Rescue Duck deformed leg

[HanLills777]

Also, I'm in England (just followed the link and saw its American) happy to buy it from there but it will take some time to arrive so will that be a problem with giving it her, as in does it have to administered quickly?

 

[Miss Lydia]

Also, I'm in England (just followed the link and saw its American) happy to buy it from there but it will take some time to arrive so will that be a problem with giving it her, as in does it have to administered quickly?

What about Amazon? I know they carry it can you order from them, but seems a good pharmacy would carry it too. B complex might be easier to find, but I'm thinking this duckling may just have a birth defect. Could you not keep it yourself? I have B-100 complex that will have 100mgs of niacin in it.

 

[HanLills777]

I would absolutely love to, she's so beautiful, but it's a hatch we've done at school and the eggs are on loan from a farm so don't belong to me. Saying that the lady will unlikely take a deformed duck as it's a working farm and I have no means of keeping her, not run or anything plus a mother who is terrified of birds and three cats

 

[Miss Lydia]

I would absolutely love to, she's so beautiful, but it's a hatch we've done at school and the eggs are on loan from a farm so don't belong to me. Saying that the lady will unlikely take a deformed duck as it's a working farm and I have no means of keeping her, not run or anything plus a mother who is terrified of birds and three cats

More than likely they will put her down if they take her back. Post on the BYCrehoming thread there are members who take in physically challenged ducklings/ducks.

 

[HanLills777]

This was her a few hours old, not sure if you can see her legs clearly but they are fused almost at that first big joint

 

[Miss Lydia]

This was her a few hours old, not sure if you can see her legs clearly but they are fused almost at that first big joint

Most likely an incubation problem, either the bator is too high temps or too low or humidity is off one way or the other. I don't hatch in bators so I am not real knowledgeable about this part of hatching. I let my ducks do the work. But I doubt unless an experienced vet could do something it will be able to walk. But for someone who wanted a house duck that scooted around on soft surfaces it can be done. How is she other wise?

 

[HanLills777]

The temp has held steady at 37.5 (it's an automatic incubator. Humidity jumped around a lot in the first week ( it's hard to maintain in big classrooms where the air temp changes but every time I checked it was about 44%-46%. She is absolutely fine other than her legs, she's so beautiful. This evening I took her to a local sanctuary who have a no kill policy and they said they will do what they can for her if they can. Attached some pics for you, I am missing her greatly already but know that I'm not the best person for her. Now worried for our healthy duckling at school who is now on his own at only 2 days old, I put some cuddly duck toys in with him before we left and he was snuggled with them so hoping he adjusts ok, he'll have lots of company during the day from 200+ children haha

 

[HanLills777]

 

[Miss Lydia]

What sweet pics, and so glad you found a place to take her and no kill too. she is a doll. Even with 200 kids that duckling will be lonely without another duckling, no chance of finding it a friend somewhere? thanks so much for going the extra mile for the lil one.

 

[HanLills777]

Nope unfortunately not, this batch was so unsuccessfully (only these two out of 20 eggs) we did put another batch in two weeks ago but obviously they are not ready to hatch yet. I will see how he goes but it may be a case of taking him back to the farm early as the lady has chicks at the moment so they could buddy up .

She is indeed a doll, such a lovely personality who just loved cuddles (Winston is a live wire and does his best escaping act every time he is picked up haha)

Here is a picture of them both earlier before we took Meredith to the sanctuary. I was willing to keep her this week and next whilst we had Winston too so they were together but the lady at the sanctuary said the sooner they could have her and start trying to help the better it would be. I also don't know what Im doing so as sad as it is I had to admit that and let go

What will happen to Winston? Can ducks get depressed?