This doesn't really show it well but it's very prounounced when she walks and sits.
Hope you don't mind...I corrected the bracket on your link so the picture would show up.
Not a bad bow, but definitely there....pigeon-toed walk.
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This doesn't really show it well but it's very prounounced when she walks and sits.
It looks very uniform, maybe it's genetic @casportpony Have you got any ideas?Hope you don't mind...I corrected the bracket on your link so the picture would show up.
Not a bad bow, but definitely there....pigeon-toed walk.
I was looking at it some more... The curve on the outside of the lower leg, is that the muscle and the tendon? Maybe they slipped off the elbows and are going around the outside instead of behind the leg. I would think this would be very unusual for it to happen on both legs though... I hope someone with more experience on leg problems gets on this.Quote:
It looks very uniform, maybe it's genetic @casportpony Have you got any ideas?
Ok, here I am again. Candled the 2 duck eggs last night, got a surprise when I saw a huge shadow in the air sac of one. Not in the other. I could feel that little thing kicking too. So. I went ahead and raised the humidity to mid 60's. Hope that is right? Haven't turned them today.
Haven't heard any noises
Do they make a whistle sound? I think I may candle again tonight if I don't hear anything by then. If this were a chick egg, I would have thought, hey, it's internally pipped, or darn close. I check for pips and noises every now and again.
I was looking at it some more... The curve on the outside of the lower leg, is that the muscle and the tendon? Maybe they slipped off the elbows and are going around the outside instead of behind the leg. I would think this would be very unusual for it to happen on both legs though... I hope someone with more experience on leg problems gets on this.
@Amiga
@RavynFallen
@Miss Lydia
I've been giving my 2 week old ducks niacin for a week now for a duck w/ bowed legs and it doesn't seem to be getting better, any tips ??!
I was looking at it some more... The curve on the outside of the lower leg, is that the muscle and the tendon? Maybe they slipped off the elbows and are going around the outside instead of behind the leg. I would think this would be very unusual for it to happen on both legs though... I hope someone with more experience on leg problems gets on this.
@Amiga
@RavynFallen
@Miss Lydia
Ok, here I am again. Candled the 2 duck eggs last night, got a surprise when I saw a huge shadow in the air sac of one. Not in the other. I could feel that little thing kicking too. So. I went ahead and raised the humidity to mid 60's. Hope that is right? Haven't turned them today.
Haven't heard any noises
Do they make a whistle sound? I think I may candle again tonight if I don't hear anything by then. If this were a chick egg, I would have thought, hey, it's internally pipped, or darn close. I check for pips and noises every now and again.
Kinda what I was thinking on that second look but I have zero experience.Is this slipped tendon? There is a BYC thread on successful treatment.
I think so too. I know several people have had luck with Jumbos as "Pets", but they really are a "meat" bird and are bred with a 6-8 week life expectancy in mind. There are compromises that have to be made all the time by breeders. Pekins are already bred for huge size (Nearly 4X the weight of their original Mallard roots) and Jumbos push that envelope even farther but I think long term health takes a back seat to processing weight in that case.I don't really have experience with leg issues, mine have never had any issues... but it seems to be a bigger and more prolific issue this year... I'm suspecting a lot of Jumbos have been sent out...