Help!!! Wobbly duck with diarrhea....

[MooandOink]

We have two Ducks. Our Black runner "Oink" is wobbly. She is stepping on her own feet and keeps laying down. Her poop is brown with white watery stuff around it. We are very worried about her. "Moo"(Black Cayuga) and "Oink" are both about 4 weeks old and are being fed Purina Start and Grow. ~Nicki

 

[Amiga]

Nicki,

How is Oink? I missed this yesterday.

The poop doesn't sound too terribly bad, does it smell normal?

Stepping on feet, well, some ducklings do that, is the Purina a chick feed? If so, get them both on some niacin in their water. 100 to 150 mg per gallon (don't remember how to convert that to liters right off) for ten weeks. Ducklings need more niacin than chicks do, and have all sorts of troubles if they don't get it and are sensitive to the deficiency.

Are they getting other treats as well as the Purina?

 

[MooandOink]

They get greens for treat once in a while. The niacin seemed to fix the problem

Thanks so much for the advice!! ~Nicki