Wry neck duckling

[sjallen78]

We had duck laying on eggs, she kept rearranging the nest box. Didn't realize she had buried eggs in the ground and last time she rearranged them she brought up the cold eggs and put them at top. Then almost 2 wks later she didn't want to sit on eggs anymore. It had been almost month at this point so figured they wasn't going to hatch. Brought them in candled them and almost all were close to hatching or had wk or 2 left. Put them in incubator, 8 eggs, 2 hatched yesterday, 2 pipped this morning and rest are still alive but at least another wk left. One was born with wry neck and swollen one side of face. We put neck brace on, checked on her constantly and doing good this morning. Holding head up, walking, little off balance but walking. Her left side face still tiny swollen. Can't see it in pic. I'll post another pic when take off neck brace.

 

[Kiki]

Unwrap the neck now...that is very dangerous.

 

[sjallen78]

Unwrap the neck now...that is very dangerous.

This is what vet said to do, it's loose, not tight,

 

[sjallen78]

We had duck laying on eggs, she kept rearranging the nest box. Didn't realize she had buried eggs in the ground and last time she rearranged them she brought up the cold eggs and put them at top. Then almost 2 wks later she didn't want to sit on eggs anymore. It had been almost month at this point so figured they wasn't going to hatch. Brought them in candled them and almost all were close to hatching or had wk or 2 left. Put them in incubator, 8 eggs, 2 hatched yesterday, 2 pipped this morning and rest are still alive but at least another wk left. One was born with wry neck and swollen one side of face. We put neck brace on, checked on her constantly and doing good this morning. Holding head up, walking, little off balance but walking. Her left side face still tiny swollen. Can't see it in pic. I'll post another pic when take off neck brace.

She is up walking around, eating and drinking no issues, when holding her, she raises neck really high to look me in the eyes lol, before her neck was twisted, couldn't stand, couldn't hold head up, i didn't think she'd make it, doing great