Runner ducklings walk strange

[Stoney Meadow Maple]

could ducks have autism? its a common symptom.

 

[Xzayler]

No luck so far with vitamin B complex but it has only been one day since I gave them any. The ducks with the problem do seem fine to me. They are growing, seem like they don't lack energy, I see them eating/drinking/swimming regularly.

You know, it's funny you say that because my little chocolate runner boy I got off Craig's list about 1 1/2 years ago also walks on tip toes. He is also small. Much smaller than the rest of my flock although his kids are NOT small at all.

I was interested in this thread because all of my runners have come from the same breeder and have basically been fed the same food. Two of my girls, acquired at the same time, always had this funny tip-toe way of walking, so I suspected it was genetic. Neither of them ever fell over, but both looked like they were constantly sneaking up on everybody.

Yeah exactly, the two who walk differently are also the smallest ones compared to the rest even though they are the same age.
Can either of you tell me wether these ducks had problems as adults or while growing up because of their walk? Could they get around well enough or did they need special attention?

I'm sorry, but I've seen cold birds before, the ducklings in the first video look cold to me, they walk on they're tiptoes when they're cold, and the ones in the video have their head tucked way in and are trying to cuddle.

Might've been cold then, I don't know, but they had a heatlamp like 1m away and 10 minutes after I took the video they were running around, eating, swimming again.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Give it a week before passing judgement some times longer sometimes shorter time. I’m glad you got some too.

 

[Callender Girl]

Neither of my girls had any issues aside from having a strange gait. One of them is still alive and although she was seriously bonded to her sister, she hangs out with the flock most of the time and still gets the romantic attention of the boys. No special attention was needed, although their specialness may have tempted me to spoil them a bit.

 

[Xzayler]

Another update! Good news. Both little ones can now run along with the others and all it took was a bit of vitamin B complex from the internet dissolved in water (I checked how much vitamin was recommended per gallon of water and did some maths to adjust for other amounts).
They now bend their legs right and although they are still small compared to the rest, they are much more active, eat more and rest less. So if anyone has a similar problem, just try this, I thought niacin deficiency wasn't the problem and apparently it was.
Thank you all so much.

 

[Miss Lydia]

That is awesome be sure to keep this up till 10 weeks of age and if they start to show problems again just get them back on it. It’s water soluble so it gets peed out if they don’t need it all.