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Please help me with my duckling that is having trouble walking.

Sorry about your Duck. Does it have a larger crest? Do you also have a Drake?
Sounds more neurological if she is only having single episodes and then okay again. Niacin will not cure neurological problems.
Swelling of the brain can be a cause for the head shaking or twitching.
Try calling an avian vet and see if they can give you advice over the phone?
Yeah but the first time she had a completely pale legs and beak with stumbling but then when she had niacin and got better. It confuses me. The shaking is swing head back and forth for 5seconds like trying to get dirt or a fly off but she does it we've 2 minutes
 
Yeah but the first time she had a completely pale legs and beak with stumbling but then when she had niacin and got better. It confuses me. The shaking is swing head back and forth for 5seconds like trying to get dirt or a fly off but she does it we've 2 minutes
Heart problem? Not sure. A vet check is a better option.
 
At least treating for niacin deficiency can At least rule it out if that isn’t what it is. Does she do this when eating or just sporadically.
I have been keeping her separate from the big birds at night because she is literally half their size and during the night I will go into the room and watch her. She does it at night a lot but usually doesn’t do it during the day when in her kiddie pool and by the other two. The two that are healthy, I know get the vitamins when babies because the store gives it to them but I don’t think she got those at Cal Ranch. The other two are from tractor supply but she was from cal ranch, she was the second to smallest one there and is about the size of a silkie bantam. There was a smaller one there but it was droopy and kept closing it’s eyes, cal ranch in Prescott doesn’t take care of their birds very well. Almost all the chickens I have gotten there have had poop stuck on their butts.When she got it the first time I gave her that electrolyte powder in water with niacin and she slowly got her coloring back the next day. During the night I don’t give them water, could that be why she shakes her head?
 
I have been keeping her separate from the big birds at night because she is literally half their size and during the night I will go into the room and watch her. She does it at night a lot but usually doesn’t do it during the day when in her kiddie pool and by the other two. The two that are healthy, I know get the vitamins when babies because the store gives it to them but I don’t think she got those at Cal Ranch. The other two are from tractor supply but she was from cal ranch, she was the second to smallest one there and is about the size of a silkie bantam. When she got it the first time I gave her that electrolyte powder in water with niacin and she got her coloring back the next day. During the night I don’t give them water, could that be why she shakes her head?
You don’t give them food at night either? Never give food with out water. Any way you can post a video of her?
I never give them food without water because they always are choking even when water is right next to them. Still trying to figure that out but will do it when figured out. Like right now she is quaking,walking,eating with the other two and being fine. She does have watery diarrhea though and I don't know why. They eat Purina layena crumbles
 
Information that I have collected from the past from several reliable sources in Poultry Medicine suggests that "too much" dietary calcium is usually only slightly higher than the required amount, and when too much is given for an extended period of time you are risking damage to the kidneys, other factors may also be affected like absorption of certain minerals.
 

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