drake losing back of neck feathers

rahaf

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im sorry i keep posting threads im just fairly new to this and i hope u guys dont mind helping me!
i have a drake that started losing his feathers more behind his neck and i thought it could be mites or lice but i checked him and i dont see anything moving, hes acting just fine but it seems his feathers seem to be falling off just in the past 2 days or so
overall hes been losing feathers ever since we got him and he lost his drake feather a few months ago and still hasnt grown it back, looks and acts just as usual tho
anyone has any idea?
 

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How old is he ? Could be going through a molt
I have 2 drakes who lost their drake feather last fall and still don’t have a new one
he is sexually mature! im guessing a little over a year old, i thought it could be a start of a molt as well since its getting rlly hot but im not experianced w ducks at all (my first year) so i came asking here, i noticed him scratching his head like usual except this time a lot of feathers falling off esp that specific area
 
I've never heard of this before but could the hen be mounting him or attacking him? Just the location makes me think he's being grabbed you know?
it does look weird indeed, my hen doesnt bother him at all but sometimes my chickens peck him cuz hed have food on his face but thats usually it, i notice that when he scratches they fall off a lot, and he seems to be grooming himself more (feathers also falling off from other body parts just mostly the back of his neck)
 
this is them, u can see a bit of a feather bomb behind mostly his feathers (some r a bit older)
 

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