Feather shafts

[staceymaenzo]

My male duckling (6 weeks) has really thick feather shafts on his wing feathers. They have been clinging on tightly for about two weeks and it’s causing his wings to stick out and not lie flat. It appears to be bothering him. He is constantly flicking his wings. Can this cause angel wing? Can I try to remove the shafts

without hurting him?

 

[Northwest_Wannabe]

What are you feeding them and what is the protien? it almost kind of looks to me like the starting of minor angelwing :'( Is the other wing the same as far as the length/size of the shafts?

 

[HeatherKellyB]

@Isaac 0 @Miss Lydia @WVduckchick @DuckyDonna
@Pyxis

 

[staceymaenzo]

The feed is 18% protein and I mix it with rolled oats and brewers yeast. He also forages and gets fruits and veggies. The feathers and shafts look the same on the other wing but that one lays flat.

 

[Isaac 0]

The duckling has angel wing.

Read this,

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/angel-wing-treatment.1252014/