Friend for Crippled (eyeless) Pekin duck?

[Quacker381]

Any videos of them? Shes adorable !

Were all proud and happy about her

I have a couple but here they are swimming around! Celeste is officially 2 weeks today!

It won’t let me put the video in because it says the file is to big

 

[Miss Lydia]

You have to put your video on Vimeo or you tube then copy and paste here.

 

[Quacker381]

Did I do it?

 

[FoodFreedomNow]

Did I do it?

That is too cute! Erin has the preening thing down...and Celeste is such a little ball of energy. They are just precious!

 

[Jpat]

Oh wow my heart is melted!!

Little zoomies and that pekin is doing soo well!

I think she has angle wing starting but its easy to fix at this age

 

[Miss Lydia]

Very sweet video!! Thanks for sharing and yes if you wrap now you can correct the Angel wing. Bless their

 

[Quacker381]

At first I was like what? Then I looked it up and I see what you mean. How long do I keep it wrapped? And would an ace bandage work?

 

[Miss Lydia]

It can be fixed in less than a week. You can try an ace bandage it may work and remember no swim while wrapped. If you go to the search at top of the page you can see ways others have wrapped.

 

[FoodFreedomNow]

This thread has some info you may find helpful. I had a Muscovy drake that developed angel wing after I fed him waterfowl feed...the only who ever developed it, and he was huge. I feed differently now and reduce the protein level beginning at 3 weeks old as a preventive measure.

I used Vetrap (he was very unhappy about it) and his wing corrected in about a week. I like Vetrap because it can handle getting wet, too. *edited to add that Erin won't be able to swim (as @Miss Lydia said) while wrapped*

Sometimes the heavy blood feathers coming in can cause drooping in the wings, but it does look like there might be more than that going on - as suggested, I'd err on the side of caution and wrap her wings before the feathers can develop that characteristic twist.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Here is another bit of info. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/angel-wing-treatment.1252014/