Help PLEASE! My Pekin is losing feathers (not molting), can't walk and her tail is completely down.

Valkyrisa

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Mar 9, 2017
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My Pekin momma is 11 months old and just a few hours ago she can't stand or walk, is losing a ton of feathers but is NOT molting. She is eating drinking fine, I have checked her for cuts, breaks, ticks, anything abnormal and there is nothing. I live in Michigan so the weather has been mild. I am at a loss as to what is wrong with her. There is no avian vet within over a hundred miles. Could these symptoms be caused from egg binding? I have never dealt with it before, but just in case it is I have her in her second warm bath with some apple cider vinegar in the water. I think I feel 2 eggs but am not positive. Any help at all from anyone who has experience with any of these symptoms would be sooooooo greatly appreciated. I can't stand to see momma in pain. Actually, she doesn't seem to be in pain, it's just that seeing momma in this shape is painful for me.
 
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no, her legs aren't working for walking. She can move them some in the tub. Do ducks molt like chickens?
 
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Also, her tail is completely down and messy, which has never happened before either?!?! Does anyone know what this is a symptom of? If anything.
 
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