Is this normal?

[JennSnowdy]

This guy is pulling out quite a bit of his down, all I've been able to find on Google is about females, is there something I am missing? Thanks for any knowledge and advice

 

[Ratchnick]

Looks like he might be molting.

 

[JennSnowdy]

Looks like he might be molting.[/QUOTE
Thank you, wondering why though? It seems the wrong time of year, and I thought it was only females who do that before nesting?

 

[Miss Lydia]

I think so too probably molt I have one Muscovy female that's still in molt.

 

[Ratchnick]

All birds molt, from the picture it looks pretty warm still. It would be odd to molt In the middle of winter, but I'm not sure what you have qualifies as winter for a duck.

 

[DiYMama540]

Agree that its probably a molt...my female runner has decided to do round 2 of her molt now lots of downy feathers when she shakes and preens!

 

[DuckyDonna]

My run looks like there was a pillow fight but everyone seems fine. I guess just a late molt too.

 

[DiYMama540]

My run looks like there was a pillow fight but everyone seems fine. I guess just a late molt too.

Very good description @DuckyDonna
The only thing I can guess, for my area anyways, is the temperature has been such a rollercoaster this winter...their poor little bodies are all confused!

 

[Thunderduck9]

It’s between 10 at night to 30s in the day,snow ice you know winter and some of my ducks are still molting.My one duck Junior has pulled all his feathers from around his neck and some of the others are still molting a little.Yep but that doesn’t stop them from running into the creek and playing all day in the water.I wouldn’t worry

 

[DiYMama540]

Still in the water...absolutely! Even if there are ice chunks floating in it! The goose pool froze solid before I got a chance to dump it, but I still caught the gander ice skating around on the top