Pekin duck having a hard time walking

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this is her now I don’t know that this is that recent but this is a picture
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Maybe your feeding her too much I have never had Pekins but I have seen where instead of putting food out all day long feeding a couple times a day and like as much as she can consume in a time period. . @CoriM would be able to talk you through this.
Do you know how much she weighs and how old is she? could she have a niacin deficiency? Many Pekin even as adults can come down with a niacin deficiency.
 
Miss Lydia said:
Maybe your feeding her too much I have never had Pekins but I have seen where instead of putting food out all day long feeding a couple times a day and like as much as she can consume in a time period. . @CoriM would be able to talk you through this.
Do you know how much she weighs and how old is she? could she have a niacin deficiency? Many Pekin even as adults can come down with a niacin deficiency.
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I think she is about 6 I think we are filling her boll up in the morning and in the night every day
 
I know she is in a good sized chicken coop with at least 5 chickens and we are filling her boll up 2 times a day with duck pellets and then there is another boll we fill up for the chickens with chicken food the chickens and are Peking are in the same coop
 
Honestly, to me she looks like a normal pekin. 6 years old is quite old for that breed. I have had three pekins and none lived beyond 3 years, despite treating them like queens. One of them at age two suddenly became lame out of the blue and it wasn't bumble foot or a break. She had to use her wings to help stabilize her if she tried to get around. I tried to minimize her walking and carried her around for a couple months before I decided she just didn't have great quality of life, so had her euthanized. It's sad, and the hard truth about these beautiful sweet birds. They are bred to be meat animals and harvested at 8 weeks. Sounds like you've given her a lovely life.
 
CoriM said:
Honestly, to me she looks like a normal pekin. 6 years old is quite old for that breed. I have had three pekins and none lived beyond 3 years, despite treating them like queens. One of them at age two suddenly became lame out of the blue and it wasn't bumble foot or a break. She had to use her wings to help stabilize her if she tried to get around. I tried to minimize her walking and carried her around for a couple months before I decided she just didn't have great quality of life, so had her euthanized. It's sad, and the hard truth about these beautiful sweet birds. They are bred to be meat animals and harvested at 8 weeks. Sounds like you've given her a lovely life.
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my pekin , Chubbs, is 6, and I give her liquid B complex almost every day now. She’s been pretty limpy on and off this year. i also pick her up and carry her sometimes. ( and give lots of kisses lol) She’s so precious.
 
Oh my goodness that’s a long time. I’d still begin giving her liquid BComplex it is so good for their legs and over all health. Put the chickens feed up where she can’t get to it but they can. Just feed her the duck pellets.
 

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