Birds--General/duck attack

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Expert: Abi - 2/7/2008


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we have 12 ducks (2 ducks 10 ducklings)

last night the door on the coup didn't get locked and a cat or raccoon got ahold of one of our young ducks. she is doing ok but she has a wound on her left shoulder where the wing meets the torso. it is a rather deep wound, with muscle tissue and some small amounts of bone showing. no bleeding and it seems only that skin was removed. we have been cleaning it with benodine. what else can we do to ensure that our dick recovers fully.

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You've done everything you should have for her. If ducks are anything like chickens you should probebly remove her from the coop for a couple of days till the wound scabs up properly as the other ducks may peck at her.
Also make sure shes getting lots of good food to speed up the healing process.

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I CAN'T ANSWER QUESTIONS ON ANIMALS OTHER THAN CHICKENS/DUCKS/GEESE- I WILL TRY BUT THEY ARE NOT MY SPECIALIST SUBJECT- PLEASE DO NOT ASK ME QUESTIONS ABOUT BUDGIES, FINCHES, PARROTS, COCKATIELS OR OTHER 'EXOTIC' BIRDS. I can answer questions on pretty much all CHICKEN breeds, including fancy and bantam birds. I can give advice on how to get the best egg production, brightest yolk colours and darkest egg shell colours, breeding (using broody hens, not incubators), bird problems/illnesses. I can give advice on all aspects of basic chicken care but I breed chickens for my own pleasure only, I do not often show or sell my birds.

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I own and breed a wide range of chickens, but I speciallise in cochins and crevecour bantams; crevecours have a large crest (an afro!) so I can answer questions on problems concerning them; cochins have feathered legs, which leads to no end of problems which I have experienced! I also own a large flock of domestic, rescued 'battery' hens, and a single maran hen, Hilda, who is the matriarch of her flock, so I can give advice on how to get the best colour of maran eggs!

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