Whats wrong with my duckling?!

[Aliamelody]

Hello guys
This is my 6 weeks duckling
Hes got wrong with his feet.
Do you know whats wrong?

 

[Lil Drake40]

Niacin deficiency. You need to get some form of niacin. It can be plain niacin tablets crushed and added to his water changed daily 125 Mgs to 1 gal of water do not buy non flush or time released they won’t work. Or you can get Nutritional yeast for humans 1 tablespoon per cup of feed or B complex liquid either for cattle 1 ml a day per duckling or human bcomplex 2-3 mls a day asap you should see imptrovement in less than a week. What do you feed your duckling @Aliamelody

 

[Aliamelody]

Sorry for a lot of questions!
I feed them with bread and water and many times carrots and cucambers and sometimes a little chicken
1.are they bad for him?
2.I get a 25 niacin for human.i dont have a gallon or something i give them water with 1 litr bottle.how can i give him niacin with it?
3.I have some bread yeast on home.is it work too?
4. And how can i use it? Make it clay or just spill it on water or food?

 

[Lil Drake40]

NO please not bread yeast. It will swell in his tummy and kill him.Bread is not healthy at all for poultry especially young ducklings your duckling needs a balanced feed made for poultry. Do you have access to a store that sells feed for chickens you can feed that to your duckling just not layer feed since your duckling if female is not laying. Put 25 mgs of niacin into the liter of water crush it up real good and shake or stir once in a while to keep it mixed

 

[Aliamelody]

NO please not bread yeast. It will swell in his tummy and kill him.Bread is not healthy at all for poultry especially young ducklings your duckling needs a balanced feed made for poultry. Do you have access to a store that sells feed for chickens you can feed that to your duckling just not layer feed since your duckling if female is not laying. Put 25 mgs of niacin into the liter of water crush it up real good and shake or stir once in a while to keep it mixed

I'll try to change their food.just another questions so sorry
Is A litr water & niacin per a day enough?
Or use it on few days?

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

I'll try to change their food.just another questions so sorry
Is A litr water & niacin per a day enough?
Or use it on few days?

I would give the niacin to the ducklings until they are older and even then they might still need it. The water should be changed fresh everyday. If you change the water add niacin to it again.

 

[Lil Drake40]

The only way to have a healthy ducking is to feed healthy. Do you have access to poultry feed (grains like wheat)

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

The OP has another thread about the ducklings and in it they are discussing the feed. Maybe go over to that thread so that it doesn't get too confusing. It is called duckling breeds.

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/breed-of-ducklings.1263118/

 

[Aliamelody]

The only way to have a healthy ducking is to feed healthy. Do you have access to poultry feed (grains like wheat)

today i went to supermarket and get some corn and wheat them mix it with some vegtables.is it Ok for them?
see pictures here please:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/some-changes.1263395/#post-20283857