Bloody wing

[Jera]

One of my girl ducklings has a bloody wing where her flight feathers are comjng in. I noticed it last night and washed it off to see no major cuts or damage. Today I got home to see another girl duckling (the same age which is about 5 or 6 weeks) pecking at the same wing of my injured duck. Help!

 

[NickRandall]

Do you have any male ducks in with the ducks

 

[Jera]

@NickRandall Only one, who is older. But he isn't doing any of the harm. It's the girl duck who is pecking another girl.

 

[Orca5094]

If they see blood (or anything a different color than usual), they will naturally peck at it to investigate. Blood just draws their attention. The best thing to do would be to clean her off really good again and keep her separated from the others for a day or so so that the area can heal up a bit.

This happens sometimes when they're getting in their new feathers. Those "blood feathers" can get broken and cause quite a bit of bleeding, so be sure to clean it up well and keep pressure on the area until it fully stops bleeding. She needs to have time for that to heal up without anyone picking at it to make it start bleeding again and draw everyone's attention.

 

[Jera]

@Orca5094 Okay, thanks!