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For an injury this severe, yes, keep it covered. One of the number one rules is if there is still lymphatic fluid (the clear sticky stuff) then the body is trying to keep the wound covered the only way it can. I think you are doing brilliantly and you will just begin to get a 'feel' for when it...

We all think like that some times. Dont feel bad, its just being human really! Usually I find it all works for the best - this one might turn out to breed you some really fine babies. Im just a newbie breeding ducks but I can tell you in horses, plainer ones breed the real lookers, and the real...

I know what you mean about the sticking. I have a bunch of rags that I made from old T shirts, so they are soft, flexible and pieces dont get stuck in the wound. I use them for cleaning wounds mostly, as for bandages I generally use animal lintex. For food, we have this great stuff called...

Well with fowl Im honestly not sure which is better. For horses I know, 100% salt water is the best thing. Horses heal so well theres this thing called 'proud flesh' where nerveless flesh grows like mad over wounds and has to be cut off....Its really well supplied with blood so it looks gruesome...

Just a note on the salt water - In horses I was told that many of our applications such as betadine, things that we manufacture synthetically, actually harm the fragile cells and prevent healing. Animals have really fantastic healing capabilities and are not prone to infection as much as we are...

Sounds like you have all the bases covered, well done. You have described a terrible wound, if she survives the first 24hrs she has a fighting chance. Let us know how it goes.