (high in naicin). She gradually improved and took about two weeks to get back to normal.

We continue now to mix a little of the yeast in their food and give them Poultry Cell in their water bucket once a week.

Hopefully, this will do the trick!

Oh, and to post a video, you just need to post it on YouTube or in our Gallery (tab above), then paste the link here.

Hello!! Do you think duckling feed (with all the added goods in it for ducklings) will be equivalent to nutritional yeast? And yes will be giving her some peas!! Hopefully her being isolated with her babies will help as well

Thank you!!

 

[DaffytheDuck20]

I went through this exact same thing with one of ours,

Do you think its like a dead-leg thing they get after being broody? Like if we were to sit down for a long time and our legs get all funny?

 

[Debbie292d]

Do you think its like a dead-leg thing they get after being broody? Like if we were to sit down for a long time and our legs get all funny?

That I'm not sure of. Makes sense though!

For our dog that has a stiff leg for a while after lying down, we give glucosamine treats, and that helps.

I'd just pick up some yeast, either Brewers or Nutritional, and give them all a boost now and then. Can't hurt and might help!