Missing keel feathers

[Miss Lydia]

This almost looks like someone pick them off?

 

[har97]

Agreed. This must be something else. Can we get pictures of your bedding? Have you checked for mites? Is their bedding wet?

I have looked for mites and haven’t seen any on them they’re also with chickens and the chickens are fine I would say generally their bedding is wet they stay in a pen except for a few hrs a day and with the ducks and they’re water it’s impossible to keep dry but the far end I keep pine shaving in and they’re mostly dry as that’s the side they sleep on

 

[har97]

This almost looks like someone pick them off?

I really think they’re picking them off themselves as they’re always pulling/ picking at the area while out of their pen

 

[har97]

Is your temperature really hot? I vaguely remember some of my my ducks doing something similar about that age (it was three years ago), and we had gotten really hot. Mine were just molting but the heat seemed to make it go faster. It looked like someone broke open a feather pillow or two.

It is very hot and humid

 

[Miss Lydia]

Do they have a pool to play in?

 

[har97]

Yes they do

 

[Miss Lydia]

Are they in a pen or free range? Sometimes just boredom can cause over preening maybe try hanging a head of cabbage in their run or toss some heads of romaine out for them to tear up an eat.

 

[har97]

Are they in a pen or free range? Sometimes just boredom can cause over preening maybe try hanging a head of cabbage in their run or toss some heads of romaine out for them to tear up an eat.

They are in a pen all but a few hours a day. I will certainly try that and hope it helps