Duckling seems to have injured leg

[holiday hawk]

We just got our first four ducks in the mail today. One seems to have a a hurt leg. She can walk, but tries to put as much weight as possible on the left leg instead of the right leg. Looking at them, the right leg does not seem swollen or "bent" out of place. I'm hoping it's just sprained from shipping since they were in the mail system 2 days instead of one, it maybe she is just feeling weird after getting out of the box. Here is what she looks like walking:

https://giphy.com/gifs/jH42ZNKps6sxDOyvZa

 

[nuthatched]

Could be niacin deficiency from the shipping, brewers yeast or supplements from the grocery store are worth a shot

 

[Miss Lydia]

Might also treat it as splay leg @CoriM
I'd def get them on a niacin supplement Nutritional yeast is my preference if you go with Brewers yeast make sure it has B3 in it[niacin]
https://duckdvm.com/condition/splay-leg

 

[CoriM]

I guess if it was me I would make a tiny hobble using small strips of vet wrap to hold her legs into proper position, get her started on a niacin supplement like others said, and just keep her in a small area close to food and water and the other babies so she doesn't have to walk very far while her leg strengthens. When I made the hobbles I wrapped a little loop of vet wrap around each leg, then used a loop to go around both legs pulling them into proper position. At her young age you might just need to do that for a couple days.

 

[holiday hawk]

Thank you for all the advice so far, their food has some nutritional yeast in it already, so hopefully that starts to go to work soon! We also noticed they were yanking at each others' legs a lot, it turned out they were going for the bands on the golden layers and khaki's feed (I'd say the hatchery put it on the make it easier to tell those 3 apart from each other), as soon as we took the bands off they stopped going for each other legs, maybe she was just yanked at a little too much since she still had the band on at the time.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Watch her close if splay it needs to be corrected

 

[holiday hawk]

Watch her close if splay it needs to be corrected

If that's what it is, can you recommend a way to fix it? I've seen lots of different things online from tying the legs together, to putting the duckling in a sock, to putting them in a jar, and more.

 

[Miss Lydia]

There is this https://duckdvm.com/condition/splay-leg
and CoriM told you how she did it. Post #4

http://www.poultrypedia.com/poultry-podiatry this link if you scroll down once you get it up will show you a picture of one with hobbles

 

[holiday hawk]

I guess if it was me I would make a tiny hobble using small strips of vet wrap to hold her legs into proper position, get her started on a niacin supplement like others said, and just keep her in a small area close to food and water and the other babies so she doesn't have to walk very far while her leg strengthens. When I made the hobbles I wrapped a little loop of vet wrap around each leg, then used a loop to go around both legs pulling them into proper position. At her young age you might just need to do that for a couple days.

I missed this scrolling through responses; thank you! Hopefully a few days and she's better.

 

[holiday hawk]

Update: she is doing better; idk if it's the hobbles or B3 in her diet but something seems to be working. We've also been putting her in a cup several times a day. It's still a little splayed, but she can already run and stand so much better!