Broken leg?

[casportpony]

Have you started giving her any b complex and calcium?

 

[andreagran7]

Have you started giving her any b complex and calcium?

Hi, no I didn’t get her started on it yet but she seems back to normal. I have them ready just in case. Thanks for your interest and advice.

 

[Zedlister]

We are in the same boat with one of our ducks (Nipper) being on antibiotics (again). We have her in the secure run inside a wire dog crate lined with straw and with her own food and water. That way, she is with the others, but separated enough to allow her to recover and, should she resume laying, we will know which eggs to discard. She hasn’t laid since she was attacked by the raccoon in early March. The others spend their time close to the crate and often sit up against it so that they are touching through the wire. I put a small tarp around the windward sides and top of the crate to protect from wind and rain, since the “free” ducks are able to seek greater shelter at will.

Nipper got injured when part of her vent started protruding and she kept picking at it and straining. The vet gave antibiotics and had me put Preparation-H ointment on her protruding vent to reduce both swelling and itch so she could leave it alone and stop straining. Otherwise, he said she might have ended up with a vent prolapse. She is doing well in the crate, though this all coincided with our adding ducks to our flock that Nipper tried to run off, so it’s possible that she got injured in her scuffles with them. So crating her is helping with integration, too.

Thanks so much Duckworth. Really good tip. Apologies for my delay getting back. My brain boggles about how to create the separate area as I don't have lots of timber/chicken wire. But I'm sure I can get resourceful. I have an old door which has glass windows so that might work. Thanks again. Hope Nipper is on the mend.

 

[Duckworth]

Thanks so much Duckworth. Really good tip. Apologies for my delay getting back. My brain boggles about how to create the separate area as I don't have lots of timber/chicken wire. But I'm sure I can get resourceful. I have an old door which has glass windows so that might work. Thanks again. Hope Nipper is on the mend.

Nipper was able to rejoin the flock this morning. I just opened the door to the dog crate and her original hatchmates went in with her. Later in the day, everyone was out and getting along well together. By evening, they had gone into their house together.

I think it is important for the ducks to see, hear, and smell each other close by. When our girls were in the “hospital” bathtub together and Nipper was being picked on because the others thought she was dying, I separated them with cardboard. But they couldn’t see each other and Nipper started doing worse. When I put her in with the other duck that wasn’t picking on her and lowered the cardboard enough that they could see each other, she turned the corner.