HELP!!! 2 YEARS, NO MOLTING FROM DUCK

[Miss Lydia]

I have had ducks and chickens doing partial molts all the way through this month even. Our weather has been crazy. Not flight feathers with the ducks but small feathers everywhere. A couple of my Cochin bantam hens still working on getting the rest of their feathers on their heads. It's been a very strange winter so far. And I think it gets everyone confused. That's all about to change though over the weekend back to the deep freeze.

I do give dry dog food as a supplement during molt and winter months my birds love it. And dried meal worms.
I was reading on force molt and I find it cruel. Just give her time ,good feed and hopefully she'll soon molt out the old and grow the new. As long as she acts healthy.

 

[DuckyDonna]

I was asking the thread stater, I'm thinking if the ducks don't get enough protein that could be why they don't molt.

oh ok, it's taking me a bit to figure out this new format. sorry

 

[Lukeaehg]

The one in question is a black swedish, and the other is a Rouen.
Good info! I did not know that their wings did not need to be trimmed....I don't trim them anymore, only the first year they would run around flapping their wings and get a little airborne so that is why I was cautious and trimmed the wings.
I definitely have never seen a hard molt and no bald patches ever on them. I know they are molting when their feathers all all over the yard, but I always notice it is only the rouens feathers, never any black feathers.
She definitely behaves like a normal messy duck! Just after so long, I was starting to get worried why she always looks so ratty, and if was related to an underlying condition I was not aware of.
Is there anything that can be done to encourage or promote her molt?

Hey I don’t know if your still on this website but I have a black Swedish who is in what seems to be a “hard molt” like yours. did the duck ever molt its old feathers?