As I was writing this to you all, my husband went out to close the barn door for all the ducks for the night.....and it looks like the drake attacked and killed one of the ducklings. It was out of the brooding area and it's head was practically off and it had a puncture wound on it's abdomen. I...
You all are amazing! I'm so appreciate of your quick help. I tried out the water therapy. He/she really seemed to enjoy it and was very relaxed in the sink. I noticed that he/she stretched out the good leg the whole time and the bad leg once of twice. I'm starting to wonder if his/her foot...
I've been looking through old duck forums for "lame" and "duckling" but I'm not finding anything. I'm going to try a little water therapy with him/her in the bathtub. I'll keep it very shallow and warm. Thanks for your help.
I am brand new to duck breeding, and I had 8 ducklings hatch yesterday. They are with their mom in a safe duckling area in my barn with a brooding area set up. I have one duckling that I just removed because it was getting trampled and looked in bad shape. It's leg is bent up to it's body and...