Angel Wing happened suddenly

[Ruralhideaway]

My goslings got very limited grazing time while I was away for 5 days. Maybe an hour vs 3+ when I'm home.

Their feed they have free choice is 16% plus nutritional yeast. They got some greens while I was gone but not as much as I'd have given them.

One seems to have developed angel wing on one side while I was away. Last night I tried vet wrapping the part that sticks out under the other wing section which held it in fine. I was worried about friction on the webby part at the wing joint so I unwrapped it.

Anyone got good instructions for the best way to fix this safely?

 

[Kiki]

@casportpony do you know where that good video fix for this is?

 

[Flockandfowl46]

I'm not telling you not to try to fix this but it appears your goose is young an this issue may resolve itself...waterfowl tend to developer this as their primary pin feathers grow in and th weight of the pin feathers cause this but as muscles begin to developer it fixes itself hope it helps

 

[Miss Lydia]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/angel-wing-treatment.1252014/ it's def the start of angel and getting it wrapped now should only take a few days to fix when they stick out like a hitch hikers thumb it's angel wing.

 

[Ruralhideaway]

I'm not telling you not to try to fix this but it appears your goose is young an this issue may resolve itself...waterfowl tend to developer this as their primary pin feathers grow in and th weight of the pin feathers cause this but as muscles begin to developer it fixes itself hope it helps

You may just be right, I saw a duckling and a different Gosling start to do this also but it self resolved before I acted.

 

[Ruralhideaway]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/angel-wing-treatment.1252014/ it's def the start of angel and getting it wrapped now should only take a few days to fix when they stick out like a hitch hikers thumb it's angel wing.

Thank you, a day or two might be safest to be sure.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Sure can't hurt. I'd rather tackle it early.

 

[Gooseopolis]

This happened to my Gander and we wrapped him with vet wrap and it was corrected in three days.