deficiency

I have a baby duckling that hatched with his leg locked into one position. He can not stretch it out to walk properly. I've made attempts to stretch but the Lil guy screams in pain when I get to a certain point. Is it time for me to go to a vet? I know this is due to a deficiency but I not sure...

I have a young chicken, about 2 months old. Last week he and one of his siblings began walking on their hock joints. I brought them indoors and made sure they had access to feed and water, they were eating and drinking well. I couldn’t find any injuries. I lost one of them 2 days later. He...

Wondering was going on with my silkies beak- one photo from June looking normal. The other from today. She’s on high quality layer pallets and has access to grass. She had a toe nail fall off at the base this week so I’m wondering what’s going on

One of my almost 4 week old ducklings has become lame in one foot/leg. He is pretty much using his whole leg to hobble around. The other leg seems to be strong. This just started and has been on and off the past few days and is now consistent. None of the other ducks are having any leg issues...

She's 2 weeks and seems to be doing great. Am diggin her brown, cream and blue new festhers! Only noticed these toes bent a bit backward as we were taking pictures. Doesn't seem to bother her and only affects outermost toe on both sides, although her right side a little more severe than left...

Hello, Earlier this month I had a very sick hen (3 1/2 year old Rhode Island Red). I spent a week giving her antibiotics and feeding her recovery food and yogurt with a syringe. She recovered beautifully at the beginning of last week and appeared to return to her normal, active self. She was...

This is my copper maran mix his name is berry he’s 4-5 months, around the time his tail feathers starting growing in was the same time I wasn’t feeling well enough due to my cats passing from kennel cough at the time he stayed in my garage and was eating the feed mix I made for him along with...

My guard goose has some type of eye issue. Cloudy discharge and weak looking eyes. He was also very grumpy with his chickens and sleeping more. I've used homeopathic pink eye drops for the last 1 and a half days and it seems to have helped with him being more himself and clearer eyes. But his...

I have a chicken that I feel is developing scissor beak. What is a good all around supplement that I can start incorporating in to their food?

I have a hen that's had some trouble with laying eggs lately. Today I went to check on them since it's been raining & give them some mash. She was up on a perch by herself with her wings dropped (touching the branch). She is a weird one who will lay ANYWHERE! So I took a second to see if I...

Francesca is a 4 month old salmon faverolles who came to us about 2 weeks ago along with two penmates (lavender orpington and blue ameraucana) who are thriving. When she arrived she laid down in the run and wouldn’t move, appeared to be depressed, but would eat laying down. She had some mild...

Hi All, I have a year-old Saxony female who is usually very active however Monday evening to present she struggles to walk. I was told Niacin Deficient on other platforms. I started giving her Niacin in both food and water, peas and brewers yeast. Can't share the video but her feet won't...

Hey! I am new with chickens, so do you know what’s going on? I came to let our chickens out for the day, one of them wouldn’t come out of their nesting area. She couldnt stand, how hard she tried. Her comb was floppy but still a healthy colour. We separated her from the group and made her as...

Ive read and serched all over for a guidline disage for my 3 month old and cant find anything.... im currently giving her 50mgc selenium per day and .25 to .5 ml of poly vi sol a day. Its been a week now and its not getting better....

Is it possible to give to much Vit b as in If given over a prolonged period of time can it build up and be too much in a ducks system?? I know the correct dosage is important. May be a dumb questions to some but I cant find anything online to answer this question!

So we just hatched 3 runner ducklings. One is super healthy, another has wry neck. And the other WAS healthy and then out of no where today lost ALL function of her body except for her head. They've been given niacin, probiotics, and electrolytes since hatch. The "bentneckducky" runs around...

Is it ok to use rooster booster for ducks?? I read on back and it has Riboflavin in it also.

And I can't seem to help her. Our mallard duck has been egg bound for about 3 days now! She has been bound before and I fixed (or so I thought) the problem. She went a month without getting bound a second time. She's been eating the same food that she's always eaten, when she can that is. She...

Hi everyone, There are a lot of wild chickens in my neighborhood, and I've been taking care of them occasionally for about a year. I dont know much about chickens, but this past year I've seen so many baby chickens die that I felt like I needed to step up. About 3 days ago I brought in a little...

Hi Everybody, I am new to raising ducks and have 4 Rouen ducklings. Three are growing quickly However one seems to have a niacin deficiency. I have been adding brewers yeast to their food for a couple days but it's legs don't seem to be getting better. Will the niacin fix his already developed...