Help! Month old duckling broken blood feather.

[tyretros1234]

If you have some supplements to add to her water that will help to heal it faster and keep her healthy while isolated.

what do you recommend? the only thing i've been putting in there is niacin.

 

[Tonyroo]

That's fine. Any supplement is good.

 

[Isaac 0]

You really don't want to keep a three-week-old with drakes, and that very well may have been the cause of the broken pin feather, but I do notice the pin feathers on that wing are pointing outwards a little, indicative of minor Angel Wing. It may be best if you post a few more pictures of the wing compared to the other one.

 

[tyretros1234]

You really don't want to keep a three-week-old with drakes, and that very well may have been the cause of the broken pin feather, but I do notice the pin feathers on that wing are pointing outwards a little, indicative of minor Angel Wing. It may be best if you post a few more pictures of the wing compared to the other one.

I don’t keep them in there with the Drakes, they’re separated. I separated her from the rest of the ducklings and the drakes knocked down what i had blocking the door for them to get in. She seems to be functioning fine, but i’ll post some more pictures when I get home today.

 

[tyretros1234]

I don’t keep them in there with the Drakes, they’re separated. I separated her from the rest of the ducklings and the drakes knocked down what i had blocking the door for them to get in. She seems to be functioning fine, but i’ll post some more pictures when I get home today.

Here are some better pictures of the injury and the feathers- it does look like they are growing weird.

 

[Isaac 0]

Thanks for the pictures. That gives a little clarification on what I thought, and that is that she has an angel wing.

You'll want to get that bandaged up before the feathers set in place. Here is info on Angel wing.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/angel-wing-treatment.1252014/

 

[tyretros1234]

Thanks for the pictures. That gives a little clarification on what I thought, and that is that she has an angel wing.

You'll want to get that bandaged up before the feathers set in place. Here is info on Angel wing.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/angel-wing-treatment.1252014/

Thanks so much!! Any tips on what to do about the blood feather? It’s still clotted nice and now bandaged up.

 

[Isaac 0]

Thanks so much!! Any tips on what to do about the blood feather? It’s still clotted nice and now bandaged up.

I think the pin feather that keeps bleeding is actually due to the angel wing. The feather is sticking outwards so it's getting caught, or poked on things easily. So don't worry about the pin feather, just bandage the wing, and that should resolve both problems.