Tom's droopy wings

Day 41. Thursday 12th August 2010

At present, the wings on all the ducks droop often and they pull them back up again, but little Tom seems to have a hard time keeping his up.

I read up on it, and I don't think it's 'angel wing'. I read somewhere that at this stage the quills making the wing feathers are full of blood and so weigh heavy. He's smaller and weaker than the others, so his muscles will tire more quickly.

He looks comical, though, when he walks around like that - like a Dickensian urchin in an oversize waistcoat.