Female duck has a fuzzy white patch on her breast

[AKnewbie]

We have 2 khaki campbells, about 8wks old.
We just noticed that the female (or at least we think she is) now has a white patch on her breast. It doesnt have feathers but is sort of fuzzy.
Is this something to be concerned about?

 

[Kevin565]

Is it on the top or middle of the breast? Where are the birds from?

 

[AKnewbie]

right in the middle on the mid-lower part of the breast. It doesn't look unhealthy or anything except that it's a white patch. We got the ducks from our local feed store but they were shipped to them from the lower 48 as well (somewhere in the midwest).

Also, on a completely different note, they seem to like to attack our dog. It's more amusing than anything but is this typical duck behavior?

 

[Amiga]

Is she pulling feathers out of her breast, or is her brooder mate doing that? Zehn used to have the annoying habit of grabbing a pinch of breast feathers from her brooder mates. How much space do they have? Sometimes crowding can increase such behaviors.

 

[AKnewbie]

they free range during the daytime but their coop is about 12 square feet.
I haven't noticed her or the male duck plucking the feathers out except for when they get out of the water (we have a kiddie pool for them) and start grooming themselves.

 

[Amiga]

Well they certainly don't sound like they are crowded. . . . Hmmm. . . . Can you take a close look to see if perhaps something is irritating that spot on her chest?

 

[AKnewbie]

It doesn't look like it. Just fuzzy white. I will certainly observe in the next few days though.
Thank you!

 

[tofumama]

I have a KC duck with the exact same thing. Just white fuzz. I didn't think anything of it. Mine is only about 5 weeks old so he/she still has some fuzz anyways, but the rest is brown.