Is This Angel Wing???

[Aunt Angus]

She is feeding Purina Flock raiser, she states it above. It has 20% protein.

Should I switch feed? I have grower that's 16%

 

[Weeg]

Should I switch feed? I have grower that's 16%

I have used purina with no problems, in my opinion it maybe something else causing it.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Can be genetic also. I’ve used Purina flock raiser and never had Angel wing. It’s not always the feed. Usually once wrapped it takes less than a week to get it normal.

 

[Aunt Angus]

Here it is all wrapped up. That video in the sticky is FANTASTIC.

 

[Aunt Angus]

I'll probably redo it tomorrow. It's definitely not perfect.

 

[Aunt Angus]

Ok. I left her wing wrapped for 9 days. I took off the wrap tonight... and her wing doesn't look right. It's no longer sticking out from her body like a hitchhiker's thumb. Instead, it's drooping. I wrapped it like the video - or at least I *thought* I did.

Did I wrap it incorrectly and inadvertantly make it worse? Or is it just weak from being wrapped up for a week? Should I try wrapping it again?

 

[Aunt Angus]

This is a pic I found on the internet of another duck. This is exactly what Clementine's wing looked like. I figured I'd include it to illustrate how it's changed.

 

[Quatie]

Have you had her wing wrapped all the time? Usually with angel wing you only want it wrapped for part of the day. I usually do it at night and take the wrap off in the morning, if they have not pullen it off. They are strengthening those wings during that age. The wing normally hangs down a bit do to the increase in weight. If it had been on all day, it could be weakened do to lack of use.

 

[Aunt Angus]

Have you had her wing wrapped all the time? Usually with angel wing you only want it wrapped for part of the day. I usually do it at night and take the wrap off in the morning, if they have not pullen it off. They are strengthening those wings during that age. The wing normally hangs down a bit do to the increase in weight. If it had been on all day, it could be weakened do to lack of use.

Yes, I left it on the whole time. I read SOOOO many posts that said unwrapping it would just cause it to go back to the hitchhiker's thumb angle.


We'll see how she does.... Maybe it'll get stronger as time marches on.

Thanks for the info! I'll remember that if I deal with this again.

 

[Quatie]

Yes, I left it on the whole time. I read SOOOO many posts that said unwrapping it would just cause it to go back to the hitchhiker's thumb angle.


We'll see how she does.... Maybe it'll get stronger as time marches on.

Thanks for the info! I'll remember that if I deal with this again.

Yeah. It should get stronger as she uses it more. A lot of articles I have read about angel wing are on older ducks and correcting it later. I feel it is harder to correct at an older age.

I feel like Metzer may have angle wing genetics in the swedes. This is my second one that had issues, granted mine were minor cases. After hearing about yours too, it sounds likely. I caught it really early in my black swedish and only had to wrap it one night. My other blue swedish, I wrapped for maybe 3 or 4 nights.