Not Sure What’s Going on with my Duck Hen

[LexiLou27]

My duck has been acting strange for ~2 days now, and I don’t know what’s going on. She’s staying away from the rest of the flock, and showing odd behavior like laying out in the middle of the yard alone, and lets me approach her without even sitting up. I don’t think she’s passed any eggs and have no way of knowing because she’s in with other ducks that lay the same colored eggs as her. I soaked her in an epsom salt bath last night, but I'm not sure if she’s egg bound, she doesn’t look like it and I don’t feel an egg in there. She has mild bumblefoot (even though they free range and coops get cleaned daily/EOD) the weather around here has just been so wet and muddy.

I also thought it was odd that her feathers look thin and not how they normally look. And she’s been laying in her hiding spots with her head down and every time I check on her I think she’s dead.

What does everyone think this could be?

 

[RossAcres]

It's most likely a bunch of different things creating a lot of stress on her. When a bird has one issue, the immune system plummets in function. The bumblefoot may be mild, but the immune system is running overboard trying to keep her alive. I would treat the bumblefoot ASAP.
Her feathers make me think she has wet feather. Wet feather is caused by either not having swimming water for extended amounts of time OR because she can't produce oil from her preening gland. You want to check her preening gland for any debris/issues. wash the gland with dawn dish soap. keep her away from big bodies of water until she recovers.
And lastly, if you cannot confirm that she has or has not laid an egg, you need to seperate her (you should seperate her regardless because she's very stressed) so that you can watch for an egg. If she does not lay one, she may be egg bound. Epsom salt bath to relax the muscles. DO NOT try to reach in and pull it out. If the egg were to break inside of her, it will cause an infection and she will die. Research how to treat an egg bound duck.
If you take away anything from this, please seperate her from the flock. You can put her in a dog crate with straw. Put that in a darker, warm room with feed and water. Maybe add some vitamins/electrolytes to her water.

Hoping for a speedy recovery.