HELP: Injured ducks due to dog attack! **UPDATE: bloody wing still!**

So did you ever catch the dog ? I just had a fox with one of my Pekins in it's mouth. I yelled and scared it off - but he will be back, I'm sure of it. Thanks to all who responded to your post, they have been very helpful to me this morning.

It happened to me just yesterday to my duck but I don't know what or who did it to him

Two days ago my ducks were injured and harassed apparently by my dogs. Three of them appeared to be in bad shape. Their abdominal feathers were pulled out and they have puncture wounds all over their back abdominal sides. I didn't think they would make it but I began treating them right away in ways I knew for my horses. I put clean sawdust in their nesting areas and I sprinkled agricultural line in that for them to hopefully have their seeping injured skin dried out by the lime. I also puffed some lime on their injuried area and it seemed to really dry things out immediately. I always have on hand an alfalfa based feed supplement that contains antibiotics that I get at the feed store. It is labeled Aureomycin Crumbles. On reading more about duck first aid I found that the ingredient that is contained in the antibiotic was the same antibiotic ingredient used with certain duck bacterial infections so I knew it would be likely safe for my ducks. I mixed this with their duck feed and mixed it well so they would ingest it. It looked just like their hen feed but is grey. I give them this mix two times a day and their feeder is empty so I know they are getting it. (I put like 1/2 to 3/4 cup with about 1 1/2 quarts of grain. I worry this is too much but I want to stop infection because dog bites can cause severe infections.) I read the lady's post who knows about treating ducks and she said to clean up the bitten area with Betadine solution 1:10 parts so I mixed and sprayed the torn areas. Then she said to doctor them with honey so I covered all of the injured areas with honey. I even put a little honey on lettuce, romaine, and room temperature frozen peas all of which are a treat for my ducks. So far my ducks are doing great. The most injured limp a little because they were bitten badly, even deep puncture holes. I keep them warm and am hoping for the best. I'm planning to continue treating them diligently for 6 total days and longer if the wounds aren't looking healed. It took me a while to come to the realization that my dogs did this as the dogs were with me when these 2 month old ducks were babies in my front room but I'm quite sure my dogs did it. I was told coyotes or fox would have killed them immediately instead of playing "grab the ducks". And I believe it was done by both my dogs as the ducks weren't able to make it to the pond 4 feet from the torn out feathers and I think they could have made it into the pond if it was just the one more jealous dog. I hope my health care here might work and help someone else. The Aureomycin Crumbles aren't expensive and I have used it for years with my horses for all bacterial type of infections. That is a key thing to the treatment, preventing infection from killing the injured ducks. Best wishes with your duck friends.

I have a half grown duck that was fine this am. . We just noticed his back feathers are all gone, don't know how it happened. I put steril anteseptic soap and antibiotic ointment on him. Should I separate him from his sibling's and mom and dad?

Do you have a photo?

Does it look like there was an abrasion? Blood?

Ducks do sometimes lose their duckling down on their backs just before new feathers come in and look a little bare.

Could he have pushed himself under a fence or something and scraped his back?

Who is he with? Is there a drake that could have been aggressive?

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