Duckling has dry skin peeling and walking backwards while dragging bill on ground in a squiggle pattern

[GodofPecking]

What do you think? Should I do it anyway and just try to make sure they are feeling warm?

I'd try a few days to a week like that, it can only effect the warmth if it is stopping the down from working, oil may LOOK damp but it's not, it doesn't evaporate and evaporation is the mechanism of getting cold. try a comparison oil to water on your skin to see.

I've been adding garlic and oregano to their feed as well and giving them a mashed up scrambled or hard boiled egg everyday.

I would be cautious about garlic, it is a poison -fun fact.

 

[wannabefarm girl]

I would be cautious about garlic, it is a poison -fun fact.

Just to ducks, or...??

 

[Goosebaby]

The active anti-fungal/anti-bacterial element in garlic is allicin. For allicin to be effective in permeating tissue to eradicate a fungal infection from the body it would to be at such high concentrations that it causes liver failure in animals and humans.

However a little bit of garlic boosts the immune system and inhibits mold enough that it can help fight an infection or help prevent one to an extent. Technically everything we eat can be classified as toxic in high enough concentrations, though what level that is greatly differs. You just have to do research and weigh the benefits against the negatives.

Honey is medicinal, but not all honey is the same. A lot of honey out there is a mix of added syrups and sawdust to just enough actual honey to make it taste like honey.
If you can find a trusted source of real honey that can have benefits but keep in mind that weakened immune systems can catch salmonella from it.
Mānuka honey is what’s used by practitioners as medicinal honey, but there’s also a lot of scammers out there labeling who knows what they’re peddling as mānuka.

 

[wannabefarm girl]

The active anti-fungal/anti-bacterial element in garlic is allicin. For allicin to be effective in permeating tissue to eradicate a fungal infection from the body it would to be at such high concentrations that it causes liver failure in animals and humans.

However a little bit of garlic boosts the immune system and inhibits mold enough that it can help fight an infection or help prevent one to an extent. Technically everything we eat can be classified as toxic in high enough concentrations, though what level that is greatly differs. You just have to do research and weigh the benefits against the negatives.

Honey is medicinal, but not all honey is the same. A lot of honey out there is a mix of added syrups and sawdust to just enough actual honey to make it taste like honey.
If you can find a trusted source of real honey that can have benefits but keep in mind that weakened immune systems can catch salmonella from it.
Mānuka honey is what’s used by practitioners as medicinal honey, but there’s also a lot of scammers out there labeling who knows what they’re peddling as mānuka.

Yep.
I agree with all this.