Not completely splatter proof but I have found a way to keep most of the water from getting splashed EVERYWHERE in the coop
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Oh my. Personally, I would bring her inside and put her in a crate. Try to keep her as calm and still as possible. Try and clean it as best as you can with water. You can try putting some non-medicated ointment on it. You can get some antibiotics from tractor supply and/or feed stores. penicillin g is one or fish mox (amoxicillin). Ducks have a great ability to heal even with deep wounds without a lot of medicines. One of ours had a pretty good sized cut on her leg and she healed with us just trimming feathers and keeping ointment on it. I have an article i got off of here (can't find the link now) if you want I can pm it to you though, it may be able to help.Ok fellow duck lovers! I need help! I have two pekin ducks. Both girls as far as I can tell. (No drake feathers). They live with my chickens. They think they are chickens besides they like to float in their water bowlsanyways, I let them outside today to roam and if went out at aboht 4 to put them inside and usually the two ducks are together but today I couldn't find him. She wasn't in the barn or on the pond. So after searching for 15 mins she comes slowly waldeling from around the barn (oh thank god) until I saw she was all bloody!! Her neck was COVERED in blood and it looked like she had a hole all the way through her head. I thought she was shot!!! But after rinsing her off with warm water I think a dog, fox, or hawk bit or grabbed her head. There a puncture wound on both sides of her head (one side is worse and she can't really open her eye all the way). And there's one on the other side not as bad and one on the back or her head. Fairly large. It looks like it might have stopped bleeding (clogged up) because it looks like there is skin there but it is really hard to explain. It looks like a clot basically. (I'll post pics tomorrow ASAP). I have her in her own little coop. She has her container of water she can climb in and float in. She has food. And she can go up her a little board to get into a sheltered area if she figures it out. (it's a chicken coop....). I have hay bales around it so the wind doesn't get in and a tarp Ontop so she doesn't get rained on. But my question is... She won't get out of her water. It's been at least 5 hours. Is she just resting and tired? Does it just make her feel safe? Should I take her out? Should I wrap the wounds. ?!?! I don't know what to do. I don't have the money to take a duck to the vet but I am willing to buy any over the counter meds she needs. Let me know ASAP
pictures of the eggs:
sorry if you can't understand that
info on the ducks:
they were a gift so i think they are pekins
not sure how old they are
their quack still sounds like a beep
i am not completely sure those are duck eggs up there
i haven't heard the female duck egg song but their house is across the road from our house so it could be impossible to hear from here...
picture of the ducks:
male in back female at front their names are Ducky and Picky... the girl is Picky and male is Ducky
Quote: really? that is what someone was telling me but all the muscovies that i have seen have red around their eyes and stuff... can you put a picture on of a Muscovie duck? both male and female?
thanks!
Any ideas of what I can do? We have a coop they sleep in, along with 4 other built houses to get out of the wet. We also have a lean-to built so the ducks who sleep outside can stay dry through the night and they always have a dry spot. But the run in general is just a mud pit because no grass like our yard. I can barely walk in it without falling.