- Aug 16, 2013
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New to this site and forum but need some help with one of our Pekin ducks.
Recently, I had to isolate one of our females because of the excessive mounting from one of the males. I think she had two sprained or 1 sprained and 1 broken leg. (We are in the process of catching the 2 males and moving them to another pond some miles away.) After 4-5 weeks she seemed much better (feathers looked good, she was clean and eating well) and wanted to join the other ducks and I released her a couple of days ago. She disappeared, but I have just found her in fairly bad shape. She has a couple of spots of maggot infestation that's pretty nasty looking. I have sprayed her with an insecticide that I got from our local feed store. This has worked well one other time.
My long-winded question is this-- Is there anything else I can do other than be sure she is completely cleaned, provided with a pool of fresh water, isolated in a separate pen, and fed?
Many thanks for your help!
Steve G
Recently, I had to isolate one of our females because of the excessive mounting from one of the males. I think she had two sprained or 1 sprained and 1 broken leg. (We are in the process of catching the 2 males and moving them to another pond some miles away.) After 4-5 weeks she seemed much better (feathers looked good, she was clean and eating well) and wanted to join the other ducks and I released her a couple of days ago. She disappeared, but I have just found her in fairly bad shape. She has a couple of spots of maggot infestation that's pretty nasty looking. I have sprayed her with an insecticide that I got from our local feed store. This has worked well one other time.
My long-winded question is this-- Is there anything else I can do other than be sure she is completely cleaned, provided with a pool of fresh water, isolated in a separate pen, and fed?
Many thanks for your help!
Steve G