Help!! I think my ducks legs broken !

[mckienze]

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I think he's fallen or been in a fight with the other ducks

 

[mckienze]

 

[Miss Lydia]

That looks like it may need a vet. how old is your duck? I'd try to keep him off of it as much as possible to avoid infection that means he should not be running around with the other ducks but resting. It maybe broken it looks like it could be. You could look up on line how to splint a ducks leg I'm sure there are probably sites that show how to do it. but if it isn't a clean break it may not heal back right. I'd say a vet is the best course of action here. I realize alot of us can't find one that will even see poultry if that's is the case them I'd try at least setting it and try to help it mend back as close to normal as possible. When did this happen?

 

[Amiga]

https://sites.google.com/a/poultrypedia.com/poultrypedia/poultry-podiatry might give you an idea...

 

[mckienze]

Thank you and they're about three weeks old.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Thank you and they're about three weeks old.

I doubt at 3 weeks old they would be fighting unless you have this one in with adults and the adults may have injured it. Do you think someone may have accidentally dropped the duckling?

I believe casportpony shared this link a while back maybe it will help

http://theiwrc.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Duerr_Splinting_Manual_2010.pdf