Duckling having balance issues

[WannaBeHillBilly]

My husband has corrected me she is 3 weeks! Excuse that misinformation.
To sum it up, she needs ca-gluconate 3 times daily, 1 ml, no vitamin c foods. I am going to purchase some nutritional yeast to sub out the brewers yeast and grind meal worms into food, is this an acceptable source of niacin? Lots of water time and definitely no chairs! Thanks for the wonderful advice.

Three weeks!? - Even better!
Try the meal-worms hole, she should be old enough. Count your fingers after feeding! Meal-worms are also referred to as "duck-crack". I would feed her on with some meal-worms to "hook" her, then soak the meal-worms in that Ca-Gluconate solution and feed her. Brewers yeast does not contain as much Niacin as many people think, those Vitamin B-complex solutions are much more concentrated and as said: Cannot overdose.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

I know that's why I was so confused on her age. I raised 4 before her that were not nearly so big at that age.

Are you sure that she is a Pekin? - If her bill is more pink/fleshy, she is more likely a White Layer. Those grow even faster than Pekins!

 

[AmberLittlejohn]

Three weeks!? - Even better!
Try the meal-worms hole, she should be old enough. Count your fingers after feeding! Meal-worms are also referred to as "duck-crack". I would feed her on with some meal-worms to "hook" her, then soak the meal-worms in that Ca-Gluconate solution and feed her. Brewers yeast does not contain as much Niacin as many people think, those Vitamin B-complex solutions are much more concentrated and as said: Cannot overdose.

Wonderful you are a life saver! Will be making tractor supply run first thing! Thank you so much for everything! Will post updates about how she does on this regime.

 

[AmberLittlejohn]

Are you sure that she is a Pekin? - If her bill is more pink/fleshy, she is more likely a White Layer. Those grow even faster than Pekins!

Not sure at all. Got her straight run and assumed I was getting a pekin. Picked the smallest lightest one of the set and assumed I was getting a tiny duck. Her bill is pink which had me concerned 2 weeks ago she was vitamin deficient which led to me super dosing vitamins on her at that point.

 

[FluffTheDuck]

Probably a white layer she’s huge. This is my 5, almost 6, week old duck, smokey.
She was about 1 month in that photo

 

[AmberLittlejohn]

One last question! Husband is super concerned about her still, do you think that following your instructions exactly will lead to full or near recovery?

 

[AmberLittlejohn]

Probably a white layer she’s huge. This is my 5, almost 6, week old duck, smokey.
She was about 1 month in that photo
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We were thinking she was a big ol bessy!

 

[FluffTheDuck]

One last question! Husband is super concerned about her still, do you think that following your instructions exactly will lead to full or near recovery?

Probably

 

[FluffTheDuck]

A good prayer is always comforting.

 

[AmberLittlejohn]

A good prayer is always comforting.
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Thank you!