HELP! Ducks having trouble walking, dying after several days

[Miss Lydia]

Just trying to eliminate so far we haven't done very good. I'd like to ask @casportpony in but we need a poop picture.

 

[aosquid]

Just trying to eliminate so far we haven't done very good. I'd like to ask @casportpony in but we need a poop picture.

Okay, I'll get one to you next time she poops. It may take a bit.

I am going to supplement the ducks' diet with brewers yeast for now in case a Niacin deficiency is the problem.

 

[onaharley]

i am so sorry for your losses.

This one is out of my wheelhouse but i'll keep praying for your ducks.

 

[aosquid]

Poop pics and April pic.

She did it as I was carrying her to a fresh sheet of newspaper where I could get a photo with good lighting

It was not like this last night. It is not solid, still rather soft, but several pieces of marble-sized droppings instead of normal duck droppings.

 

[aosquid]

Edit: April is inside the house, she is getting worse. She still has energy, an appetite, and her grumpy attitude, but she is relying more on her wings for support. She also seems more tired than usual - not lethargic yet, but sleepy. She is not pooping much and she is holding her neck oddly. Her neck looks just like this case with one of my others duck a while ago (https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/duck-collapsing-holding-neck-oddly-lump.1230208/) With the other duck it disappeared overnight, but with April I am worried that it may be the onset of the paralysis that the male duck had before he passed. Based on the other ducks that passed, she might pass overnight or sometimes tomorrow. I do not think she will make it past Friday if I can't figure it out.

 

[onaharley]

Can you post a video of what she is doing?

 

[aosquid]

Sorry for the low quality - it would have taken forever to upload otherwise.

Her clucks are very soft compared to how they usually are - she's normally loud and grumpy. She didn't want to stand for the video. I felt her crop but no hard lumps, she ate dinner earlier. I can feel her bones pretty easily though.

 

[DuckyDonna]

Sorry for the low quality - it would have taken forever to upload otherwise.

Her clucks are very soft compared to how they usually are - she's normally loud and grumpy. She didn't want to stand for the video. I felt her crop but no hard lumps, she ate dinner earlier. I can feel her bones pretty easily though.

A couple of my runner girls had that happen while they were molting. It was like their necks were an "S"! They were all hunched over and used their wings to walk. They got better without doing anything.

 

[aosquid]

A couple of my runner girls had that happen while they were molting. It was like their necks were an "S"! They were all hunched over and used their wings to walk. They got better without doing anything.

Okay, that would explain several things. She's at the age where she would be going through a molt. However, she is losing a lot of weight and showing similar symptoms to the other ducks that passed.

 

[DuckyDonna]

Okay, that would explain several things. She's at the age where she would be going through a molt. However, she is losing a lot of weight and showing similar symptoms to the other ducks that passed.

Ya, that's the only thing that is different. I was SURE my girls were dying last year when they molted. I didn't know anything about the molting process. They looked like hell! Raggedy, hunched over, could hardly walk, no eggs