Why is my duck not moving?

[Pluto8]

I woke up this morning to find my duck on the floor without moving after I brought out the food. I went to go check on him and as if he has a problem with his wings. Every time he tries to run away, he flaps his wing up and falls straight back down. He's not walking very good. I put him in a cage with water and food. What do you think happened or how can I help him? Last night he was perfectly fine.

 

[nuthatched]

What's his diet? Age?

 

[Canadian Wind]

Only thing I can think of is a niacin issue.

Also, give him some dry shavings or straw in that enclosure please. Wet cement can cause chills.

 

[Pluto8]

What's his diet? Age?

The eat mostly bugs outside and they eat grains. He's about 4-5 months

 

[Pluto8]

Only thing I can think of is a niacin issue.

Also, give him some dry shavings or straw in that enclosure please. Wet cement can cause chills.

Got it!

 

[nuthatched]

The eat mostly bugs outside and they eat grains. He's about 4-5 months

Do they eat any duck food? They really need that.

 

[Pluto8]

Do they eat any duck food? They really need that.

They eat scratch meant for ducks. But the mostly eat bugs outside throughout their day.

 

[nuthatched]

They eat scratch meant for ducks.

I think we're having a language gap, is there a better language for you?
Scratch is made of whole grains, feed is ground and extruded pellets or crumbs. Which do you have?

 

[Canadian Wind]

Yes, they will definitely need to be supplemented with niacin. I don't know where you live but although Muscovy are fantastic foragers I still fed my free-rangers some duck-specific crumbles/pellets in addition to that.

 

[Pluto8]

He died and now there is another one that is just like him and he's not moving and he's flapping his wings around. There's two others kind of like that I don't know what to do. I don't want anymore to die. Please help