One duckling not growing

[Miss Lydia]

Do you leave food out for them all the time? If not that maybe why your bigger one is eating so fast. They need to eat often and have food available during the daytime. If they are older than 5 weeks they can go over night with out food and water

 

[Aliamelody]

Do you leave food out for them all the time? If not that maybe why your bigger one is eating so fast. They need to eat often and have food available during the daytime. If they are older than 5 weeks they can go over night with out food and water

Well , when they are hungry, they kind of calling me and them i feed them
During the day , they play in garden and yard with a little lake i made but night ... i scared from cats hurt them
Please come and read this :
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/good-bad-and-crazily-news.1266993/

 

[Poultryparent]

I have two KC ducklings. One has grown quite a bit in the last few days, the other not so much and is tiny. Despite her size she seems very spritey and healthy. I'm glad to hear this is normal and look forward to seeing a growth spurt somewhere down the line

I'm glad my duckling is not the only one not growing as fast as her sibling ...
They are kc's and the one is getting huge and running around everywhere whilst the other one hasn't grown hardly at all since I had them at a week old ... she's eating well and drinking but she don't walk properly she seems to hop ...
I've checked her legs and feet and everything seems normal ... its baffling

 

[Miss Lydia]

Are you offering any niacin? What are you feeding?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/niacin-deficiency-in-waterfowl.1367557/

 

[Poultryparent]

Are you offering any niacin? What are you feeding?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/niacin-deficiency-in-waterfowl.1367557/

Yes I've been adding Brewers yeast to their feed plus they eat plenty of green peas.

 

[Gma5]

Ah. My boy Onni had this. However, I'm happy to say the duckling will live providing you care for it properly! I separated Onni from his siblings and fed him on chick crumb and some oatcake biscuits he loves. Each day I weighed him with accurate scales and he gained weight rapidly over 2 weeks, then I put him with my other ducks, Moxy and Venus. He was still behind, but the special feeding and weighing and care I gave him helped him get back on track. He's now the biggest of the bunch and thriving. He still has some side effects such as he has a limp which is getting better due to the fact he swims each day. There really is nothing to worry about, it happens to plenty of people!

Thank you for the hope!!

 

[CamilleTeagan]

This is my second year raising ducklings, and both times I have experienced growth issues with them. Last year I had cayugas and runners; my runners developed shakey legs, which I "cured" by feeding brewers yeast. This year I have khakis and pekins, and one of the pekins is in trouble: it isn't growing, has low energy, has trouble standing/walking, and its toes are beginning to curve inward (like it's becoming pigeon-toed). The other pekin duckling has grown at least for times larger than the one who's having trouble, and they are the same age. The khakis are all developing fine. So, what can I do to help the one pekin who's struggling? I'm feeding Flockraiser (20% protein), chick grit, and I add Avian Super Pack supplement to their water (which has a niacin supplement in it, along with other electrolytes). I can't figure out why the one pekin is struggling to develop, while the others are growing like crazy. Please help...

I have a duckling just like this!

 

[Quacking ducks]

Last year I had a Rouen ducklings like this, at 2 weeks he was still the size of a newly hatched duckling, well the other ducklings were twice his size

 

[Miss Lydia]

Did your duckling make it to full size? @Quacking ducks

 

[Quacking ducks]

Did your duckling make it to full size? @Quacking ducks

No he didn’t make it to full size. He was one that I hatched from my flock so I couldn’t keep him, so I gave him to a farm that my sister works at. He grew at about the same pace as the day old ducklings at the farm for a while but then stopped growing before he was full grown. Adventurously an animal got him in the night along with a few others