Muscovy Duckling is biting the other 4 ducklings... HELP!

[kerriliane]

So I woke up this morning and saw that some of my young muscovy ducklings wings were bleeding..
I thought it was one of my chickens, until I noticed that only 4 of the 5 ducklings had bleeding wings.. and then I saw the other duckling - bite, pull and EAT the *WING that came off its sibling! now I've removed him/her and given him to a neighbour as I have no means to seperate the duck and he does. My other 4 now, *2 have broken bleeding follicles, the other two just have broken but not really bleeding follicles... What do I do?
I'm worried for the little ones!



Edit: Changed certain words as I found out it wasnt bone, but wing follicle! Added a * where a word was changed!

 

[TennesseeTruly]

We had the same thing happen here. I used Blue Kote on my ducklings that were injured. I kept the aggressors away from the younger ones until the pin feathers grew out. Its happened several times with my Scovy's and only with my Scovy's. I don't know if its a Scovy thing of if I have weird ducks.

Good luck!

Laurie

 

[desertdarlene]

I'm not an expert, but I think there has to be a way to figure out how to keep them separate until they grow a little bigger. Perhaps you neighbor can take them, temporarily, for a few weeks. That one with the bone exposed needs to be treated, though, to prevent infection.

 

[katharinad]

I worry when someone reports a bone sticking out. What are the chances of the skin to grow over it? I would say a vet should look at it, and perhaps amputate the tip so it will close up correctly. I hope the wing tip is not that bad, good luck.