My poor sweet ducks got attacked this morning
I suspect it was the neighbor’s dogs. One of my 7 week old ducklings was killed and another one was severely injured. I’m absolutely heartbroken about the one who died but I’m trying to focus on saving the injured one and protecting the rest of the flock.
The injured duck is a 7 week old Khaki Campbell (I think it’s a boy). He has bite wounds on his head and bill. He is bleeding slowly from his nostrils. The worst injury is on top of his head, just above the bill. It was pretty deep. His bill is swollen and his face is swollen. Both his eyes are cloudy and I don’t know if they are damaged or if it’s just the swelling. I cleaned everything and put antibiotic ointment on all the wounds and terramycin in his eyes. I have him in a separate pen with some of my younger ducklings. I’m going to call my vet tomorrow. I don’t know if they do ducks but they do livestock so I’m hoping they can at least prescribe antibiotics or something.
Right now he is very droopy but standing up. Not eating or drinking. I’m sure he’s traumatized. I’ll share some pictures. They aren’t very graphic. If he doesn’t start eating and drinking soon I’ll try tube feeding him. I’ve tube fed other animals but not ducks before.
My ducks were all in a 48 inch tall electric net fence. My charger was not that good and I was planning on buying a new one so I suspect that was the weak point. I have moved all the ducks inside my yard so that they now have a double fence. I’ll keep them there until I figure out what to do.
I suspect it was the neighbor’s dogs. One of my 7 week old ducklings was killed and another one was severely injured. I’m absolutely heartbroken about the one who died but I’m trying to focus on saving the injured one and protecting the rest of the flock.The injured duck is a 7 week old Khaki Campbell (I think it’s a boy). He has bite wounds on his head and bill. He is bleeding slowly from his nostrils. The worst injury is on top of his head, just above the bill. It was pretty deep. His bill is swollen and his face is swollen. Both his eyes are cloudy and I don’t know if they are damaged or if it’s just the swelling. I cleaned everything and put antibiotic ointment on all the wounds and terramycin in his eyes. I have him in a separate pen with some of my younger ducklings. I’m going to call my vet tomorrow. I don’t know if they do ducks but they do livestock so I’m hoping they can at least prescribe antibiotics or something.
Right now he is very droopy but standing up. Not eating or drinking. I’m sure he’s traumatized. I’ll share some pictures. They aren’t very graphic. If he doesn’t start eating and drinking soon I’ll try tube feeding him. I’ve tube fed other animals but not ducks before.
My ducks were all in a 48 inch tall electric net fence. My charger was not that good and I was planning on buying a new one so I suspect that was the weak point. I have moved all the ducks inside my yard so that they now have a double fence. I’ll keep them there until I figure out what to do.
