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Captain Cluck had success after a raccoon attack and infection set in (her duck) using Duramycin. She also used Ichthammol topically to draw infection out of the leg. Duramycin is oxytetracycline. If it were me, that's what I would go with. But that's just my feeling.

I know you are doing your best. I would give them a call. I just found this - http://www.exoticpetvet.net/avian/avianmeds.html see what it says about Penicillin G - it is not recommended by this site. In the meantime, not as a substitute for antibiotics, but I would think about making...

I wish I could be sure - in a perfect world, you'd be able to test a sample from the duck and then test that against different antibiotics so that you could choose the one that knocks out the infection the best. If Pen G is what you have, perhaps that's best, rather than waiting too long...

Clear iodine seems to soak in a little bit, I don't think the brown iodine does the same.

TSC may also sell Duramycin-10. And if it were me I might try a ginger compress. Grate some fresh ginger and wrap it in a moist clean cloth and hold that on the leg for several minutes. It's said to be a natural antibiotic. There is also colloidal silver, another topical antibiotic. Clear...

I would give the oral antibiotics, apply Epsom salt compresses (E.s. is a laxative, don't let him ingest any) and apply topical antibiotic or perhaps a couple of drops of clear iodine at the wound site. I agree with quackers619 that similar treatment to that for bumblefoot is worth trying...