My duck has wet feather and I don't see what could be causing it.

So it is the same ration of ivermectin per body weight for the ducks and the chickens? Do you think it is likely that Abigail will get better? I have no such place. She is in a coop with a heat lamp. The other duck and the chickens are fine.
 
In the first few photos her feathers look good. Muscovy aren't as waterproof as other ducks and can look a little ratty at times, especially lighter-colored individuals. A small amount of wet feather is normal in my experience.

Her squeaking is likely what I call "broody squeaks." They make this new sound once they mature and tend to squeak a lot when they are laying and guarding eggs.
 
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So it is the same ration of ivermectin per body weight for the ducks and the chickens? Do you think it is likely that Abigail will get better? I have no such place. She is in a coop with a heat lamp. The other duck and the chickens are fine.
What breed is your other duck? I have a Muscovy female that sounds more like a wild bird than a Muscovy so they can have many different sounds. But what @StinkyAcres said is true they aren't as waterproof mine rarely bathe when I put out water for my other breed of ducks and goose when temps get above freezing.
 
In the first few photos her feathers look good. Muscovy aren't as waterproof as other ducks and can look a little ratty at times, especially lighter-colored individuals. A small amount of wet feather is normal in my experience.

Her squeaking is likely what I call "broody squeaks." They make this new sound once they mature and tend to squeak a lot when they are laying and guarding eggs.
She does preen, just without her oil gland and I had just blow dried her. The problem is that her down is always wet and it won't dry so she is cold. If I didn't blow dry her she would barely dry at all. I am not worried about her squeak anymore. You are probably correct about why she does it.
 
What breed is your other duck? I have a Muscovy female that sounds more like a wild bird than a Muscovy so they can have many different sounds. But what @StinkyAcres said is true they aren't as waterproof mine rarely bathe when I put out water for my other breed of ducks and goose when temps get above freezing.
My other duck is a Khaki Campbell.
 
How do her feet look? My Runner Buffs and Cayuga will jump into the small pool I set up for them in winter when there is ice on top. Not my Muscovy. I would keep her out of water while it is cold. Sometimes mine have to go 2-3 weeks in winter without bathing water but they do manage to splash water out of their buckets to bathe . I don't even see my Muscovy doing that.
Hopefully she'll make it through winter. It can get below 0 here at times [normal temps are teens] and mine have done well without heat as long as they are kept where wind can't blow over them.

Can you post some good pictures of her feet top and bottom?
 

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