Duck Breed ID

[Treadwayc]

Hi!! My ducks are around 4 weeks old. I bought them from a local feed shop and 4 were sold as Perkins. 2 are peckin, 2 are Mallords, and 2 are obviously something else. Any ideas on what they might be? When they were younger they looked just like welsh harlequin ducklings, but now I’m not so sure…. Thanks!!

 

[fatty and friends]

2 pekin, 2 rouen (not mallard), a blue swedish, and a silver swedish

 

[Quatie]

2 pekin, 2 rouen (not mallard), a blue swedish, and a silver swedish

Agree.

That Pekin in the middle, is that just a photo of an awkward moment or is that how it looks normally?

 

[Treadwayc]

Thanks for the help. He was stumbling a bit in the photo. We noticed around 2ish week he was swimming in circles and stumbling. Fit a niacin deficiency description to a tee, so we added in niacin. He never improved, and still stumbles. Dosent show any sign of being in pain though, and eats and runs around like normal besides the wobble. It was the only one who seemed to have the issue. Maybe possible injury when younger? Not sure.

 

[Quatie]

It looked like it might be a naicin deficiency in the picture. Have you tried giving him vitamin b complex? You can get it at TSC. You can read more about administrating it in this thread.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/niacin-deficiency-in-waterfowl.1367557/

 

[Treadwayc]

It looked like it might be a naicin deficiency in the picture. Have you tried giving him vitamin b complex? You can get it at TSC. You can read more about administrating it in this thread.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/niacin-deficiency-in-waterfowl.1367557/

I originally had a niacin I would sprinkle on the food but later found that time release and flush free didn’t stay in long enough to be absorbed. I have been doing brewers yeast ratio in the food and there has been no improvement. Should I try one of the suggested brands of niacin from the link you sent? Perhaps orally administer? The food they are on also has niacin, and they love peas as snacks which also have some niacin

 

[Quatie]

I originally had a niacin I would sprinkle on the food but later found that time release and flush free didn’t stay in long enough to be absorbed. I have been doing brewers yeast ratio in the food and there has been no improvement. Should I try one of the suggested brands of niacin from the link you sent? Perhaps orally administer? The food they are on also has niacin, and they love peas as snacks which also have some niacin

I would use this one. It will help the most.

@Miss Lydia, I believe you usually recommend 1ml even at that age.

 

[Treadwayc]

I would use this one. It will help the most.
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@Miss Lydia, I believe you usually recommend 1ml even at that age.

Will pick some up today and start giving it to him. Thanks for your help, hopefully he will still be able to recover from it at this age. Would you recommend giving some to other ducks that don’t show symptoms as well?

 

[Treadwayc]

2 pekin, 2 rouen (not mallard), a blue swedish, and a silver swedish

Wow thanks I had no clue! Any guesses on sexing from the pics? They are around 4 ish weeks. Only one that I can base quacking off of so far is the one flapping wings in pic. I think it’s a female, it’s pretty vocal haha.

 

[Quatie]

Will pick some up today and start giving it to him. Thanks for your help, hopefully he will still be able to recover from it at this age. Would you recommend giving some to other ducks that don’t show symptoms as well?

I would personally treat just the duck that needs help. The vitamin b complex should help more than the brewers yeast. Pekins need more naicin then other breeds and are more likely to have a naicin deficiency. If the duck doesn't show any improvement on the vitamin b complex, it may be something else.

@Isaac 0 is the expert in this area. He will have other ideas on how to treat it and what else may be effecting the duck.