I had an Incident Sunday evening (3 days ago) where a weasel got to my year old ducks. I scared it off but sadly was too late. My Pekin, pancake, has five puncher wounds on his neck. My Rouen gal, Blackjack, has a superficial chest wound.
Surround feathers were trimmed, wounds cleaned out while giving them a warm bath. I’ve been applying vetericyn poultry wound care 3 times a day have been giving them a fresh gallon of water with 1/2 tablespoon of Nurti-Drench daily.
Blackjack will eat rosemary and meal worms in the water but won’t touch pellets, watermelon, small bits of cabbage, or cooked rolled oats. pancake won’t eat anything. Today was the first day he attempted to eat, it looked like he couldn’t chew and they fell out of his mouth which was followed by neck and head shaking.
There is no issue with breathing, bills aren’t hot, and we do get warm over hear but it hasn’t got above 90 and they’re very used to the weather here. They’re area is almost completely shaded.
They spend the first part of the day until noon separated in their hut with fresh pellets and water, I let them out for 5-6 hours to access the pool and find a comfortable area.
I don’t know what else to do for them at this moment.
They’re both drinking water and resting a lot. They have their separate indoor area, away from the younger ducks.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Surround feathers were trimmed, wounds cleaned out while giving them a warm bath. I’ve been applying vetericyn poultry wound care 3 times a day have been giving them a fresh gallon of water with 1/2 tablespoon of Nurti-Drench daily.
Blackjack will eat rosemary and meal worms in the water but won’t touch pellets, watermelon, small bits of cabbage, or cooked rolled oats. pancake won’t eat anything. Today was the first day he attempted to eat, it looked like he couldn’t chew and they fell out of his mouth which was followed by neck and head shaking.
There is no issue with breathing, bills aren’t hot, and we do get warm over hear but it hasn’t got above 90 and they’re very used to the weather here. They’re area is almost completely shaded.
They spend the first part of the day until noon separated in their hut with fresh pellets and water, I let them out for 5-6 hours to access the pool and find a comfortable area.
I don’t know what else to do for them at this moment.
They’re both drinking water and resting a lot. They have their separate indoor area, away from the younger ducks.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!