Weird wing feathers

cmobley

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My mallard drake has some weird growing wing feathers. Doeant seem like hes in pain or anything his feathers just stick out.
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Appears to be Angel Wing, you can try bandaging, but it looks like the feathers are pretty set in place by now, not sure it'll work. If the bandage proves useless, you can try plucking/trimming the majority of the feathers off. If you do decide to trim, make sure to wait a few weeks to ensure the feathers aren't actively growing, or most likely you'll hit some blood.

I have a Call with bad angel wing, bandaging did absolutely nothing, so I decided to trim and pluck. You can see the before and after photos, still noticeable but I can't tell him apart from the rest when looking afar.

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He seems happy running around with his girls hes eating fine whispering away when I go see them. It doesnt look horrible as long as hes not in pain from it I'll let him keep it.
 
He seems happy running around with his girls hes eating fine whispering away when I go see them. It doesnt look horrible as long as hes not in pain from it I'll let him keep it.

I edited my post above.

Personally, If he were mine, I'd just wait a few weeks because it looks like the feathers are still growing, and just trim as close as you can to his body.

I guess you could leave it if you want... It annoys the hell out of me when feathers are out of place.lol
 

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