The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: PJB on January 27, 2014, 02:34:16 pm
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Unfortunately, i have not acted quickly enough over this bad weather period to balance up my ratio of 4 pekin drakes to one female. I noticed this weekend the female is very lame and cannot walk.I think this is due to be badly bullied by the Drakes!! I have put her in a seperate pen to get her away from the problem. I fear a leg may be broken but unless i take to the vet i cannot be sure.
Generally can a duck leg be mended maybe if it were strapped or should i consider the worst!!
Thanks
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Isolation is good where she can't walk all that much. I had a drake with a bad sprain (he fell down the slope) and a duck where I thought her leg may have been broken. Hers is actually my favourite story of all those years keeping them ;) . I was told by everyone to cull her to put her out of misery. Now, I isolated her in her own place with a small run instead for several months - for more reasons than just a broken leg...I hand- fed her porridge. Once she got better she started to go broody - I gave her a few different eggs to sit on and she had a wee girl :roflanim: She is now still the tamest of all my ducks and we're really good friends. She's the only one with a name - "Grandma" . Give yours a chance as bad as it may look. You can always consider the vet to diagnose and strap it. All the best :bouquet: :&>
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PJB, how did your duck do today?? :&>
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Is the leg looking broken or is she just very lame? If it is lameness I would suspect a prolapse from too much male attention. This can be fixed with a stitch in the prolapse and after a bit of rest away from the boys she should be fine. We had this with one of our girls last year who was obviously the most attractive of the girls as the boys never left her alone.