Muscovy Not drying....wet feathers

[jamband]

One of my my muscovy males doesn't seem to dry off like the others. His feathers get all wet and he looks like a wet dog as opposed to the others who just have the water roll of basically??? He was injured by a 4 wheeled predator about 2 months ago but other than a slight limp is doing well. Any ideas what causes this ? can I do something? A little worried now with freezing nights.

 

[CMV]

He is not preening the way he should be. Your boy is suffering from poor hygiene. He will learn to keep himself oiled better or he is going to have a cold winter. Not much you can do about a slovenly duck.

My goose gets sopping wet when she goes broody because she doesn't groom herself the way she should. She looks like a drowned rat. I was really surprised the first time I noticed it. I had never seen any of my waterfowl looking wet before that.

Good luck with him.

 

[RedRoosterFarm]

I have a black male who has the same issue. Maybe puberty? Got greasy feathers?lol-Mine has been like this 2 years. Almost like hair spray on wet hair and let it dry. Its normal for him.
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[speckledhen]

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