Limping Female Pekin Duck - what should I do to heal her?

[tayjamieson]

Video is coming guys! It's finishing uploading onto youtube and I'll paste the link.

 

[tayjamieson]

I use Nutritional yeast and just sprinkle it over their feed 1 Tab per cup of feed mine love the taste and it actually has more niacin than brewers yeast.

I've heard of people using the standard brewers yeast on popcorn so that makes sense!! I couldn't find a nutritional brewers yeast at the store and I looked for it at the feed stores we have here locally but no luck. I'll have to order it online I think - any brands you recommend to use or avoid?!

 

[tayjamieson]

Alright here is a video of her walking! I'm so sorry the video isn't very good quality

 

[chickens really]

She looks pretty fat and possibly her joints look swollen..

 

[Miss Lydia]

I order off Amazon but if you want go to TSC and pick up liquid BComplex and start her on it. It’s like liquid gold for waterfowl that are having leg problems. It’s in the cattle dept. it will say injectable but just peel off the foil use a dropper pull out a couple ml and put it over something yummy. Then you can order the Nutritional yeast it’s not Nutritional brewers yeast I buy NOW brand because I can get it in bulk.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Check that toe for swelling too.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Looking at her foot from the bottom on pic #4 is that swelling in that left toe area?

that’s the toe

 

[Miss Lydia]

@casportpony theres a video!

 

[chickens really]

Possibly too much calcium? Definitely Ducks are not chickens so each breed requires certain balance.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Do you have the oyster shell out separately from their feed and they just use it as needed?

Laying ducks: Due to the large number of eggs they can produce (many more than wild birds do), laying ducks have very high requirements for calcium and protein, and must be fed a layer or breeder diet. Laying diets for ducks are typically 16-17 per cent protein and higher in calcium than are maintenance diets.