Help out my duck

Keeks22

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May 3, 2020
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I’m very concerned for my duck it can’t walk on it’s one leg and on the leg it can’t walk on has all webs together and not spread out like they usually should be. If anyone has any idea what I should do please help
 
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First of all welcome to backyard chickens! I see that you are new! And secondly I’m sorry to hear about your ducks leg. What age is it and how long has this been going on? Does it have any visible wounds or sign of injury to the leg? Maybe @Miss Lydia can be of assistance as I have never experienced this and don’t know how to treat. :welcome
 
My ducks name is KiKi. I got Kiki 3 days ago and kiki is about 1-2 weeks old. The breed is a Pekin. The foot became limp yesterday and my duck can’t put any pressure on that foot. When my duck walks it holds the foot up and only walks on one foot. I began giving her niacin the day before this leg situation happened because I read that ducks can get niacin deficiencies easily so I wanted to try to prevent that from happening. I posted 2 pictures showing how when she walks she doesn’t put the other leg down and it just stays up to her chest/belly. I also posted a picture showing the leg up close. But you can see that the webbing on the bad leg/foot isn’t spread out like it should be.
 

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