Dog attack! 4 of 11 survived, barley. Please help

On Monday 11-11-2024, 2 Pit Bulldogs got into my duck yard. they killed 5 ducks right off. 2 ducks got into the pond and kept diving to get away, but, eventually, they were caught. They survived the attack, but one was so badly hurt (his top bill was ripped off) that I had to put him down. That broke my heart. The other one was brought into the house, but she died about 11 pm. The 4 that were left are now in my ad hoc Duck ICU on my kitchen table. I'm attaching a few photos. One of the duck's right wing just hangs down. I have it taped to her body with alligator skin tape.
The most urgent situation I have is that 2 of the ducks are barely eating. The other 2 only want to eat mealworms. I have read some posts and will try the syringe feeding. Could you please give me some guidance on how much to feed and how often? These are Pekin ducks and are rather large. I have been putting them into the bathtub for about 20 minutes in the morning. (I put 2 in at the same time and use this time to clean their large tote and put down fresh bedding.) ANY advice would be welcome, and all questions will be answered.
are they drinking? if so, try to mix in they're food with water. They might see that their is water in it, and MIGHT eat it. I never really had this problem, so I'm suggesting stuff that MIGHT work. So I'm not 100% but it'd be worth a try
 
On Monday 11-11-2024, 2 Pit Bulldogs got into my duck yard. they killed 5 ducks right off. 2 ducks got into the pond and kept diving to get away, but, eventually, they were caught. They survived the attack, but one was so badly hurt (his top bill was ripped off) that I had to put him down. That broke my heart. The other one was brought into the house, but she died about 11 pm. The 4 that were left are now in my ad hoc Duck ICU on my kitchen table. I'm attaching a few photos. One of the duck's right wing just hangs down. I have it taped to her body with alligator skin tape.
The most urgent situation I have is that 2 of the ducks are barely eating. The other 2 only want to eat mealworms. I have read some posts and will try the syringe feeding. Could you please give me some guidance on how much to feed and how often? These are Pekin ducks and are rather large. I have been putting them into the bathtub for about 20 minutes in the morning. (I put 2 in at the same time and use this time to clean their large tote and put down fresh bedding.) ANY advice would be welcome, and all questions will be answered.
Oh, that's horrid! I'm so sorry about your ducks! I don't have ducks but I've had chickens for a while now so I hope this advice helps. First of all, you should get them to a vet ASAP if you have one avalible
 
Oh, that's horrid! I'm so sorry about your ducks! I don't have ducks but I've had chickens for a while now so I hope this advice helps. First of all, you should get them to a vet ASAP if you have one available
Available* sorry something happened) In the meantime keep them in a warm quiet place and maybe put warm water on the wounds to clean them. For the duck that has its top beak pulled off, give it soft foods if possible monitor drinking, etc. Ducks can regenerate a small missing part of their beak-like your thumb but more severe might take a long time or not at all.
Hope this helps best of luck to your ducks!
 

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