Is it too late to wrap my ducks injured wing?

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My blue swedish was injured by another one of my ducks 4 weeks ago. I thought it was just the feathers that were injured, but now I can clearly see his wing was definitely tweaked/broken. Sometimes it looks normal & sometimes it sticks up like this. Is it too late to wrap it & heal properly? This is my first time having ducks & I feel terrible that I didn't wrap it sooner🥺
 

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It's definitely caused by the injury & not angel wing. His wing has been like this since the injury, but goes down sometimes. Do you think it's too late to wrap it?
Angel wing is the twisting of the feather joints. Most of the time it is caused by dietary issues but the injury looks to have caused the same effect. Miss Lydia is the expert though. Can you get a picture on the other side of the duck? It seems to poke out more. then the left side.

What did the other duck do to injure him?

You can look up Angel Wing treatments on here or videos on YouTube. I'm pretty sure the treatment would be very similar to what your duck needs. Hopefully a more knowledgeable person comes along though.
 
If the wing is broken and wasn't set back in place right away, I am not sure anything can be done besides a vet setting the wing which might mean another break. A picture from the direct back of the duck will help.
You could always try and wrap and see what happens. Use the same guide as wrapping for angel wing this is good info.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/angel-wing-treatment.1252014/
 

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