New duck parents!

[Tookie]

Hello and welcome to BYC!

 

[Grammy60]

Hello and welcome to BYC So happy you have joined our flock.

 

[chrissynemetz]

Welcome to BYC! Make yourself at home here!

 

[My4Ducks]

It sounds like niacin deficiency Pekins need extra niacin
I would give him 1ml of vitamin B complex over a treat for the next week daily. I would Also start putting nutritional yeast 1 tbs to 1 cup feed till 10 weeks. It won’t hurt them and will make them grow strong legs
Do you have a tractor supply by you ?
@Miss Lydia can point you in the right direction for what to buy for the B complex

Hello again!
So I have been giving my duck the Vitamin B complex once daily for 5 days now, and have not seen much improvement how long can it take? The ducks are almost 5 weeks now, so he is getting pretty big and heavy - not sure if it’s too late to help him!?

 

[New duck mommy 2021]

Hello again!
So I have been giving my duck the Vitamin B complex once daily for 5 days now, and have not seen much improvement how long can it take? The ducks are almost 5 weeks now, so he is getting pretty big and heavy - not sure if it’s too late to help him!?

It can take weeks
Keep giving it to him
Swim therapy helps as well as they can gain strength in in the legs without the weight
@Miss Lydia may have more ideas as well

 

[My4Ducks]

Hello again!
So I have been giving my duck the Vitamin B complex once daily for 5 days now, and have not seen much improvement how long can it take? The ducks are almost 5 weeks now, so he is getting pretty big and heavy - not sure if it’s too late to help him!?

It can take weeks
Keep giving it to him
Swim therapy helps as well as they can gain strength in in the legs without the weight
@Miss Lydia may have more ideas as well

Ok thank you, I figured it might take some time. I let him swim daily and he does get his legs moving, so that’s good! I’ll keep working with him

 

[New duck mommy 2021]

Ok thank you, I figured it might take some time. I let him swim daily and he does get his legs moving, so that’s good! I’ll keep working with him

That’s perfect
As long as he isn’t getting worse either getting better with baby steps or staying the same is ok
It takes time but they do recover