angel wing or broken wing...?

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

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yep that will be your best bet. It's not angel wing for sure, as mentioned that a duckling problem adults cant get it after they are grown. It's a break or sprain. You might want to clip off all the feathers to lighten the load on it and wrap it up as mentioned for a week or two, after then she should be fine, if not, wrap it again for another week or so.

 

[pheasant24]

haha! yah cuz feathers are super heavy!

just kiddin
ok I will do that! thanks!

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

they weigh more on the wing than you are thinking, it also makes taping the wing up much more easy than a full feathered wing. actually feather weight is what causes angle wing too just so you know, it's the weight of the rapid growing feathers compiled with weak mucsle and skeletal structure.

 

[pheasant24]

ohhhh...so since her wing is pinioned does that make it weaked because they dont use their wings?
so then the wing breaks easier?

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

yes, it'd be weaker muscle wise, but the skeletal structure should still be fine and not prone to easier breakage.