Someone help!

[greenawaltamy8]

I have a 4 week old pekin duck that cant seem to hold her neck or head up very long and her wings are just layed down but she can still stretch them and flap them like she is going to fly. She still eats and drinks and does walk around but stops to take a rest very often. I dont want to see her in pain

 

[askem]

Hi, this sounds like the start of Wry Neck. What are you feeding your duckling? Vitamins?

 

[greenawaltamy8]

They are on purina starter feed, I also add bobs red mill yeast

 

[askem]

They are on purina starter feed, I also add bobs red mill yeast

I'm going to assume that's Nutritional Yeast, correct?

Which starter feed? Start and grow for chickens (medicated/non medicated?), starter for game birds (30% protein)?

What amount of yeast to feed are you providing?

Try supplementing Vitamin E as well in the potential wry neck duckling. Depending on which feed you're feeding you'll probably need to also give Selenium.

Since Wry Neck is a symptom of an underlying concern, I would always suggest consulting a veterinarian to find the reason for Wry Neck.

 

[greenawaltamy8]

I'm going to assume that's Nutritional Yeast, correct?

Which starter feed? Start and grow for chickens (medicated/non medicated?), starter for game birds (30% protein)?

What amount of yeast to feed are you providing?

Try supplementing Vitamin E as well in the potential wry neck duckling. Depending on which feed you're feeding you'll probably need to also give Selenium.

Since Wry Neck is a symptom of an underlying concern, I would always suggest consulting a veterinarian to find the reason for Wry Neck.

Yes correct and It says purina duck feed 40 lbs says from hatchling to grown and i provide 1 tablespoon for every cup of food

 

[DuckDuckSook]

When I raised my ducklings last year, I had one that kept sitting down a lot. I ended up adding Vitamin B Complex to their water for a few weeks. That was in addition to the proper feed and nutritional yeast. It resolved all of my duck's issues. Here's a link to a thread about vitamin deficiency. I got my liquid vitamins at Tractor Supply. I was very stressed raising ducklings compared to chicks, so much so that I probably won't raise them again. It was a roller coaster for me. I ended up having one start with angel wing too and we had to put a cut up pantyhose on her for a few days.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/niacin-deficiency-in-waterfowl.1367557/