feathers falling out

[silkielover92]

My pekin duck has feathers falling out EVERYWHERE! I don't know if he's molting (his feathers are still pretty and not scraggely) but their are feathers all over the place like it looks like someone grabbed a handful of feathers and threw them all over the coop.....anyone know what this is or if he is just starting to molten he's only about three months old.

 

[pekinduck<3er]

molting definetley

 

[LLCoyote]

I'm sorry to laugh but the same scare just happened to me!!! I was mortified but yes it's most likely just a molt! Don't worry they will loose a lot of feathers and grow them back. If they are egg ducks, like mine, they will stop laying, it just takes too much calcium for them to both grow new feathers and produce eggs. Good luck!

 

[TLWR]

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Or could be like mine and maybe miss a day (or she laid the egg in a nest not in their house which is just as likely) during her molt. But if it is a he, you won't have to worry about eggs anyway

 

[goosedragon]

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Right except it is protein that is used to grow feathers and produce eggs not calcium.

 

[chickschool]

My crested has been loosing feathers for what seems like weeks. She is just about 4 months old and she began well over a month ago. It also seems to go in spirts. There will be feathers everywhere one day then not again for a week for so. She doesn't look ragged either.