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    Duck with Scab/Bald spots from ingrown feathers

    My pekin has a quarter sized hard scab over an area on his chest where the vet removed a hard scabby mess of ingrown feathers 2 months ago (when photo was taken). A lot of hard yellow plugs came out with the ingrown feathers --- assume they were sebum/keratin plugs, but is it possible they were...
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    The Duck Thread

    My pekin duck has a quarter sized hard scab over an area on his chest where the vet removed a hard scabby mess of ingrown feathers 2 months ago. Some downy feathers filled in the edge of the area, but will new feathers ever grow again if the scab ever comes off? He also has a bald spot on...
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    Duck bald spot - How long for new feathers to grow?

    Anybody???! Any advice on ingrown feathers or how long it takes for new feathers to grow in a bald spot would be great!!
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    Help -- Ingrown feather infection and feather pulling

    I'm wondering how long it takes for new feathers to grow in a bald spot on ducks and chickens. Our pekin has "matted" tiny ingrown feathers with yellow gunk plugs on his chest and our vet loosened up the scabby area and extracted a bunch. Today the area soften more, so I was able to extract...
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    The Duck Thread

    Well she thinks they will come back in his rump area that is bald from removing ingrown feathers (near his oil gland which is being treated for infection). I assume when ducks get bitten by predators or feathers pulled by other bully ducks that new feathers grow back in the bald spot. I have...
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    The Duck Thread

    Help! Question about ingrown feathers and resulting bald spot! Our pekin just went to the vet for some ingrown feathers. We caught them early, as the last 2 springs we did not know he had them until they abscessed and burst. This year he has some "matted" ingrown feathers with sebum plugs on...
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    Duck bald spot - How long for new feathers to grow?

    Our pekin just went to the vet for some ingrown feathers. We caught them early, as the last 2 springs we did not know he had them until they abscessed and burst and the vet pulled all kinds of gunk out of the big hole that formed. This year he has some "matted" ingrown feathers with sebum...
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    Ingrown feather/cyst near oil gland

    Hi, My 8 year old Pekin has had an issue with what we assume is a feather cyst this time each year. Last 2 years we didn't even notice it until we saw blood and it had burst and took him to the vet -- the vet pulled out all kinds of clumped little feathers and cheesy white stuff and all kinds...
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    Is this Bumblefoot?

    Thanks to everyone for their input! Paulie doesn't sit still and gets antsy when he is held so I couldn't wash it very well, but I wiped it with a rag and the brown stuff isn't coming off unless I pick at it a little so It might not be dirt. But it is not round nor does it feel like a scab...
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    Is this Bumblefoot?

    The other day I noticed a big callous on the "heel" of my 6 year old Pekin Paulie's foot. He has had callouses before that would go away, but I just noticed this one while he was stretching his leg out. It doesn't seem to bother him at all - he walks normally and he doesn't flinch or anything...
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    Our pekin lost his best buddy

    Hi there, We have had two Pekins, Harold and Paulie, since we rescued them as ducklings 6 years ago. Harold has always been weaker and prone to problems, including pneumonia as a baby that left him with knee infections that made him bowlegged and crippled. He's progressively slowed down over...
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