Help, my duck is bleeding!

[DuckyVeit]

We are having a bad ice storm, so I brought my two ducks in for the night. I was letting them swim in the bathtub when I guess they decided they were done and jumped out. As I was cleaning all the water they splashed all over the floor, I noticed my Pekin is bleeding from around what I think is the wrist area of his wing. I have no idea what he did, unless he maybe hit it on the faucet as he jumped out. I'm trying not to panic, but someone please give me advice! This is the best picture I could get at the moment. I will try to get a better one of the actual wound!

 

[DuckyVeit]

I just found some other threads about this and see it could be a broken blood feather??

 

[casportpony]

If you don't see a wound it's probably a blood feather.

 

[DuckyVeit]

 

[DuckyVeit]

If you don't see a wound it's probably a blood feather.

I just tried to check. He's not wanting to cooperate, and I don't want to end up hurting him worse. It does seem like the bleeding has slowed down.

 

[KaleIAm]

I just tried to check. He's not wanting to cooperate, and I don't want to end up hurting him worse. It does seem like the bleeding has slowed down.

Is he still bleeding? It's hard to tell from photos, but I agree it looks like a broken blood feather. I've had to pull them before, but if you don't know how and you do it wrong you can hurt them. If you aren't confident you can take him to a vet, they don't charge too much to pull them. It's a quick procedure.

 

[Percipen]

Broken blood feather was my first thought too