do birds of prey kill full grown ducks?

So far he's doing well. He is eating and drinking. I have cleaned him and he has a puncture wound from a talon on his back under one wing. I put betadine on it and will give him some cephalexin antibiotic tomorrow and keep him quiet to see how he does. Any other ideas let me know. The blood was a small amount and stopped immediately. I hope hes ok.
 
Puncture wounds can introduce bacteria to the bloodstream. I am not an expert on antibiotics, but generally, ducks would need a course over several days for an internal infection, from any advice I have seen here or from the vet.

So if I were going to start oral antibiotics, I would continue for a week. Since I don't know you well yet, I don't know what your background is. You could be a vet!

Anyway, Storey's Guide to Raising Ducks recommends clipping the feathers right around a wound so you can see it well.

I don't know your weather, but fly strike is a risk, and keeping a duck with an open wound away from flies is critical.

Sometimes all that is needed is topical treatment, I like to add extra vitamins and electrolytes to support the immune system, and a relatively warm, quiet, safe place. The warmth is so that the duck's body does not have to use energy to stay warm, and can heal faster.
 
So far so good. Betadine washes and Cephalexin 3x daily. (100mg). He is limping where I think his muscles are sore, but he acts like he's feeling better. I am cautiously optimistic.

So the answer is YES, hawks do take adult ducks.
 
I have 6, 10 month old Peking ducks. They are in an uncovered large pen inside our fenced in the yard. The tree canopy has protected them all summer. We never had a problem until last night. A hawk attacked one, the largest one and tried to lift him over the 4' fence of their pen. We caught him in the act and scared him off! We brought Truffles inside to take care of his wounds but I am not sure if he is going to survive them. What can I use on them? Please help? He did got into the water tray I placed in the crate because it was bloody. I'm not sure if I should try to feed him. His eyes are shut and he has a wound on the side of his jaw line.
 
I have 6, 10 month old Peking ducks. They are in an uncovered large pen inside our fenced in the yard. The tree canopy has protected them all summer. We never had a problem until last night. A hawk attacked one, the largest one and tried to lift him over the 4' fence of their pen. We caught him in the act and scared him off! We brought Truffles inside to take care of his wounds but I am not sure if he is going to survive them. What can I use on them? Please help? He did got into the water tray I placed in the crate because it was bloody. I'm not sure if I should try to feed him. His eyes are shut and he has a wound on the side of his jaw line.
Put him in a tub of warm water and wash him off real good check under those feathers for more wounds, but usually good warm water will clean them out. are you sure it was a hawk and not an owl? hawks don't hunt at night. he is probably in shock from the attack so keep him quiet and warm[not hot] and put a bit of water with some poultry vitamins or ACV into it in his cage to drink when he feels up to it. when washing off his wounds be sure not to leave him unattended in the water, being in shock he could drown. Ducks can live through some horrific attacks, just make sure he is quiet. warm and cleaned up good to prevent infection in those wounds, after washing him and finding all the wounds you can use triple antibiotic on them but nothing with pain relief ending in caine. Also there is a product called Veterycin spray, that is great for wounds and to prevent infection, TSC carries it. Now put something over top of your run because that hawk, owl or whatever it was will be back.
 
Thank you so much for the advice. I wasn't sure what to do last night. I thought allowing to rest overnight would be best. Now, I will give him a warm water bath.
It was definitely a hawk. My husband and dog chase him away. It happened yesterday, late afternoon. It was still day light. The hawk did return and watched us from the tree top, as we covered the pen. We used an old tent cover and gazebo drapes linked together to reach across. That's all we had. Now I am researching a more permanent solution.
 
Thank you so much for the advice. I wasn't sure what to do last night. I thought allowing to rest overnight would be best. Now, I will give him a warm water bath.
It was definitely a hawk. My husband and dog chase him away. It happened yesterday, late afternoon. It was still day light. The hawk did return and watched us from the tree top, as we covered the pen. We used an old tent cover and gazebo drapes linked together to reach across. That's all we had. Now I am researching a more permanent solution.
What ever you put over top make sure it is secured to your fencing because hawks are smart as most preds are or they couldn't survive and will try and figure out a way in. some use heavy duty netting some chicken wire but it also has to be secure from climbing and squeezing preds. squeezing preds are those like mink and weasels who can squeeze through 1" holes to kill our flocks. I'm sure as soon as others come on you'll get lots of advise on what to use, I lost a bantam hen to a hawk a couple weeks ago, I have hung up reflective tape to try and keep it away since my fenced in area is way to big to cover. How is he this morning? Thank goodness they were able to chase it off.
 
Sure would like an update on your duck that was attacked.
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Hope he's doing much better this evening.
 
Yes. A bald eagle carried off one of my runners. I know this because the eagle came back for seconds. But not until after we repaired the section of netting that had fallen down, so the eagle sulked on the edge of the poultry yard pen long enough to stop the traffic past our house.
 
Yes. A bald eagle carried off one of my runners. I know this because the eagle came back for seconds. But not until after we repaired the section of netting that had fallen down, so the eagle sulked on the edge of the poultry yard pen long enough to stop the traffic past our house.
Sorry for you loss, they always come back for seconds, glad you got the netting fixed, And I bet it did stop traffic, we have had 2 show up around the Mt. River below our home, never have I seen it up here at the house but I did lose a bantam hen to a red tail about a month ago. They are awesome to see in the wild though aren't they?
 

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