PEKIN DUCK CAN'T STAND

[Messica]

Chicken feed is fine as long as it's not medicated and as she is laying, isn't chick starter or grower. It's what most people feed their flock because labeled duck feed isn't readily available most places.

A vitamin deficiency can take some time to bounce back from (weeks to months).

Pulling the scratch (which isn't helping her and is instead keeping her from consuming enough of what she actually needs) and giving her straight feed will help her rebound faster.

An egg a day for many breeds is normal. I'm not sure I'd let her keep the eggs though. If she's broody it'll encourage her to just sit instead of walking around to build her strength back. Atrophied muscle on top of deficiency could put her into a further downward spiral.

 

[chickens really]

I'm already giving her medication ([COLOR=333333]niacin and B complex)[/COLOR] in her water and feed... anything that really does the trick?

I feed mine duck finisher....Was told turkey finisher is pretty much the same....?

I can buy Duck feed....

How I feed is this. Finisher , old style scratch, and fresh veg.........every other day..?

Not saying I am right ?

I just know I have healthy Ducks...

 

[Duckstruck]

The duck was up and walking yesterday. Thanks for the support!

 

[Miss Lydia]

The duck was up and walking yesterday. Thanks for the support!

What has changed that made the difference with her @Duckstruck

Great to hear by the way

 

[peepsnquacks]

I just have to add a little story to this thread...even though (Thank Goodness!!!) your duck seems to be on the mend and getting better everyday!!
I had one day when my ducklings were about maybe three weeks old? This is the time they were REALLY outgrowing their brooder. I took them out to swim on a sunny day. When I took them out to preen in the grass, a few of them fell over on their backs, like turtles!!! Little webbed feet waving frantically in the air!!
This is when I moved them to the bathtub until we built the outdoor coop. For two straight days, the ducks seemed drunk. They could barely walk, they were falling over, etc. Once they'd been in the bathtub with more room and more feed and treats (mealworms with celery and strawberry chunks...leftovers from a hedgehog we once had) ....then they all got better and it never happened again!!

What I "think" happened, was that they couldn't get to the food, couldn't get enough food, or maybe even water...and they had gotten weak. Any longer and they may have gotten very very sick, or WORSE!!!

All I know is I sure was happy when they all started looking healthy and happy again. Boy, I got attached to these little fuzzies immediately. I worry about them like I do my kids!!

(I have three older girls who are moving out one right after the other, one graduated last year, got married, and moved to AZ, one graduates this year and is moving one town over, and one graduates the year after, then a step-daughter will graduate the year after that....I think I'm preparing for "empty nest" by filling nests all over the property!!! hahahahahah)

xoxoxoxoxo