Possibly egg bound? Not sure

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This appears to be a predator attack. How deep is the largest wound, & how wide?
Its smaller than quarter sized and it doesn’t appear to have gone very deep, just below the skin. She’s in a small coop on her own right now, because she’s so skittish I think being inside was causing her more stress.
 
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Its smaller than quarter sized and it doesn’t appear to have gone very deep, just below the skin. She’s in a small coop on her own right now, because she’s so skittish I think being inside was causing her more stress.
I agree with cleaning the wounds, & keeping them clean. It should be allowed to air heal.

Good, that it's not to terribly deep.
 
The behavior is most likely shock. I would seperate her from the flock. You will want to clean out the wounds like mentioned. You can treat it with bacatracin or triple antiseptic ointment. I would monitor her food and water intake. You may want to take a weight too just in case she stops eating.

Things you may not need, but I would get on hand are tube feeding supplies and an antibiotic, like enrofloxacin. They can be difficult to find and with supply shortages, I would get them just in case and hope you don't need them.
 
The behavior is most likely shock. I would seperate her from the flock. You will want to clean out the wounds like mentioned. You can treat it with bacatracin or triple antiseptic ointment. I would monitor her food and water intake. You may want to take a weight too just in case she stops eating.

Things you may not need, but I would get on hand are tube feeding supplies and an antibiotic, like enrofloxacin. They can be difficult to find and with supply shortages, I would get them just in case and hope you don't need them.
Luckily we do have an antibiotic on hand! I will definitely keep an eye on her food/water intake.
 
She’s in a small coop on her own right now, because she’s so skittish I think being inside was causing her more stress.
While it may not be her favorite thing, being inside is safer. Flystrike is not something you want to deal with.
 
Luckily we do have an antibiotic on hand! I will definitely keep an eye on her food/water intake.
That is good. You can decide if you want to administer an antibiotic or not. I tend to wait to see if need it. It looks like a nasty wound, so you may want to start it.

Here is a thread on tube feeding and supplies. Watching the weight will let you know if you end up needing to do this. Ducks in shock and stressed sometimes stop eating. Hopefully yours won't.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/tube-feeding-ducks-updated-5-7-2020.1211994/
 

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