My duck has a confirmed boken hip :(

[CaliFarmsAR]

You are doing great!! She is beautiful I’m also glad she is doing good!

 

[416bigbore]

You found an awesome Poultry Forum to be a part of with lots of great information and very knowledgeable members who are more then willing to jump in and help you with any questions you may have.

Wow a broken hip that is craziness. Looks to me like you have done an amazing job at handling the extreme situation for your little feathered friend, she is so lucky to have you caring for her!

It's great to see that she is still willing to eat and drink on her own and even pop out an egg given her current condition. What a little Trooper, looks to me like she has no plans of giving up anytime soon and now with your awesome Duck Wheel Chair, able to hang with the others and get around.

Opting for no surgery at this time because of the huge risk of infection, IMO was a wise choice. It would be interesting to see an x-ray of her hip while in your Duck Wheel Chair to see if that helps with aligning the hip bone so it could possible heal straight.

Wishing you a speedy recovery, Best of Luck.

 

[Rtodorov]

You found an awesome Poultry Forum to be a part of with lots of great information and very knowledgeable members who are more then willing to jump in and help you with any questions you may have.

Wow a broken hip that is craziness. Looks to me like you have done an amazing job at handling the extreme situation for your little feathered friend, she is so lucky to have you caring for her!

It's great to see that she is still willing to eat and drink on her own and even pop out an egg given her current condition. What a little Trooper, looks to me like she has no plans of giving up anytime soon and now with your awesome Duck Wheel Chair, able to hang with the others and get around.

Opting for no surgery at this time because of the huge risk of infection, IMO was a wise choice. It would be interesting to see an x-ray of her hip while in your Duck Wheel Chair to see if that helps with aligning the hip bone so it could possible heal straight.

Wishing you a speedy recovery, Best of Luck.

That would be interesting to see an cray of the alignment. The first time I put her in it, she just rested and let her body weight just melt . I'm a putz when it comes time to stuff like this but thankful she cannret in it.

 

[RainbowHen]

Update for Rona, she is still eating, bathing and laying! And I made her a fancy little gadget

I'm so sorry your girl is injured but my goodness if that isn't the cutest darn thing! Good job mama! That is a nasty break but I agree with your vet to not feel like you need to jump right to euthanasia. She may limp for the rest of her life but that very well could heal. Especially with the great care you are giving her

 

[416bigbore]

I took my duck to the vey today after my pekin duck continued to limp for 3 weeks. At first, she didn't bear weight, then she started to limp, and continues to limp but then she lays down to rest in between going from point A to point B.

For piece of mind...it is not humane to keep her how she is, correct?

She still eats and drinks normally, lays her 1 egg a day....

It is not a clean break and I dont want to be inhumane....

The vet said ducks live with broken legs all the time, and kf she is eating, drinking and laying....then don't be so quick to euthanize. I'm thinking about the bone alignment and cutting up tissue with movement and not knowing if she is in pain. I take her in the house for bathes and to help take weight off her leg so she can relax some.

Thoughts please? I need peace of mind. I'm leaning towards euthanizing her :'(

I am curious on what she might have done to hurt herself like this, any ideas as to what might have happened to her?

I did notice in one of your pics the wood ramp that leads up to your pool. Might it be possible she hurt herself exiting the pool? I noticed with our ducks, when they want out of their pool fast, ramp or no ramp they will exit right over the side of the pool and don't always land very gracefully on their feet.

 

[Rtodorov]

I am curious on what she might have done to hurt herself like this, any ideas as to what might have happened to her?

I did notice in one of your pics the wood ramp that leads up to your pool. Might it be possible she hurt herself exiting the pool? I noticed with our ducks, when they want out of their pool fast, ramp or no ramp they will exit right over the side of the pool and don't always land very gracefully on their feet.

Before I made the ramp to the pool, there were steps which they have always used. Since she hurt herself, I made the ramp to avoid it happening again and blocked off the side where there is no ramp.

I think she may have fallen down the steps

Pictures are the stels I had and then when I took the steps away and put in the ramp.

 

[416bigbore]

Very nice set up you have for them. I just seen that one pic and it caught my eye. I know how excited our ducks get with fresh clean pool water and was wondering if that may be the cause of her injury coming over the top of the pool onto the ground?

I have recently been doctoring leg strain and sprains and have been very thankful it hasn't been anything worse given the acrobatic stuff they do. Please keep us posted on her recovery.

 

[Rtodorov]

I do have wooden trellis fencing that I would like to put on the left and right side of the pool so they can only go in and out of the pool from the ramp however, Rona with the bum hips does pecker head in and drink water from the side of the pool because I change the water every week and sometimes they want to drink that water instead of the buckets of water that I put out and change every day or two. I suppose I could put the trellis fence up around the sides and cut out a spot for her to peek her head in....

 

[Rtodorov]

This is their home set up. My once garden lol.

 

[Rtodorov]

I took a wood box crate and lined the floor, sides, and roof with 2 inch insulation foam. I have a solar light for them and a solar fan for ventilation.
Wooden crate box was free, the foam was free from buy sell trade, the siding was leftover picese for free and the wood was leftover scrap.