Is My Duck Sick???

[I Love Layers]

I have 2 Black Swedish ducks in my herd of 10 ducks, and for a month now one of my Black Swedish doesn't look right instead I'd being sleek and smooth her feathers aren't water proof anymore, and they are dirty and brown, and they fall out easily, and underneath her wings she doesn't have feathers in some spots, I may just kill her just in case. The drakes still breed her so I was thinking maybe her oil gland doesn't work and that is why her body looks dirty.

My normal one looks like the one above

 

[Amiga]

How many drakes?

Nevermind. If she is getting too much attention from the drakes, that could explain her condition. Rather than kill her (just in case of what? infectious disease?) separate her from the drakes, give her a high quality diet, and see how the feathers come in after her next molt. She may just need a rest, she may have internal injuries, or even infection caused from overmating.

She also could have egg yolk peritonitis, a non-infectious disease that can be treated with antibiotics.

 

[I Love Layers]

There are 7 ducks and 3 drakes one of the drakes is an Indian Runner now it doesn't breed her so it would be 5 ducks and 2/drakes

 

[Amiga]

On the surface, that might not be bad, except that drakes can gang up on a duck. I would separate her, care for her as I wrote before. She needs you to protect and help her.

 

[I Love Layers]

Okay I will see if I can do that