Duckling feet turned in...

[DuckyDonna]

Yes! Love the ease of shelf liner in the brooder

I know right! just hose it off everyday, let it dry and good as new!

 

[bex1983]

Not relevant, but is that shelf liner? My babies LOVE to sit on some shelf liner.

I also have old cloth diapers underneath the shelf liner

 

[WVduckchick]

What an adorable duckling!

Hopefully the B complex will do the trick. I’m not sure what else to suggest.

You could possibly try to make some booties with a splint and wrap them in the direction they should go. If it isn’t causing too much problem, it may not ever be perfect. I have one that hatched with the webs folded under, it walks with its foot folded backwards. The ankle won’t bend the right direction. I tried all kinds of braces and nothing worked. He’s getting along just fine anyway.

 

[bex1983]

What an adorable duckling!

Hopefully the B complex will do the trick. I’m not sure what else to suggest.

You could possibly try to make some booties with a splint and wrap them in the direction they should go. If it isn’t causing too much problem, it may not ever be perfect. I have one that hatched with the webs folded under, it walks with its foot folded backwards. The ankle won’t bend the right direction. I tried all kinds of braces and nothing worked. He’s getting along just fine anyway.

Well this guy must get around just fine because when I woke up this morning, he and only he was on TOP of the den I keep in there peeping away at me (I have a baking rack covered with fleece to kind of make a den...my ducklings all have seemed to like it. I didn’t have the heating pad to use instead of a heat lamp but thought it was still a dark place they could go the pic below is the one in with my first batch of ducklings this year, don’t seem to have a pic of the current ducks den, but that gives an idea at least)

 

[Miss Lydia]

Well isn’t that good news. They look so relaxed on top!!

 

[bex1983]

Well isn’t that good news. They look so relaxed on top!!

Yes! That batch did not like getting bigger, they used to push each other off while squeezing themselves into the pile lol...there were 7 in there...this time around there are only 3 babies

 

[Miss Lydia]

So sweet how they sleep.