My Pekin duckling's huge stomach

[Juliette Lanctot]

Hi, my duck is now 11 days old and is a pekin duck. His stomach is very big and now has trouble walking. Is there something I should do? I'm very concerned for his health conditions. Thank you!

 

[DuckyDonna]

that's his crop. Are you feeding him anything other than duck food? If so, are you also giving him a bowl of grit to eat too?

 

[Juliette Lanctot]

I feed him oats flour and green vegetables. I give him water when he doesn't have any. Should I go buy him grit? Will it help his condition? Thank you for your quick answer

 

[DuckyDonna]

I feed him oats flour and green vegetables. I give him water when he doesn't have any. Should I go buy him grit? Will it help his condition? Thank you for your quick answer

wozza! Yes, get him chick grit asap. Where are you anyway?

 

[DuckyDonna]

It would be helpful if you had your location under your avatar picture.

Simple to do and really helps people help you. Just go to the top right where your "BYC name" is and click. A drop-down menu will take you to “Account Details”. If you put your location there it will always be under your picture.

 

[Juliette Lanctot]

Ok but will it help his crop?

 

[DuckyDonna]

Ok but will it help his crop?

It will be a start. If I knew at least what country you are in we could probably recommend something. Don't worry, we aren't coming to your house!

@Miss Lydia we've seen this before. Is massage something we should do? @Isaac 0 ?

 

[Juliette Lanctot]

It would be helpful if you had your location under your avatar picture.

Simple to do and really helps people help you. Just go to the top right where your "BYC name" is and click. A drop-down menu will take you to “Account Details”. If you put your location there it will always be under your picture.

Ok great, I just did! Sorry I'm new to this website, didn't know completely how it worked. Thanks for the feedback.

 

[Juliette Lanctot]

It will be a start. If I knew at least what country you are in we could probably recommend something. Don't worry, we aren't coming to your house!

@Miss Lydia we've seen this before. Is massage something we should do? @Isaac 0 ?

Montreal, Quebec

 

[Miss Lydia]

https://backyardpoultry.iamcountryside.com/feed-health/grit-for-chickens-when-in-doubt-put-it-out/. Grit is very important for aiding in grinding up roughage. He also needs a complete diet for poultry oat flour is not a complete feed and will not give your duckling what it needs in niacin, anytime anything other than feed for poultry if fed they need grit