Pigeon toed duckling

[BelovedBirds]

How's your ducky?

definitely improving! Ive started adding niacin tablets to water, they dont mind any taste- still looking for a B complex, but I'm really hoping this will make a good difference. He's been walking really well today, with all toes forward, more energetic, his legs are definitely stronger

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

Yeah!!!

 

[BelovedBirds]

Not sure if this is the right place to post, I think so??

The problem:
So I have two ducklings, one is almost 4 weeks old, he's become very pigeon toed over the last week and I noticed a couple days ago it wasnt improving and that he wasnt as active. I have struggled finding any waterfowl starter, so raised them on chick feed, which obviously does not have enough niacin, so upon advice I have supplemented with nutritional yeast. My second duckling is 4 days older and her legs and feet are perfect, she is extremely active. It is just this baby struggling. They are a suspected Aylesbury pekin mix, and I understand this could cause leg issues, growing so big so fast.

Since symptoms started:
Since noticing the problem I added a little extra nutritional yeast to their feed, and he has become much more active over the past couple days. However not any progress in appearance.

I'm willing to buy and try anything I need to in order to correct the issue and ensure he's happy and healthy. This is my first time raising ducks, so I worry I'm making mistakes, but I'm trying my best for these two and love them very much.

Treatment:
I'm thinking I should try a liquid vitamin B complex, as is commonly suggested. But I'm worried about what exactly I should buy for them and ensuring it will be safe.
I have heard some people say they hobble pigeon toed chicks or ducklings, is that possible, or necessary here?

I'm desperate to make sure he's okay.

He has improved a ton! Looking pretty normal now! I still dont think his legs are perfect, but they seem okay now! He walks about and explores, lots of energy, and behaves normally now

 

[talkhorsesducks]

Hi! I saw this thread and i have a similar problem with my pigeon toed duckling. I’m located in Canada. I cannot find vitamin B complex anywhere. None of my local feed stores seem to have it, Amazon Canada doesn’t have it, we don’t have TSC here. I just ordered nutritional yeast but I’ve been told it doesn’t help ducklings that already have issues. Will the yeast help or do I need to find something else?

 

[BelovedBirds]

Hi! I saw this thread and i have a similar problem with my pigeon toed duckling. I’m located in Canada. I cannot find vitamin B complex anywhere. None of my local feed stores seem to have it, Amazon Canada doesn’t have it, we don’t have TSC here. I just ordered nutritional yeast but I’ve been told it doesn’t help ducklings that already have issues. Will the yeast help or do I need to find something else?

What feed is he on?
If you cant get B complex, try flush effect niacin tablets, I bought them on amazon, and they worked very well. They came as 50mg capsules and I broke them open and mixed the powder to 1/2 gallon of water.
It's worth adding 1tbsp nutritious yeast to 1 cup of his feed anyway, to give him an extra boost.

 

[BelovedBirds]

He has improved a ton! Looking pretty normal now! I still dont think his legs are perfect, but they seem okay now! He walks about and explores, lots of energy, and behaves normally now

**turned out to be a "she" ***
haha

 

[talkhorsesducks]

What feed is he on?
If you cant get B complex, try flush effect niacin tablets, I bought them on amazon, and they worked very well. They came as 50mg capsules and I broke them open and mixed the powder to 1/2 gallon of water.
It's worth adding 1tbsp nutritious yeast to 1 cup of his feed anyway, to give him an extra boost.

He’s on a duck starter from a local feed company. It was perfect for my ducklings last year, my three ducklings this year are having more trouble though, just the one is really struggling. I found this brand that seems to be a flush effect niacin would it work?:

 

[BelovedBirds]

He’s on a duck starter from a local feed company. It was perfect for my ducklings last year, my three ducklings this year are having more trouble though, just the one is really struggling. I found this brand that seems to be a flush effect niacin would it work?:

this is the form of niacin you want, flush effect, so I assume it should be fine.
What breed were the ducklings last year, and what breed do you have now which are struggling? Some breeds end up needing more niacin, like pekins.
I hope yours will be okay!!

 

[talkhorsesducks]

this is the form of niacin you want, flush effect, so I assume it should be fine.
What breed were the ducklings last year, and what breed do you have now which are struggling? Some breeds end up needing more niacin, like pekins.
I hope yours will be okay!!

Thank you! I hope so too. That’s the problem I don’t know what breed the ducklings are! Two are quite small and the one is huge.

 

[talkhorsesducks]

this is the form of niacin you want, flush effect, so I assume it should be fine.
What breed were the ducklings last year, and what breed do you have now which are struggling? Some breeds end up needing more niacin, like pekins.
I hope yours will be okay!!

Thank you so much.