Duckling with Curled Foot.

[Zip]

Hi everyone.
I have a week old duckling with a curled foot. I have read a few different posts from people dealing with the same situation that suggest making a credit card cut out of the ducklings foot, than using it as a base to tape the foot flat. I have been doing this with my little guy but it doesn't seem to be helping much. The tape helps the foot stays flat, but the duckling still ends up walking on the toes and with the tape the foot turns inward. I'm not sure if this is a normal part of the healing, if you can even call it that, or if there is a bigger issue that just the curled foot. If anyone can give me some insight it would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Eggcessive]

This is probably a riboflavin (vitamin B2) deficiency, and adding poultry vitamins or a B Complex tablet to a gallon of water daily would help. You could also use PolyVisol baby vitamins 3 drops daily by mouth instead. I would also tape the toes and check it daily. Here are some links: http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/02/spraddle-leg-in-baby-chicks-what-is-it.html
https://sites.google.com/a/poultrypedia.com/poultrypedia/poultry-podiatry

 

[Amiga]

I don't think I can add anything much to what Eggcessive wrote, we see this somewhat regularly over on the duck forum.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/42/ducks

Please feel free to check in on the Duck Forum

And many thanks to Eggcessive for sharing this information - it has been helpful to many duckling keepers.