Legs for gods sake legs!

[Justin16150]

OK so I know that there have been threads on here about this in the past but don’t necessarily feel like my duck fits any of them in particular.
I have 5 ducks that are about four weeks old now and all of the others are doing fine except one. One of them has a right foot that turns in slightly left and is having difficulty hobbling around. There was also some lime green poop that I was concerned regarding a bacterial infection which I have had with chickens in the past and started IM antibiotics as well as probiotics to be safe. They all seem to be getting enough niacin as none of the others have this but just in case I feed this one separate with a niacin supplement. It seems to be both hocks are somewhat swollen but definitely the right more than the left. With some PT in the water and the antibiotics it seems she wants to move more and loves to swim with both legs and does walk on both legs. What are the odds this is a slipped tendon?

 

[Isaac 0]

Welcome to BackYard Chickens.

What brand of feed are you feeding, what antibiotics did you use, what niacin brand supplement did you use, and at what dose, and for how long?

Could you take a video of the duck walking, upload it to either youtube or Vimeo, and copy/paste the link here?

 

[Justin16150]

Purina duck food, originally organic duck crumbles , I was given penicillin to give 1/4 cc daily for 5 days IM, just started niacin I was told to add the 250mg powder to the water and let them drink as they will miss some of the water and spread it all around just started tonight in diluted water . I will try and upload a video or picture. Hock was very swollen and hot yesterday. Seemingly down a bit today with more movement and ability to stand and increased walking but still too swollen and warm for my liking

 

[Isaac 0]

What brand is the Niacin 250mg Capsules?

 

[Justin16150]

Nature made

 

[Justin16150]

We also have some brewers yeast on the way

 

[Isaac 0]

Nature made

The reason I ask is some are labeled as Flush Free, No Flush, Time released or extended-release, and don't work as well, or at all compared to plain B complex.

Do you see any of those labels on your bottle?

 

[Justin16150]

The reason I ask is some are labeled as Flush Free, No Flush, Time released or extended-release, and don't work as well, or at all compared to plain B complex.

Do you see any of those labels on your bottle?

Yes that’s why we ordered the Brewers yeast. because we could not get direct liquid b3. So what I was doing was breaking the pill open and dissolving the beads with the medicine in order to have a more direct medicine

 

[Justin16150]

The reason I ask is some are labeled as Flush Free, No Flush, Time released or extended-release, and don't work as well, or at all compared to plain B complex.

Do you see any of those labels on your bottle?

 

[Justin16150]

Don’t have a YouTube or Vimeo anywhere or way else I can post video. Left foot basically flips over right foot and they’ll walk a bit then sit. Swimming is completely fine uses both feet