Mature duck niacin deficiency

[Pekin duck mom]

@issac0

 

[Isaac 0]

@issac0

Please refer to my other posts in this thread regarding what to do with her eye, feathers, and hock area. If you ensure the area she is kept in, is padded, and not filled with compacted dirt, you should see healing in both of those areas. Padding can be made around the hock to prevent further degradation of the dermal surface.

 

[Pekin duck mom]

@isaac0
I'm so sorry if I'm bothering you but how do I pad the hock area?

 

[Isaac 0]

I'm so sorry if I'm bothering you but how do I pad the hock area?

Scroll down to Hock Cushion :

http://www.poultrypedia.com/poultry-podiatry

 

[lysmandor]

Please be careful with the vetwrap - if you wrap it too tight, you will cut off circulation to the foot. Ideally wrap it fairly loosely, or with plenty of padding/gauze in it (so that it can compress the gauze padding and not the leg).

Also, please stop using iodine - it works fine as a one time cleaner, but will cause more damage to the tissue over time with repeated use. If there is no longer an open wound present, the wrap should only be for padding, as @Isaac 0 mentioned above.

What surface are you keeping him/her on? Are you bathing her/him regularly?

 

[Pekin duck mom]

Please be careful with the vetwrap - if you wrap it too tight, you will cut off circulation to the foot. Ideally wrap it fairly loosely, or with plenty of padding/gauze in it (so that it can compress the gauze padding and not the leg).

Also, please stop using iodine - it works fine as a one time cleaner, but will cause more damage to the tissue over time with repeated use. If there is no longer an open wound present, the wrap should only be for padding, as @Isaac 0 mentioned above.

What surface are you keeping him/her on? Are you bathing her/him regularly?

Do ducks typically live over niacin deficiency?? Do yours? I mean...after having it as long as mine has. What do you think?? I don't know anyone else who has had this problem so I don't know if they do or not. Do you??

Ok. I only used the iodine twice.... I am bathing and misting him regularly...thanks for the info on vet wrap. I have been using plenty of padding... he is actually free ranging in the yard with the other 4 but at night, I put him up. It is usually chips that we have in their pen but is currently just dirt. We need to get more chips I think. They keep slipping if the ground gets wet. Should we get something besides wood chips???

 

[chickens really]

Sorry your having issues with your Duck. I'm thinking your dealing with liver disease. Change the feed. Get barley or wheat and supplement the feed half and half. Don't feed corn or sunflower seeds. Try feeding more fruits and vegetables such as cantaloupe.

 

[Isaac 0]

Do ducks typically live over niacin deficiency?? Do yours? I mean...after having it as long as mine has. What do you think?? I don't know anyone else who has had this problem so I don't know if they do or not. Do you??

Ok. I only used the iodine twice.... I am bathing and misting him regularly...thanks for the info on vet wrap. I have been using plenty of padding... he is actually free ranging in the yard with the other 4 but at night, I put him up. It is usually chips that we have in their pen but is currently just dirt. We need to get more chips I think. They keep slipping if the ground gets wet. Should we get something besides wood chips???

The prognosis of a niacin deficient bird depends on several factors, including age, but also the supportive care the owner is willing to provide in such cases. As I've mentioned earlier in the thread, given the age if your duck, it's unlikely she will completely recover; that is suggested due to the fact as birds age, their bones tend to become more set in place, and not correct by nutritional therapy.

The sores you see developing on her intertarsal joint (hock) is likely to be due to her laying down most of the day. Excessive, prolonged pressure on hard grounds can cause degradation of the superficial epidermis/ these are called hock sores and can become something very serious if environmental changes are not met. The pen area I see in the pictures you provided is mostly dirt which provides little comfort, and alleviation to her legs. Adding shredded hardwood bark, or anything or soft material may help prevent further advancing of the hock sores.

The poor hygiene around her eyes is most likely correlated with the accumulation of debris, and dirt, causing irritation and infection. To prevent this from happening ducks bathe their heads frequently, but ones such as your bird that have preexisting conditions that discourage normal hygienic practices promote such conditions.

By providing a softer housing substrate, ensuring she bathes in deep water daily, and getting her on a correct diet formulated for all poultry, or ducks with the addition of niacin, you may see some improvement in her condition.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I hope you’ll take the advice @Isaac 0 has given you. Soft bedding, clean water and good nutrition are very important for our birds. Keep us updated.

 

[Pekin duck mom]

I hope you’ll take the advice @Isaac 0 has given you. Soft bedding, clean water and good nutrition are very important for our birds. Keep us updated.

I will!!❤