Ducks have a feather growing out of nose?

[sammybrown]

There is a feather growing out of my ducks noses and I don’t know why. I can pull it out but it just re appears. Does anybody know what it is?

 

[Jenbirdee]

the fluff that’s in her nare? ( nares are their ‘nostrils’)
i’m pretty sure it’s not actually growing out from there , but rather gets caught in there when she is preening . she needs to always have a water bucket that’s deep enough to stick her whole head into. she will clear the fluff out of her nares .

 

[Jenbirdee]

rarely, a little stick or bit of straw can get stuck in there, and then you have to pull it out for her. also I see she has a pool there so yeah she will blow out the fluffs

 

[ruthhope]

It's normal ducky fluff stuck there from preening. My ducks have deep water and still get fluff in their names from preening: I insist on pulling it out for them -- another little attention to my ducky masters. They don't care whether there is or is not fluff.

 

[New duck mommy 2021]

I see this with my ducks too
It’s just feather fluff
I have all kinds of ponds , pools abc deep water buckets and mine still get it
Especially the young ones getting adult feathers or adults going through a molt

 

[Miss Lydia]

I call them feather boogers

 

[sammybrown]

Ok thank you guys I just wanted to make sure it’s fine

 

[sammybrown]

Is this also fine?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Is what also fine?