Something is going on with my welsh harlequins legs and or feet.

[FunQuail]

Any ideas?

 

[Trisseh]

Out of 6 ducklings I had one that had horrible legs. He was a silver appleyard so a bigger breed, but his 3 siblings were from the same batch and had no problems. Ironically he was also the “runt” of my group. I supplemented all of them with niacin daily, and it seemed to help but took some time. I fed it to effect rather than calculating an exact dosage since i didn’t know how much they were actually consuming. (I put crushed tablets over their feed). I also made sure he had a lot of swimming time (supervised of course) to exercise those legs without too much strain on them. The one hatchmate I kept still has a slightly pigeon-toed stance but some of those heavyweights seem to just be that way. She can stand straight, has no issues walking or anything, just has a slight turn to both feet that’s sometimes more obvious than others. The Swedish duck I have does not, although her legs are slightly bowed. She never had any issues as a baby. Then the newest ducky addition I have is a runner that I hatched, and she has the straightest duck legs I’ve ever seen. I had all of them on a 19% duck and goose starter and cut it with oats at the 3 week mark as outlined in the Storey’s duck book.

 

[Miss Lydia]

@FunQuail how old are they and how much liquid b are you giving and how?

 

[Slash3]

all my WH ducklings had weird feet. they grew out of it. but keep on with niacin as it also helps bone growth. I gave it to mine from day 2. Not sure how the one my duckies have just hatched looks yet, as they won't let me near! lol

 

[FunQuail]

Hi thank you for your responses everyone!! I appreciate it!! @Miss Lydia your questions are all answered in my previous posts.
I looked at pictures and in many of the pictures the females feet pointed more inwards and the males had a wider stance. I'm thinking this may be just the breed...?
Thanks again,
Kelly