Identifying and treating mild spraddle leg?

[Jlw0903]

I recently got three new ducklings. One of them, a blue swedish, has a wider stance that the others. She pretty much never stands with her feet overlapping and when she sits down usually a little of one or both feet stick out the side.

However they are straight. They don't appear to be turned out or shapped poorly. When she sits her leg position looks normal just that her feet stick out where I don't see that with the others.

She does bring them together more sometimes but never where they overlap. I'm worried she might have mild splay leg. I also tend to over react and she could fine. She doesn't seem to have issues walking or flying around when she gets the zoomed and her balance is as well as you'd expect from a ducklings that's not quite two weeks old haha.
Anyways some picks for reference.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I recently got three new ducklings. One of them, a blue swedish, has a wider stance that the others. She pretty much never stands with her feet overlapping and when she sits down usually a little of one or both feet stick out the side.

However they are straight. They don't appear to be turned out or shapped poorly. When she sits her leg position looks normal just that her feet stick out where I don't see that with the others.

She does bring them together more sometimes but never where they overlap. I'm worried she might have mild splay leg. I also tend to over react and she could fine. She doesn't seem to have issues walking or flying around when she gets the zoomed and her balance is as well as you'd expect from a ducklings that's not quite two weeks old haha.
Anyways some picks for reference.

They sure are adorable. You could always hobble for a couple days and see if it helps but it could also just be her and the way she is structured. Why do you want her feet to overlap?

 

[Jlw0903]

They sure are adorable. You could always hobble for a couple days and see if it helps but it could also just be her and the way she is structured. Why do you want her feet to overlap?

I don't necessarily want them to overlap (though it is super cute when they do stand on their own feet because they are so big) it's just more explaining the difference between her and the others that I noticed and how my concerns arose since this only the second set of ducklings I've had so I'm not sure what's exactly normal especially since I didn't know enough about ducks and there health concerns back then to pay much attention to things like that.

Only things I've been finding on the Internet are more extreme cases where it is really obvious.

My gut tells me she's probably fine but my anxiety won't let me rest until I've gotten input from more experienced owners like yourself

 

[Miss Lydia]

I’ve never had a duckling with spraddle but @CoriM has hopefully she will see this tag.Can you get a video of her walking?

 

[CoriM]

I think she looks okay in the photos. Are they getting a duckling feed that has proper niacin? It never hurts to add extra through Brewer's yeast or nutritional yeast, and you can even add some liquid vitamin B complex. They will just pee it out if they don't need it. If you want to hobble and you suspect splay leg she should also be getting 1 ml of liquid vitamin B complex every day. To create a hobble it's just a loop of 1 inch vet wrap around each leg, then pull the legs into proper position with a larger loop of vet wrap. When my pekin developed splay leg her legs did go out to the side quite a bit when sitting, and she also had difficulty getting up and standing. If I were you I would just be really observant for the slightest sign of trouble there. On the other hand, pigeon toed, which is where their legs turn in and feet do overlap can also be a sign of niacin deficiency and you don't want them to be stepping on their feet in general....but all ducklings do occasionally stand that way. What are the other breeds? Pekins are particularly prone to deficiency and often need extra niacin. Sounds like you're on top of things!

 

[CoriM]

I think the way she's sitting now is just fine. Just keep a close eye!

 

[Jlw0903]

I think she looks okay in the photos. Are they getting a duckling feed that has proper niacin? It never hurts to add extra through Brewer's yeast or nutritional yeast, and you can even add some liquid vitamin B complex. They will just pee it out if they don't need it. If you want to hobble and you suspect splay leg she should also be getting 1 ml of liquid vitamin B complex every day. To create a hobble it's just a loop of 1 inch vet wrap around each leg, then pull the legs into proper position with a larger loop of vet wrap. When my pekin developed splay leg her legs did go out to the side quite a bit when sitting, and she also had difficulty getting up and standing. If I were you I would just be really observant for the slightest sign of trouble there. On the other hand, pigeon toed, which is where their legs turn in and feet do overlap can also be a sign of niacin deficiency and you don't want them to be stepping on their feet in general....but all ducklings do occasionally stand that way. What are the other breeds? Pekins are particularly prone to deficiency and often need extra niacin. Sounds like you're on top of things!

They are getting Kalmbach starter feed so it should have enough niacin but I have been mixing a little brewers yeast in. They have been getting the vitamin boost that I bought from Metzer as well.
The one I'm concerned about is a blue swedish. One is a Welsh and the other is a buff.
Thanks for your insight!

 

[Jlw0903]

I think the way she's sitting now is just fine. Just keep a close eye!

Thank you for your input! I do plan to continue to watch her closely

 

[Jlw0903]

Update: Ms. Dorian Gray seems to be fine. No concerns with standing laying down or running. Her legs haven't gotten "worse" I think she just has a wider stance. I think the black swedish adults I have are similar however one passed away so I don't have her for a reference any more (and she was a BIG girl on top of it ) and my other has a crooked spine so he's all sorts of wonky looking.

 

[CoriM]

Oh good. They are really adorable. I'd love to see photos when they're fully feathered!