Pekin duck can't stand up

[Eggcessive]

Hard to know but I would give it at least 2 weeks to see some improvement.

 

[Evadig]

Day 2 of the vitamin B complex. Of course she is not a fan. About how long does it normally take to start seeing improvement?

I put the Duvet in their food - about 1 tbsp per 1 cup of food. I feed multiple times a day so they will eat and not start playing or spill it. Also, give baths in warm water. Mine generally recovered in a few days and were released back into the flock within a week.

 

[Evadig]

I put the Duvet in their food - about 1 tbsp per 1 cup of food. I feed multiple times a day so they will eat and not start playing or spill it. Also, give baths in warm water. Mine generally recovered in a few days and were released back into the flock within a week.

I just noticed you’re feeding her Nutrena Feather Fixer. It might take her longer to recover because she hasn’t been getting the niacin she needs over the last couple years. Can you feed actual duck food or All Flock if you have male birds and/or chickens? That would be better.

 

[faithandfeathers]

I can switch them to the all flock, but it doesn't list a niacin amount either that I remember. Both had niacin in the ingredients list but no % listed. They don't carry duck specific food which is why I have them on this. The only difference I saw was the protein %. Feather Fixer being 18% and all flock being 20% or 22%. They carried duck food for a very short time and then stopped stocking it.
With this happening, I am thinking that I may need to try harder to find a feed store that would be willing to order it for me. Everyone else seems to be doing fine. I guess my little Puffy is just more susceptible. I have 22 ducks.

 

[Eggcessive]

@Miss Lydia who helps a lot of duck questions, has not had power for a few months due to the hurricane, but she and others use nutritional yeast in the feed to give more B vitamins including niacin. You can buy it in bulk or at the grocery, and just sprinkle on some of the feed with a little sprinkle of water to help it stick. Here are some to choose from:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BCMNBZP...=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9kZXRhaWxfdGhlbWF0aWM&th=1

https://www.amazon.com/Bragg-Premiu...cphy=9006725&hvtargid=pla-2281435182378&psc=1

 

[Evadig]

With this happening, I am thinking that I may need to try harder to find a feed store that would be willing to order it for me. Everyone else seems to be doing fine. I guess my little Puffy is just more susceptible. I have 22 ducks.

Can you yourself order it, maybe through Chewy or something?

Is Puffy your only Pekin?

 

[faithandfeathers]

Can you yourself order it, maybe through Chewy or something?

Is Puffy your only Pekin?

No, I have 4 pekins, 3 girls and a drake.