Newbie question

[Moondance278]

I've had khaki cambells for a year now and recently hatched several of my own eggs. Tonight I got home to find one of my 11 new babies that are 7 weeks old can't walk at all. Yesterday it was fine, but not tonight.. I brought it inside to another brooder with some Pekins and just saw this... (pictures) on its back. What is this and do you think it has something to do with it not being able to walk all of a sudden?

 

[A_Fowl_Guy]

@casportpony @Miss Lydia

 

[FoodFreedomNow]

Are you supplementing with niacin? Waterfowl can develop leg problems if they don't get enough niacin:
https://metzerfarms.blogspot.com/2011/03/are-my-ducklings-leg-problems-due-to.html?m=1. What are you feeding? And is that feather loss in the photo?

 

[MeganFair]

By the way, you can supplement niacin by adding brewer’s yeast to their food. You can find the powdered form at a supplement shop or even Walmart. We got some from a local organic store. You can mix it into their feed.

 

[Moondance278]

Yes, the are on the Purina feed and I've been putting brewers yeast in thier food since they hatched. I hatched 11 and this is the only one with issues.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Even though they are on feed formulated for water fowl there can always be one that has trouble anyways. I would get liquid B complex because once they already have the symptoms they need this. It's fine to use and I rec Nutritional yeast over brewers yeast because it has more niacin but the Liquid b complex just starts to work faster.

You can find the Cattle b complex at TSC it will say injectable but we give it orally. 1 ml daily or you can go and buy human that will be 3 ml daily since it isn't as concentrated. You can feed it over smashed peas for tiny ducklings and also mealworms crushed up a bit or use a needleless syringe and just put tiny drops at a time just inside the bill let the duckling swallow then again until done. Always offer grit when introducing any other food besides their feed. Chick grit in separate bowl they will use as needed.