My ducklings growth. Please help!

dominicsaturday

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I have a duckling that was born with all of his other brothers and sisters who are now about a week and a half old.

All of his brothers and sisters have developed properly. They are big, strong and happy ducklings (9 of them).

The little guy I am referencing was in shackles with one of his brothers. His brother recovered well and is just like all the other ducks now.

My little guy is out of his shackles. He can walk just fine. He eats, drinks, and poops. However, he still has me very worried and I don't know if I have ever seen anything like this before. It is almost as if he is going to become the "duck hunchback" of Notre Dame. His right side exhibits growth. However, his left side is either not growing, or growing more slowly. Because of this, his head and neck are forced to lean to the left (cause by his bigger right side.

I'm not exactly sure whats going on. I am very worried. He is still not as strong as everyone else, therefore I have him isolated.

Any help is appreciated!

-Dominic
 
Edit:

Also, I'm not sure if the extra size is an illusion because of his crop being full. However, I don't think his crop would cause him have his neck leaning too much to the left side.
 
I think I may have diagnosed it as wry neck?!

How much vitamin E should I be giving him.
 

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