Had some duck drama this morning

[duckgirl_19]

im sorry i hope the duck gets better with no problems good luck!

 

[LilDucky85]

Aww poor thing. I used the same kind of dog crate for my ducks and never had that kind of problem either. Thats so scary! The only problem I had was that I didnt think they could fit through the bars and get out but one managed to and fell over the balcony in my foyer. It died in my hands within a few minutes. What you did was the right thing and it sounds like the ducky will be fine.

 

[Sweetfolly]

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Oh I know - some of my adults that I introduced back in the beginning of March are still working out the pecking order, and I see my feisty little Hookbill duck pulling the bigger Khaki Campbells around by their neck feathers all the time.

I know they could work it out with the other Hookbills and the Khaki Campbells in that pen, but I don't feel comfortable leaving the little ones with that big, old, nasty Pekin just yet. The babies are between 2 pounds (Hookbills) and 4 pounds (Stanbridge) right now, and the Jumbo Pekin is about 14 pounds - the babies are intimidated by her, and she takes advantage of that, and she can do some real damage. She's a relentless brute, but I love her, and I don't have another pen for her OR the babies to go to right now - the other pens are all taken up with breeding projects.

I just checked back in on "Igor" - it's adorable, my littlest Hookbill girl, "Lexi" won't leave his side! They were laying side by side, and he hobbled over to get a drink (he can take about 3 wobbly steps before he has to sit back down and rest for a second), and she walked slowly right beside him, and now they're both laying in the grass right next to the water. Lexi has been my favorite, right out of the box - she's got the best curved bill, she's petite, she's way smarter than all the other ducks, and now she's looking after Igor. I love that duck - if it had been her leg stuck in that wire, I would have been an absolute basket-case.

LilDucky85 - I remember reading that post, when your ducky fell off the balcony.

It was your favorite, littlest one too, wasn't it?

 

[chickboss]

It sounds like you totally have things covered. We had a chicken that we bought who had a limp from being grabbed by the legs too hard by the owner, it took awhile, but she did heal. Doesn't sound as extreem as this, but I agree that if it was dislocated, he wouldn't be using it at all. And I agree about the feathers. We have a Polish Crested we had to pull from the flock because when he hit his molt and had his new top hat feathers comming in it was too much temtation for the other chickens, and they broke nearly all of them off one afternoon in about two hours...poor guy. We didn't have to pull them, even though they bled a lot at first, and he's healing. Your Lexi sounds like a total sweet heart! You are such a good duck mommy, he's in good hands.

 

[JosieR]

Awwww, poor baby. Hope he gets better soon

 

[Wifezilla]

Lexi has been my favorite, right out of the box - she's got the best curved bill, she's petite, she's way smarter than all the other ducks, and now she's looking after Igor. I love that duck

My Lexi is a total sweetie too

Lexi is my second smartest duck. Shelley is just spooky smart, but Lexi isn't far behind. Hopefully Igor appreciates her help.​

 

[Sweetfolly]

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It was a terrifying amount of pressure we had to use to pull that leg out of there. My neighbor was telling me, "Okay, PULL UP!" and I was pulling SO hard, and he wasn't budging, and my neighbor's telling me to "Pull harder!", and the duck is screaming at me, and finally my neighbor grabbed my hand and YANKED up. It was WAY more terrifying than the time I had to push a chick's protruding intestines back through its unhealed navel, scarier than when I help out at spay/neuter clinics and extubate the animals during recovery, and worse than the time the dog ate a 1-pound-bag of Dark Chocolate Mini's (wrappers and all) and I had to induce her to vomit it back up.

But, it was the only way to get him out - he was such a little trooper, too.

Anyways, he's doing better today.

I wouldn't say that the limp is better, but he's coping with it better and can move a little faster. He still has to rest after every few steps, but he's getting around. The swelling is down, the cut on his leg looks good - it has a flap of icky dead skin that's going to have to come off (the cut goes up and diagonally, so it's very shallow, but sloughed off some tissue that's hanging there), but the tissue underneath is healing and looks healthy. The feathers look sore - the shafts are all full of clotted blood, and he doesn't like me to touch his wing. Poor thing was almost all done growing those wing feathers in, and now he's going to have to replace a bunch and grow them in all over again!

All in all, he's doing great!

 

[chickboss]

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It was a terrifying amount of pressure we had to use to pull that leg out of there. My neighbor was telling me, "Okay, PULL UP!" and I was pulling SO hard, and he wasn't budging, and my neighbor's telling me to "Pull harder!", and the duck is screaming at me, and finally my neighbor grabbed my hand and YANKED up. It was WAY more terrifying than the time I had to push a chick's protruding intestines back through its unhealed navel, scarier than when I help out at spay/neuter clinics and extubate the animals during recovery, and worse than the time the dog ate a 1-pound-bag of Dark Chocolate Mini's (wrappers and all) and I had to induce her to vomit it back up.

But, it was the only way to get him out - he was such a little trooper, too.

Anyways, he's doing better today.

I wouldn't say that the limp is better, but he's coping with it better and can move a little faster. He still has to rest after every few steps, but he's getting around. The swelling is down, the cut on his leg looks good - it has a flap of icky dead skin that's going to have to come off (the cut goes up and diagonally, so it's very shallow, but sloughed off some tissue that's hanging there), but the tissue underneath is healing and looks healthy. The feathers look sore - the shafts are all full of clotted blood, and he doesn't like me to touch his wing. Poor thing was almost all done growing those wing feathers in, and now he's going to have to replace a bunch and grow them in all over again!

All in all, he's doing great!

Sorry, I wasn't trying to minimalize what he or you went through. I'm sorry it came across that way. I'm glad he's doing better.

 

[Sweetfolly]

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It was a terrifying amount of pressure we had to use to pull that leg out of there. My neighbor was telling me, "Okay, PULL UP!" and I was pulling SO hard, and he wasn't budging, and my neighbor's telling me to "Pull harder!", and the duck is screaming at me, and finally my neighbor grabbed my hand and YANKED up. It was WAY more terrifying than the time I had to push a chick's protruding intestines back through its unhealed navel, scarier than when I help out at spay/neuter clinics and extubate the animals during recovery, and worse than the time the dog ate a 1-pound-bag of Dark Chocolate Mini's (wrappers and all) and I had to induce her to vomit it back up.

But, it was the only way to get him out - he was such a little trooper, too.

Anyways, he's doing better today.

I wouldn't say that the limp is better, but he's coping with it better and can move a little faster. He still has to rest after every few steps, but he's getting around. The swelling is down, the cut on his leg looks good - it has a flap of icky dead skin that's going to have to come off (the cut goes up and diagonally, so it's very shallow, but sloughed off some tissue that's hanging there), but the tissue underneath is healing and looks healthy. The feathers look sore - the shafts are all full of clotted blood, and he doesn't like me to touch his wing. Poor thing was almost all done growing those wing feathers in, and now he's going to have to replace a bunch and grow them in all over again!

All in all, he's doing great!

Sorry, I wasn't trying to minimalize what he or you went through. I'm sorry it came across that way. I'm glad he's doing better.

Oh, no - it didn't come across that way at all!

When you said that this sounded more extreme than what happened to your chicken, I just got to thinking about it all over again, and how I deal with scarier things all the time - but this was one of my Holderreads ducks that I've been waiting forever to get, so in my head, that made a million times more terrifying than it probably really was. About a month ago, half the dog's face swelled to twice it's normal size and I went "Well, that's odd," and took her to the vet the next day (it was an allergy to something she ate), perfectly calmly. My duck gets his leg stuck, has a limp and some bloody feathers, and I freak out.

The limp is noticeably better this evening! His foot's a little red, and his toes are a little...limp on that foot - he's probably trying not to use it too much, because it hurts. Besides that, the foot looks fine, there are no scratches or bumblefoot or anything.
I'll keep watching him, but he's back with the rest of the 7 and 8 week old ducks now, and Lexi's still by his side!

 

[chickboss]

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Sorry, I wasn't trying to minimalize what he or you went through. I'm sorry it came across that way. I'm glad he's doing better.

Oh, no - it didn't come across that way at all!

When you said that this sounded more extreme than what happened to your chicken, I just got to thinking about it all over again, and how I deal with scarier things all the time - but this was one of my Holderreads ducks that I've been waiting forever to get, so in my head, that made a million times more terrifying than it probably really was. About a month ago, half the dog's face swelled to twice it's normal size and I went "Well, that's odd," and took her to the vet the next day (it was an allergy to something she ate), perfectly calmly. My duck gets his leg stuck, has a limp and some bloody feathers, and I freak out.

The limp is noticeably better this evening! His foot's a little red, and his toes are a little...limp on that foot - he's probably trying not to use it too much, because it hurts. Besides that, the foot looks fine, there are no scratches or bumblefoot or anything.
I'll keep watching him, but he's back with the rest of the 7 and 8 week old ducks now, and Lexi's still by his side!

OHhhh! Okay, good, I was afraid I totally offended you! LOL, I'm relieved that I'm the one who took it wrong.

I understand where you're comming from. For me it was Pigeon and trying to help her during the hatch. So much emotional investment in those eggs because they were for my daughter, and then down to the last one, and it was having all this trouble. If they were just for me, I still would've done everything the same, but it wouldn't have had the urgency and same emotional load. And, I have to admit, now that I know about the Overburgs, it would hit home a little harder if something happened to one of them. I'm really glad that he's progessing, and that the joint doesn't seem to be permantly hurt. It always amazes me how strong animals can be.

Funny about your dog, our Rottie just had the same kind of weird thing happen. She was on medication and everything. Still can't figure out what she ate, or what else caused it. That is so sweet about Lexi! Duckie love....