Dear Alicia,
It is defenately Angel wing. If your duckling was younger say a coupleweeks old, it would be blood feathers being too heavy and the feathers would protrude outward. But, your duck looks much older than that and I can see the feathers sticking way out....It looks like it has taken over both wings. the left wing is more prominent and that is normal in Angel Wing. The cause of this desease is too much protein in the diet. If you are giving the duck a 18% protein feed, you need to drop that to 14% of protein and give the duck fresh grass,,,peas are my ducks favorite and lettuce if they will eat it. Romain Lettuce is best because ice-berg letuce has very little nutrients. (mostly water). Buy some Micropore Medical Tape and tape the wings flat to their body. Not too tight tho- wrap the tape completely around the body 2 or 3 times around. Leave this on for about a week and then remove it. Your duck will not like this and will seem to be confused at first. If he stumbles around it is ok as he will get the hang of it in a few day's. you should be able to slide your pinky feather between the tape and the body. If you do this, you will have a normal duck in a week. Good Luck....keep us up to date.....RM
It is defenately Angel wing. If your duckling was younger say a coupleweeks old, it would be blood feathers being too heavy and the feathers would protrude outward. But, your duck looks much older than that and I can see the feathers sticking way out....It looks like it has taken over both wings. the left wing is more prominent and that is normal in Angel Wing. The cause of this desease is too much protein in the diet. If you are giving the duck a 18% protein feed, you need to drop that to 14% of protein and give the duck fresh grass,,,peas are my ducks favorite and lettuce if they will eat it. Romain Lettuce is best because ice-berg letuce has very little nutrients. (mostly water). Buy some Micropore Medical Tape and tape the wings flat to their body. Not too tight tho- wrap the tape completely around the body 2 or 3 times around. Leave this on for about a week and then remove it. Your duck will not like this and will seem to be confused at first. If he stumbles around it is ok as he will get the hang of it in a few day's. you should be able to slide your pinky feather between the tape and the body. If you do this, you will have a normal duck in a week. Good Luck....keep us up to date.....RM
