Does my duck have angel wing??

[sophieharkins]

Her wings look weird to me but I might just over reacting

 

[Lauren Kim]

Haha that's really pretty and cute! Ducks have variations, so it's okay if you think that your duck looks weird. Is she a pekin or jumbo pekin?

 

[chickens really]

Looks fine to me....Cute Duck...

 

[Kimmyh51]

If it is, it's only VEEERRY minor in very early stages, it's hard to tell from the photo, it could be Juuuuust starting, or it could be shes just been preening/fluffing/ruffling her wings before you took this photo. If you are concerned, keep an eye on the protein level in her diet (keep it under 15%) and keep an eye on her. I wouldn't worry about doing anything (other than correcting diet if needed) else right now.
If she is developing angel wing, the wings will start to become more noticeably out or up from her body (most photos I see of angel wing the wings hang outwards but I have a duck with it - who I got as an adult so too late to treat - and her wings stick straight up, like the fins on a jet airplane!)
Anyway, if her wings do start to become more noticeable, it's very easy to treat, you just make them a kind of body wrap (lots of photos and videos by googling this) and put it on for about 3 days.

I have treated it this way in a number of rescued wild ducks and all of them were sucessfully treated this way and can fly perfectly well now as adults.

 

[Going Quackers]

No, looks to be a Pekin? how old. Generally angel wing is fairly obvious, it's basically like a backwards wing so to speak, their are articles in the pinned info on it if you want to learn more.

 

[sophieharkins]

Haha that's really pretty and cute! Ducks have variations, so it's okay if you think that your duck looks weird. Is she a pekin or jumbo pekin?

She's just a regular pekin She's actually kind of small for her age, only about five pounds. But she eats like a horse.

 

[sophieharkins]

Looks fine to me....Cute Duck...

Thank you I think so too

 

[sophieharkins]

If it is, it's only VEEERRY minor in very early stages, it's hard to tell from the photo, it could be Juuuuust starting, or it could be shes just been preening/fluffing/ruffling her wings before you took this photo. If you are concerned, keep an eye on the protein level in her diet (keep it under 15%) and keep an eye on her. I wouldn't worry about doing anything (other than correcting diet if needed) else right now.
If she is developing angel wing, the wings will start to become more noticeably out or up from her body (most photos I see of angel wing the wings hang outwards but I have a duck with it - who I got as an adult so too late to treat - and her wings stick straight up, like the fins on a jet airplane!)
Anyway, if her wings do start to become more noticeable, it's very easy to treat, you just make them a kind of body wrap (lots of photos and videos by googling this) and put it on for about 3 days.

I have treated it this way in a number of rescued wild ducks and all of them were sucessfully treated this way and can fly perfectly well now as adults.

Thank you for the advice !

 

[Going Quackers]

Pekin are piggies with feathers lol. I find the females vary, i had one that hatched here(by a scovie, misplaced Pekin egg) and she was much smaller than her actual family...

My remaining girl is fairly large, honestly they are better on the smaller sizing....

 

[sophieharkins]

No, looks to be a Pekin? how old. Generally angel wing is fairly obvious, it's basically like a backwards wing so to speak, their are articles in the pinned info on it if you want to learn more.

Yes she is a pekin She's almost six months old