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I guess I should have mentioned that the coloring I think is from food coloring that bleed in the bedding. We put a drop of food coloring on 1 back to see which one we think is the male and they ran and it got onto the bedding. So I think the coloration is from that. But maybe it’s also due to...

Yes they are preening after bath time. Is not preening enough a thing? I know I previously wasn’t cleaning the brooder enough and have started doing it more often. When do the oil glands start working properly?

But it’s not just in the brooder. We put them in a pin outside at times and even then it’s still like this. We currently have them in a large horse trough.

I tried finding a similar post but did see anything exact to what is going on. This is our first time having ducks so I don’t know 100% what I’m doing but putting in the research which is how I found this page. I want to make sure something is not wrong and this is normal looking. I’ve put them...