Feed for Angel Wing

[Miss Lydia]

I see no problem with that as long as you give them a heads up. Angel wing is an easy fix if caught early.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I see no problem with that as long as you give them a heads up. Angel wing is an easy fix if caught early.

Thats what I figured, but wanted to double check. Once I had these two bundled, it only took a couple minutes to wrap them each up.

Do you happen to know if males tend to get it more often?

 

[Miss Lydia]

That I don't know. Might find some info online
found this and it says Drakes are more prone
https://www.metzerfarms.com/angel-wing.html
and interesting the person says it's nutritional more so than genetic. I don't know except I fed 20% protein from hatch on and never had it. But another thing is all my birds but 1 were hatched here and raised by mamas so they are out foraging at a very early age. maybe that has something to do with it too. My only duck [Indian Runner] that came from a hatchery and was raised by me didn't get it though. So I just don't know.

 

[Miss Lydia]

My 12 yr old has been flying and boy is she good. she has 2 ducklings right now and if some how she walks to the back of the house and they are in the pool in the front all they have to do is start calling and she takes off flying and follows the walkway around the house so neat to see her maneuver so well around the obstacles. I was worried at first she'd end up outside the fence but she hasn't at all.

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

I've never had it in ducks but geese. I wouldn't wrap mine cause it was 106 here. Not heat index but actual temp. Geese don't seem to pant like ducks. But flap wings. I was afraid I would kill them by wrapping them so I have geese with angel wing.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I've never had it in ducks but geese. I wouldn't wrap mine cause it was 106 here. Not heat index but actual temp. Geese don't seem to pant like ducks. But flap wings. I was afraid I would kill them by wrapping them so I have geese with angel wing.

We had a member that said her duck had angel wing and she didn't wrap it until the duck had its first molt and when the flight feathers started growing back in she wrapped and it worked Be worth trying.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Big drake got his off within like 2 hours. Little one still has his, but I think I did his tighter and his wasn't as bad.

I'll be rewrapping Big drake's tomorrow morning, he's gonna be so happy. /s

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Just curious, but why do you want them to fly? I go out of my way to trim flight feathers so they don't. Or else I find them on the vehicles, on the roof, etc.

I find mine only fly their first year, anyhow, and only the females.

They'll be contained in a pen once it's built, so I won't have to worry about them flying away or causing damage to cars.

I dunno, it just seems like if they're contained, I should grant them the opportunity to at least have some naturalness in them being able to fly and roost if they'd like to