It could be your vet doesn't do alot of work with poultry, and to most people a duck is just a duck, not considered a pet or companion so most would just go easy way about it. If you can get access to a bird vet (I want to call them an avarian vet but don't think that's right) they may give you a completely different opinion. Sounds like you have a great planSally does seem like she’s doing OK. She was eating voraciously this morning and then she came charging out of the shed with her limp which she is used to dealing with. The vet did not even give us antibiotics to try and fight this infection and now I’m questioning why that is. She just kept saying that there was nothing we could do. I wish I had asked more about why that is and all she said is because the infection is in the bone. And yet the Internet has some reports of very aggressive antibiotic treatment to kill that kind of infection. The vet is worried about sepsis which is an organ failure of sorts that is a terrible way to die. And yet Sally seems so content with life right now. I think I will try and consult a specialist on Monday with the idea that if she is going into sepsis, she can be euthanized.