AMaggio
Songster
- Jun 21, 2019
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Hi everyone, I have 11 female and 4 male ducks all of whom have been together for over two years with only minor incidents. The lowest male in the pecking order is my pekin who is just a gentle giant. This morning I go outside to let everyone oug of their coops and the poor guy is bleeding everywhere, some blood feathers were broken. So I brought him inside to look him over and take care of the bleeding, he's fine but i did find another injury where his nail seems to have pulled away a bit from his foot, nothing major I taped it and he's mostly okay. I take him back outside after a few hours just to make sure he wouldn't reopen the wound and now the males are chasing him around and won't let him in the coop. I'm thinking they caused the injury I the first place maybe chasing him around because his back neck feathers are damaged and dirty, which they werent yesterday, and one of the places he was bleeding was likely caused by them grabbing at him. I brought him back into the house and I'm worried because he doesn't want to eat his normal food, I did get him to munch on peas which he loves but he can't survive on just peas. Do ducks go through depression when they're separated? I know he's going through some stress right now but any suggestions would be helpful.
The pictures show the poor state of his neck feathers and the dark spots are the injuries covered in blue coat. He's had a number done to him. Right now he's in a spare bathroom in a makeshift hospital.
The pictures show the poor state of his neck feathers and the dark spots are the injuries covered in blue coat. He's had a number done to him. Right now he's in a spare bathroom in a makeshift hospital.