New rescue duck

[416bigbore]

Poor thing, she is in good hands now, what a little cutie!

 

[RJKnott]

Introduced her to the flock this morning and there was a tense stand off for a minute then my duck Peep decided that was lame and wandered off to eat blueberries and they all started milling about

also checked her feet and saw these little areas and was concerned it might be a minor case of bumblefoot. Drew arrows to them in the foot pic. Please Excuse the duck poop she decided to step in right before we picked her up

 

[Quatie]

I am glad the introduction is going well. Your flock is a lot more accepting than mine. They all look like happy ducks.

That looks like bumblefoot to me. It looks like the early stages of it.

@Isaac 0 would know better if it is really bumblefoot. If you get a chance, I would clean off her foot and take another photo.

 

[FunQuail]

To me her face and size reminds me of a silver welsh harlequin, but she doesn’t have black markings like some of the more white ones do.
Anyway good luck!! She’s very cute!!

 

[RJKnott]

I am glad the introduction is going well. Your flock is a lot more accepting than mine. They all look like happy ducks.

That looks like bumblefoot to me. It looks like the early stages of it.

@Isaac 0 would know better if it is really bumblefoot. If you get a chance, I would clean off her foot and take another photo.

Yeah I am at work right now. At lunch I will go try to get a clearer picture of it. I thought it might be the early stages of it too so hopefully will be easy to knock out if it is

 

[FunQuail]

Oh wait she has orange feet? Never mind, welsh harlequin gals have black feet.

 

[RJKnott]

Oh wait she has orange feet? Never mind, welsh harlequin gals have black feet.

I’m not sure what she is. She has the blue speckled beak. And she walks upright like a runner duck, with that straight upright posture, about 50% of the time, the rest she is almost, but not quite kinda parallel to the ground like a normal duck would.

either way she is adorable and gets along with the flock so we are happy to have her

 

[Isaac 0]

It does appear she has at least two sore developing on the very right, and very left digit toe. It would be helpful to see it cleaned, but it looks like there may be a sore developing on the middle digit, and the main footpad as well.

Bumblefoot, or commonly called "Podermatsisis" can be brought on by several things, such as hard/rough substrate, causing the plantar surfaces of the feet to flake, and allow bacteria to enter. It can also be caused by malnutrition,weight-bearing on the foot, or trauma to the area.

Judging from the pictures, it doesn't look like you'll have to be aggressive with your treatment, and do surgery, or start her on antibiotics. Instead, focus on keeping her environment clean, dry, and soft padded. Soaking the foot in Epsom salts, or a chlorhexidine bath mixture may be good. Applying an ointment such as silver Silvadene cream to the lesions, then wrapping may allow the ointment to loosen up the core, and applying a dilute amount of DMSO, may help reduce swelling.

 

[RJKnott]

I will start the epsom salt treatment today. I keep straw in the pen so it’s soft for their feet

keeping it clean will be tough since the ducks new favorite game is “let’s see how much water we can splash out of our pool, and see how much mud we can make”so may keep her inside a few days while treating her if you think that would be best.

 

[Isaac 0]

I will start the epsom salt treatment today. I keep straw in the pen so it’s soft for their feet

keeping it clean will be tough since the ducks new favorite game is “let’s see how much water we can splash out of our pool, and see how much mud we can make”so may keep her inside a few days while treating her if you think that would be best.

Sadly, keeping her in on clean grounds for a few days won't be long enough. I would suggest you aim to figure out, how to keep their grounds in the coop less wet, and muddy to encourage healing of the current sores, and prevent future sores from developing.