dreamofwinter
Songster
My 2-year-old White Crested duck seems to have injured her left wing yesterday morning. I haven't found any wounds, but she's carrying the wing lower and held out from her side. When she walks, the wing tip jiggles.
She's eating, drinking, acting normal except that she's much more willing to let me handle her than usual.
I carefully felt around but I just don't have a strong enough grasp of wing anatomy to tell just what the problem is. I'm not able to manually tuck the wing back against her side; it's as if the shoulder or humerus is out of place, keeping the wing held away.
I've included a few photos to show the carriage of the wing, both lower and farther out. You can see she's also molting and has some seriously gross feather quality happening.
Is there something I should be doing to treat this? Maybe wrapping the wing against her body (but again, I'm not able to tuck it snugly against her)? Or is rest and time the best option? Unfortunately the only nearby poultry vet (a 2-hour-each-way trip) has closed; I'd be looking at a 7+ hour round trip assuming I could even get an appointment.
She's eating, drinking, acting normal except that she's much more willing to let me handle her than usual.
I carefully felt around but I just don't have a strong enough grasp of wing anatomy to tell just what the problem is. I'm not able to manually tuck the wing back against her side; it's as if the shoulder or humerus is out of place, keeping the wing held away.
I've included a few photos to show the carriage of the wing, both lower and farther out. You can see she's also molting and has some seriously gross feather quality happening.
Is there something I should be doing to treat this? Maybe wrapping the wing against her body (but again, I'm not able to tuck it snugly against her)? Or is rest and time the best option? Unfortunately the only nearby poultry vet (a 2-hour-each-way trip) has closed; I'd be looking at a 7+ hour round trip assuming I could even get an appointment.