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Pekin Duck with Foot Problem

 
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So for the past week my Pekin Duck can’t walk and uses her wings to do so. She is also pooping dark green but I don’t know if that’s from changing her feed to the Nutrena All Flock since I have geese and ducks. Someone told me it could be a botfly on her foot cause it looks like it, but it doesn’t seem to be that, then someone else said Bumblefoot but it f it was it’s in an odd place. I place her in the tub once a day in warm water to see if it helps and she loves it but tends to keep that left foot off the ground. I will post a picture. Looking for advice/suggestions. Thanks.
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Kind of looks like she got stepped on or got it caught and pulled away really hard? Looks like you are keeping it nice and clean. If you have some comfrey for her to eat she may heal faster. Good luck hope she is better soon.
 
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It looks painful,  poor baby... I know my chickens follow me around, VERY closely, and I've tripped over them, stepped on their feet, etc, and looks like as they get big enough to free range, our ducks probably will, too. Is it possible that her toe got caught in a door, accidentally stepped on, or pinched, somehow? The thing is, once an accident like that happens, besides treating for the wound itself, we have to watch them carefully, to ensure bumblefoot doesn't set in. Personally, I'd keep her separate from the rest of my birds, in the cleanest, driest place possible, put a drawing salve on it, for as long as possible to draw out any infection (I think my birds wouldn't leave it alone for long, at all), then put a healing ointment on it, wrap it, and keep it clean and dry. With a duck, that's going to be tough, lol. I think you're doing well, with it, and it should heal up pretty quickly.
 
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Thanks for your fast response. I’m sorry if this is going to sound stupid. But what is comfrey? This is my first time with ducks other than when I was a little girl.
 
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Comfrey is an amazing healing herb that happens to also be excellent critter fodder/graze, as well as being a great green compost/ fertilizer. Very commonly considered a weed. I use it in teas that I drink, as part of a healing poultice, for first aid, and more.
 
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