Possible neurological issue Male Pekin

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I’m having a vey disturbing issue with my 4 month old male Pekin duck Gerry. He definitely has some strange balance issues, with a lot of head bobbing/swinging and either flips over onto his back, or falls forward or backwards-to say he’s unsteady is an understatement. Once I get him into the water he’s fine. All of my ducks, I have 7, get fed waterfowl food with the addition of kelp and brewers yeast. None of the others have this issue. And some days he’s ok and can stay on his feet and other days it’s beyond miserable. I’m at a loss as to what I should do.
 
If you can post a video of him with his issues that would be helpful to see what is going on. Also a picture of him standing from a couple angles as well.

Pekins need more naicin more than any other breed. Sometimes an individual duck may need even more than others. So your pekin could need extra vitamin supplements. I treat my ducks with vitamin b complex from TSC. If he is having a naicin deficiency, it sounds like more may be going on.
 
I’m having a vey disturbing issue with my 4 month old male Pekin duck Gerry. He definitely has some strange balance issues, with a lot of head bobbing/swinging and either flips over onto his back, or falls forward or backwards-to say he’s unsteady is an understatement. Once I get him into the water he’s fine. All of my ducks, I have 7, get fed waterfowl food with the addition of kelp and brewers yeast. None of the others have this issue. And some days he’s ok and can stay on his feet and other days it’s beyond miserable. I’m at a loss as to what I should do.
A video would be super helpful....I have a pekin with an angle wing and terrible balance because hes old...and he didnt get proper Indian as a baby...the lady I got him from also had him inside in a appartment....anyway my point is I gave him extra niacin and he got better I noticed a difference maybe this could be you problem
 
If you can post a video of him with his issues that would be helpful to see what is going on. Also a picture of him standing from a couple angles as well.

Pekins need more naicin more than any other breed. Sometimes an individual duck may need even more than others. So your pekin could need extra vitamin supplements. I treat my ducks with vitamin b complex from TSC. If he is having a naicin deficiency, it sounds like more may be going on.
A video would be super helpful....I have a pekin with an angle wing and terrible balance because hes old...and he didnt get proper Indian as a baby...the lady I got him from also had him inside in a appartment....anyway my point is I gave him extra niacin and he got better I noticed a difference maybe this could be you problem
A video would be super helpful....I have a pekin with an angle wing and terrible balance because hes old...and he didnt get proper Indian as a baby...the lady I got him from also had him inside in a appartment....anyway my point is I gave him extra niacin and he got better I noticed a difference maybe this could be you problem
I’m having difficulty posting a video for some reason- beyond frustrating. Yesterday was a good day for him. Just slightly unsteady, but you can see how dirty he is, that’s from falling over onto his back. In the pics I screenshot from the video, he started out standing at the water bowl but immediately became unsteady fell backwards and then had to sit. He has a crazy waddle when he walks as well and keeps himself closer to the ground as compared to the other ducks. So in addition to the brewers yeast, I added the vitamin b complex to their water as per your suggestion. 🙏🏻🤞🏼🤞🏼
 

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I’m having difficulty posting a video for some reason- beyond frustrating. Yesterday was a good day for him. Just slightly unsteady, but you can see how dirty he is, that’s from falling over onto his back. In the pics I screenshot from the video, he started out standing at the water bowl but immediately became unsteady fell backwards and then had to sit. He has a crazy waddle when he walks as well and keeps himself closer to the ground as compared to the other ducks. So in addition to the brewers yeast, I added the vitamin b complex to their water as per your suggestion. 🙏🏻🤞🏼🤞🏼
For the vitamin b complex, I give them 1ml of it day. If you put it in the water, it dilutes it down and you can't regulate how much they get. I prefer to give it orally with a syringe, but I know others are not as comfortable with that. Others put it on a small amount of treats they love.

If you choose to do it orally, here is a link to administering orally.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...dications-to-all-poultry-and-waterfowl.73335/

Hopefully you will be able to upload the video. Unfortunately, it is hard to tell what is going from pictures.
 
In order to post a video on this site, you first must upload it somewhere else, like you tube or Vimeo.
Ugh that’s annoying, looks like I won’t be posting any videos lol. Thanks for the heads up though.
 
For the vitamin b complex, I give them 1ml of it day. If you put it in the water, it dilutes it down and you can't regulate how much they get. I prefer to give it orally with a syringe, but I know others are not as comfortable with that. Others put it on a small amount of treats they love.

If you choose to do it orally, here is a link to administering orally.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...dications-to-all-poultry-and-waterfowl.73335/

Hopefully you will be able to upload the video. Unfortunately, it is hard to tell what is going from pictures.
Thank you so much! This is incredibly helpful.
 

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