Help...Pekins still having leg problems

[Halizabeth]

My Pekin has leg issues too.. I started with a bottle of B-complex pills to disolve on top of the food and then switched to the droppers, which I have been offering a few times a day right on top of her food... whenever i give her peas or cucumbers i also squeeze a dropper or two of the complex B on it.. She has improved a lot. Still a bit heavy on her walk, but there is a bit of a spring now so I see improvement. It's been since thrusdays that i upped the complex b and my pekin is 5 weeks today. Hope all goes well for you. I hope giving extra complex b is ok for mine. it's working!

 

[dpingtrich352]

Well don't get discouraged to already be seeing even a tiny bit of improvement is a miracle so just keep doing what your doing. Give them every chance. Make sure they get their B complex everyday too.

We’ve been giving it to them twice a day and I’ve put some in their water as well. The first one that we see some improvement has been having the vitamin B from Walmart for about a week now. I think the change in their food and hopefully this stronger vitamin B will help a lot.

 

[dpingtrich352]

My Pekin has leg issues too.. I started with a bottle of B-complex pills to disolve on top of the food and then switched to the droppers, which I have been offering a few times a day right on top of her food... whenever i give her peas or cucumbers i also squeeze a dropper or two of the complex B on it.. She has improved a lot. Still a bit heavy on her walk, but there is a bit of a spring now so I see improvement. It's been since thrusdays that i upped the complex b and my pekin is 5 weeks today. Hope all goes well for you. I hope giving extra complex b is ok for mine. it's working!

I hope this will help ours too, I hate seeing them not able to get up and run with the rest of the ducks! Fingers crossed and prayers said so hopefully they'll be better soon. I hope yours continues to keep getting better!!!

 

[dpingtrich352]

The second one that can't move to well seems to have some swelling possibly in her/his legs, one is more noticeable than the other. I wasn't able to get a picture last night, and I had to go out of town for work. I put extra vitamin B in their water jugs, so I hope that helps! I absolutely hate leaving them!! We got the electric poultry fence up and their new 10x12 shed put together for them to sleep in at night...we both was worried because we have a hawk flying around that we put the dog kennel back up and netted the whole thing, so they still will have a large area to roam are double safe now!

 

[chickens really]

Possible Gout in the Ducks...?

 

[dpingtrich352]

Possible Gout in the Ducks...?

What do I do if it is gout? When I picked her up last night to put her/him to bed it felt warm, it also isn't really turned in like the first one. When we put her/him in the tub yesterday, she wasn't liking it at all. She didn't move it hardly at all, she just laid towards her other leg. Any suggestions...

 

[chickens really]

What do I do if it is gout? When I picked her up last night to put her/him to bed it felt warm, it also isn't really turned in like the first one. When we put her/him in the tub yesterday, she wasn't liking it at all. She didn't move it hardly at all, she just laid towards her other leg. Any suggestions...

Call an avian Vet for information...

 

[Miss Lydia]

Not knowing if it is gout is the problem but here is some info on it and what to do

http://www.growelagrovet.com/gout-in-poultry/

 

[dpingtrich352]

Not knowing if it is gout is the problem but here is some info on it and what to do

http://www.growelagrovet.com/gout-in-poultry/

Thank you! I will look that up. Her feet are curled a bit but her legs aren't crossed at all. Her one foot is worse than the other, I just want them all healthy. This is now our third issue with the ducks...two pekins and one mallard aka lit bit

 

[Miss Lydia]

This site will give information on making a shoe to keep her feet flat.

https://sites.google.com/a/poultrypedia.com/poultrypedia/poultry-podiatry

Hopefully real soon you'll see some improvement in this one too.