Help! Drooping wing

[Mollieb713]

Hi everyone! I'm a first time duck owner. In the past week or so I've noticed my 5 week old Pekin has one droopy wing. I feed them appropriate protein all flock maintainer food (I've done lots of research) as well as supplementing with nutritional yeast. So not sure if it could be the start of angel wing. She also has slight diarrhea in the past week, but I clean their brooder twice a day and constantly give them fresh water & my khaki Campbell is healthy & normal so I don't believe it's a bacteria issue? Somebody on Facebook said how she walks is concerning but I don't see how? She's a little pigeon toed but she can run, she swims great, she doesn't trip, and she doesn't lay down a lot. I have a video that shows the wing as well as her walking (not sure how to attach it) Any advice on how to help her wing is greatly appreciated! I try so hard to be a perfect duck mom but I'm at a loss

 

[Isaac 0]

Welcome to BackYard Chickens!

A video of her walking and the droopy wing would be great, upload it to youtube or Vimeo and then copy/paste the link here. If she is walking pigeon-toed she should be started on B Complex, for more info, please read here.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/niacin-deficiency-in-waterfowl.1367557/

 

[Mollieb713]

Thanks! Here's the video

 

[Isaac 0]

The droopy wing may be caused by the pin feathers coming in, which is common around that age. I can definitely see the pigeon-toed type walking to her feet. Would you read the link I provided of its entirety, I would suggest starting her on B complex to correct the walking.

 

[Mollieb713]

Yes thank you so much! She seems so otherwise happy & healthy. Now is it safe for my healthy khaki Campbell to also take the B complex? I'm not sure how I'd be able to keep them apart or have them eat separate food.

 

[Isaac 0]

Yes thank you so much! She seems so otherwise happy & healthy. Now is it safe for my healthy khaki Campbell to also take the B complex? I'm not sure how I'd be able to keep them apart or have them eat separate food.

Completely safe for your Khaki even if she isn't showing symptoms.