Granty Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 Hi, A few of my ducklings are starting to get dropped wings. I think i have been overfeeding them - they are 6 weeks old and are on a mix of 80% growers pellets and 20% crumb. I feed them (there are 9 in total) 4 times a day, probably around 200 grams (between them) at each feed. I think i may need to reduce the amount of protein that they are eating - i was thinking of putting them back on crumb but it appears that crumb contains as much protein as growers pellets. What should i do? Is there any way of helping the ducklings with dropped wings? Will the problem get better with a reduced protein diet?. Will the wings go back into place? very confused - i thought i had done everyhting right. Granty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miller30 Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 Hi Granty it sounds like a condition called angel wing i put ducklings on hatch to 3 weeks old on chick crumb and then from 3 weeks old to 14 weeks on growers im not sure if there is much you can do about it once they have the condition my parents had a khaki campbell with angel wing and it didnt interfere with her quality of life i would say stop the chick crumb and i feed mine ad lib so it wont be over feeding hope this helps leanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granty Posted June 17, 2011 Author Share Posted June 17, 2011 Just a quick update for anyone interested in the dropped wing problem 2 of my ducklings were having. The micropore tape method has done the trick - their wings now tuck in nicely. The only slight downside to using microtape is that it does damage the wing feathers slightly when removed. Granty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miller30 Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 Thats good news leanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
