Duck molt HELP!!!

[Vanessa_monte]

It is currently spring time and my Peking hen is losing wing feathers. Is this a molt time? Pls help. Btw they are big feathers not fluff. Ikd if that helps

 

[Quatie]

It is not the normal time for molting, but domestic ducks don't always molt at the typical times. Fall is usually when they molt their wing feathers, but I have ones that have molted in the summer and others all through the winter. Females will also molt down feathers to fill their nests with.

How old is she? If she is really young, ducks also go through an adult molt shortly after they fully feathered. I want to say that is at about 10-12 weeks.

If she isn't young, since this not a normal time for molting, I would give her a look over and make sure she doesn't have mites or anything like that. If she is eating and drinking fine and overall healthy with no parasites, I would not worry too much and assume she is molting at an odd time.

 

[Vanessa_monte]

It is not the normal time for molting, but domestic ducks don't always molt at the typical times. Fall is usually when they molt their wing feathers, but I have ones that have molted in the summer and others all through the winter. Females will also molt down feathers to fill their nests with.

How old is she? If she is really young, ducks also go through an adult molt shortly after they fully feathered. I want to say that is at about 10-12 weeks.

If she isn't young, since this not a normal time for molting, I would give her a look over and make sure she doesn't have mites or anything like that. If she is eating and drinking fine and overall healthy with no parasites, I would not worry too much and assume she is molting at an odd time.

She is about 4-5 years old and she is eating and drinking fine,do you know how I can get rid of mites if she has them?also she has not paid for the past week. Is she okay?

 

[Miss Lydia]

https://the-chicken-chick.com/poultry-lice-and-mites-identification/
It's not unusual for them to take breaks from laying to build back up their calcium reserves.

 

[Vanessa_monte]

https://the-chicken-chick.com/poultry-lice-and-mites-identification/
It's not unusual for them to take breaks from laying to build back up their calcium reserves.

TYSM. I thought she was old and stopped laying. Do you know how to check for mites?

 

[Miss Lydia]

Look down through the feathers to the skin around the vent area and also under a wing at the skin.

 

[ruthhope]

Diatomaceous Earth is a safe way of treating mites in poultry including ducks