Doing a Wood duck that has a wing bone broke in the finger area. Have skinned down past the radius and ulna. What is the best method to repair a brake in this area. Have repaired radius and ulna before, but never in the fingers. Its right on the very tip, last two feathers of the wing and the bone has broke thru the skin. Thanks for your help.
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Some thin gauge copper wire and super glue, you can open up these areas with a scalpel and do the repair
super glue (zapagap is best) and borax .
you can repair any bird bones this way
place the bones back together and run a bead of glue over the damaged area then sprinkle the borax over the glue , making sure the borax soakes up the glue .
If the bone needs support then add some wire.
Cut open the area under the wing, do the repair, then glue skin,chalk or just pin till dry?
cut a straw the same length and run your wire through it