Meet a duck named Goose

[Goose54868]

Hello everyone this is my duckling whos name is goose.. goose is almost 3 weeks old and a quarter the size of his hatch mates.. When my daughter found goose at almost a week old goose was laying on his side in the coop.. she immediately brought him in the house and the next day brought him to me ... he is adorable hes eating and growing slowly, but he does the splits does anyone know what can cause this? Even in water he does the splits and doesnt really swim but stands at the bottom of the sink and dunks his head under ... does anyone have any clues? Could it be neurological or is he missing something ?

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

What feed is he on?

 

[Miss Lydia]

When Goose the duckling stands does he legs go out to the side? could be spraddle leg and hobbles can help with that.
https://sites.google.com/a/poultrypedia.com/poultrypedia/poultry-podiatry
Here is a link to leg issues and how to treat.

Are you supplementing with any form of niacin? If feeding chick starter there isn't enough niacin in it for water fowl so we have to supplement by using Nutritional yeast or Liquid B Complex or plain niacin capsules. Goose would need around 125 mgs of niacin daily so 1 Tab of Nutritional yeast per cup of feed, or 2 ML of liquid BComplex daily B Complex can be found at Walmart in the human vitamin section or Nutritional yeast can be found at natural food stores. Both can be bought on line.

 

[Goose54868]

Hello, yes when he stands his legs go out to the sides like hes doing the splits , he is on chick starter and ive been adding brewers yeast

 

[The Phantom]

Aww! He is so cute! I have a female swan I call Goose. When she is a mom I’ll call her mama Goose.

 

[Goose54868]

Aww! He is so cute! I have a female swan I call Goose. When she is a mom I’ll call her mama Goose.

I love that its so cute

 

[MatthewsHomestead]

Adorable! Looks like a black sweedish. I would try the hobbles if you are supplementing the feed. Good luck!

 

[The Phantom]

I love that its so cute

Thanks

 

[Julie Birb]

Hello everyone this is my duckling whos name is goose.. goose is almost 3 weeks old and a quarter the size of his hatch mates.. When my daughter found goose at almost a week old goose was laying on his side in the coop.. she immediately brought him in the house and the next day brought him to me ... he is adorable hes eating and growing slowly, but he does the splits does anyone know what can cause this? Even in water he does the splits and doesnt really swim but stands at the bottom of the sink and dunks his head under ... does anyone have any clues? Could it be neurological or is he missing something ?View attachment 1463629 View attachment 1463629

Goose is such a sweet little blessing. I hope he gets along well soon.

 

[Goose54868]

Adorable! Looks like a black sweedish. I would try the hobbles if you are supplementing the feed. Good luck!
Thank you im going to be making a hobble today and hes is a doll this is his favorite spot or behind my head lol