something wrong with pekin duck wing??

[sixgunsally]

I have 3 pekin ducks that are a couple months old. One of the ducks looks totally differant than the others. Its tail points down, its fatter than the others, and it walks really funny. It seems to be healthy in term of eating and drinking, so i wasnt concerned, until i noticed his wing growing funny. Its alot longer than his other wing, he seems to have trouble holding it up, and ive noticed it bleeding a couple times. Can anyone tell me what is wrong with him?

 

[Miss Lydia]

I have 3 pekin ducks that are a couple months old. One of the ducks looks totally differant than the others. Its tail points down, its fatter than the others, and it walks really funny. It seems to be healthy in term of eating and drinking, so i wasnt concerned, until i noticed his wing growing funny. Its alot longer than his other wing, he seems to have trouble holding it up, and ive noticed it bleeding a couple times. Can anyone tell me what is wrong with him?

Doesn't look like angel wing angel wing looks like a hitch hikers thumb the wing sticks straight out to the side. But when their blood feathers are coming in they can be awfully heavy and they have a hard time holding them in the proper position they will hang they will raise them up it seems to go on like that for days then once the blood feathers are all in and they have gotten the muscles strong enough to hold them in the right position the look normal. Not sure if that is what is going on with your Pekin but it's the right age. As for the bleeding could one of the other ducks grabbed a feather and pulled it out. They bleed quite a bit when that happens. I'd pick him up and examine if it looks like someone has pulled out a blood feather you can get a product called blue kote and put it on the place where it has been bleeding it will disguise any raw or bleeding area and help with healing it will make anything it touches purple but really does work great. Talking about walking funny can you upload a video or explain better what you mean? there is a condition that ducklings can get from not getting enough niacin in their diet when young so you may want to buy some Brewers yeast and start sprinkling a tab to 1 cup of feed till they are at least 10-12 weeks old. This is Brewers yeast not baking yeast. The tail hanging down i am not sure of unless just this ones body shape or birth defect which could explain the wing being longer on one side than the other but examine both wings are blood feathers coming in on both sides? If your duck is eating well interacting with the other 2 and nothing else is not normal it may just been the growth spurt your seeing. But please explain more about all the issues you asked about especially the legs. and

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[Amiga]

My first thought with tail down walking funny is egg bound or oviduct problems. She is a bit young for laying but something oviduct problems don't show up until their reproductive systems develop, and they are at the age where most of their development is internal systems.

I would get her to a vet if possible.

Are they getting extra calcium yet?

 

[sixgunsally]

I have a video, but i am not sure how to upload it... when he/she walks, her whole body moves side to side, almost as if one leg is shorter than the other. When she runs, she is always way slower than the others and she has issues getting up the ramp into the pen. She either falls off the ramp, or trips and just lays down on the ramp.
I do not give them brewers yeast or any other vitamins. They eat Dumor chick starter/grower. It says it is for ducks as well as chicks, and that no added vitamins is necessary.
I do not think that the other ducks are picking out her feathers, they all get along very well and i have not noticed them being aggressive at all.