HELP MY baby DUCKING IS WALKING ODDLY :(

[KAZROB]

Thanks for all your advice EVERYONE....NOW the UPDATE:
the best news ever, I started the Niacin and Brewers Yeast as mentioned yesterday and my lil duckling seemed to get plenty of it, as I put some peas and lettuce in the water as well and their other drinking water was topped up through out the day and then this morning I went out to let them out to free range with mum and all their other pals in the paddocks and OMG she was waddling away just beautifully, up and her legs and NO more scooter booting along on her belly almost...I was so amazed and so happy that her legs were working well today, and she was not sitting like she was and can keep up well...It is truly amazing, it was obviously a Niacin issue which I had NO idea about and just as you all thought and now I am educated to know about this and hope to not have any more issues! I am off to the grain store today to get a change of food for my ducklings....starter/grower or something for Ducklings if I can get specific? Once again THANKS and I am soooooooooooo happy to be apart of this site, with such information shares

 

[subhanalah]

I'm so happy for your little ducky! Congratulations. Please post pictures when you can since the emergency seems to be over and now we'd like to see pics of the little fuzzy butts!

 

[Amiga]

 

[Buck Oakes]

This happens to my male muscovy ducklings all the time, very gently do leg excersises pul the leg till it's extended then back again in a vertical circle pattern (like riding a bike), let it swim a lot, this strengthens legs muscles, also talk to it gently and really bond , get it to follow you and you'll eventually see improvement

 

[Buck Oakes]

I'm kinda late on advice

 

[subhanalah]

This is actually the first thread I've offered advice on here, IIRC. I'm glad everything worked out the way it did and I'm so thankful for the other people who helped. I was so distraught when i read this thread and so afraid that I would say the wrong thing, never having really posted to this community before. I'm glad there was a happy ending.
I guess I'm kind of like a duck I that sense. If you're going to get wet, may as well go swimming!
Honestly, this whole thread has been very emotional draining with all the worry. I'm so relieved! Thank you for letting us all know how things go!

 

[KAZROB]

I certainly will post pics, I am having trouble, but then I have a new computer, so it is probably just me.....THANK YOU for your help and concern and wonderful advice

 

[subhanalah]

Update? How's the patient? How are the other ducks?
Did you ever get it worked out how to post pictures?
There's a little square with a landscape picture on it. This will take you to upload the pictures from your computer.

 

[KAZROB]

Hi there, thanks so much in asking for an update, I have had had a terrible day today sad and happy. Firstly I had a guinea that has been sitting and her keets were due any day, but I found her dead this morning, which was just heartbreaking, thankfully I have a chicken whom always want s to be a mum, so I gave her as many eggs as I could and she has hatched two and have another one peeping as I write this......I have cried a river today, as my guinea was just a beautiful girl and sadly my dog got out of her pen by sheer bad luck as it is dig proof, jump proof all of that and she is a gentle dog, we only lock her up at night to keep her safe.....the padlock had been forgotten to be put on and only the latch was on, which would normally be fine, but we had wind...

In regards to my ducks well the patient is just fine and going fantabulously. I am so happy that you picked up on the problem and that I got great advice from everyone..Now I need more advice.

Is it normal for the duck to roll out an egg from the nest as it is peeping? I went to check them and to my surprise their was an egg which was out of the nest? I picked it up and thought oh dear maybe its a bad egg, but to my surprise it was peeping...do I need to put this back under her or is this what they do, I noticed she had another under her that was peeping....Today has just been so full on I am concerned as to what to do with this egg that has been rolled out or pushed out of the nest? Any advice or is this all normal? look forward to hearing from everyone..

 

[Amiga]

Duck moms can do bizarre things. Like boot a perfectly good egg out of the nest, or kill hatchlings.