Attacked duck -- not major but pls help

[Miss Lydia]

K should she cover his wound after using the neo? @casportpony

 

[casportpony]

K should she cover his wound after using the neo?

I would leave it uncovered.

 

[Skye'sDucks]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/bumble-breast-breast-blister-graphic-pictures.1096276/

Wow that's a lot! I've never heard of bumble breast before.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Just wondering since you covered that nasty wound on your bird. I have a strong stomach but that was nasty. What caused that if you don’t mind me asking

 

[casportpony]

Just wondering since you covered that nasty wound on your bird. I have a strong stomach but that was nasty. What caused that if you don’t mind me asking

I'm not sure how he got it, maybe fighting with another rooster. I wrapped him because the incision I made was quite large and since it was on his breast the risk of it getting contaminated was too high.

 

[Skye'sDucks]

So, I checked on his wound today and tried to get as much pus out as I could, but he was really squirmy and I only got a little bit. Plus it had hardened so I had to be careful not to rip anything. I can always get my mom out again to help me hold him if I need to get more out.

Here are pictures of his wound this morning, after i tried to remove some of the pus.

This was with the flash

Without flash...lighting was kinda bad

Another without flash

Also, I completely forget to get pictures of the scab on his tail. I'll do that later.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Looks good to me. @casportpony

 

[casportpony]

If you were able to get all of those bits of pus out then it should be fine. If not, soak again, remove scab, remove pus, flush with sterile saline which you can make at home, just Google sterile saline recipes.

 

[Skye'sDucks]

I don't think I got all of them out. One that was on the edge, around the area in the picture on the bottom left, kinda hardened into the scab and I wasn't able to get anything out in that region. I'm also not confident I was able to pull out all of it (I did get some) in the hole.

Also, is alright if I do that tomorrow morning, or should I do it now? I could do it this evening if you think it'd be better to do it sooner. (I just got back from my horseback riding lesson so I'm just tired is all)

 

[Miss Lydia]

@casportpony