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    Ducks and chickens are loosing feathers

    Overmating* not overeating
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    Ducks and chickens are loosing feathers

    Thank you! Could it be feather picking even though the majority of my birds have it? Or a combination between ectoparasites and feather picking? I have also noticed that the two chickens I have that don't have either don't lay at all or lay the least out of all the chickens so I don't know if...
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    Ducks and chickens are loosing feathers

    Thank you! It's definitely not overeating as they are all female, but external parasites might be it. I'll have to check with the vet soon.
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    Ducks and chickens are loosing feathers

    Thanks you for replying! Yes here is their set up and the food they eat. I have had chickens before for about 10 years and this has never happened before.
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    Ducks and chickens are loosing feathers

    Hi, My ducks and chickens are both losing feathers on their bottoms. For 5/7 of my chickens, their bottoms are totally bare and today, I just noticed that my one of my ducks, the pekin, is losing feathers on her bottom too. Is this normal? Or is this a mite or lice problem? If this isn't normal...
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    Rouen duck hasn't started laying yet ay 31 weeks

    Ok thank you so much! I will put more oyster shells out.
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    Rouen duck hasn't started laying yet ay 31 weeks

    Hi! I have two ducks, one Pekin and one Rouen, both female. My Pekin started laying at about 22 weeks but at 31 weeks, my Rouen hasn't started laying yet. This is my first time raising ducks so I am unsure if this is normal or not. I saw somewhere that some ducks don't start laying until spring...
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    Male or female?

    Ok thank you! Wasn't totally sure because I was watching some video with female Pekins having a much louder quack.
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    Male or female?

    Hi again! I am new to raising ducks and right now we have two 19 week old ducks-one pekin and one Rouen. The Rouen has this really loud quack but the pekin is quieter. I'm not sure of she's a male or female. She(or he) doesn't have a drake feather or anything but I'm attaching a video of its...
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    White discharge coming out of duck

    Ok thank you!
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    White discharge coming out of duck

    Hi I am new to raising ducks and I have a 19 week old female Pekin and a 19 week old female Rouen. Today when they were sitting down, white discharge starting coming out of their vents and then shortly after that my Pekin tried to pull feathers of the Rouen. Also the way they are sitting down...
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