Please help why is my duck missing plumage underneath her wings 😢😢😢

[Chocorobo12]

Does anyone have any idea whats going on?

 

[nuthatched]

Have checked for lice or mite?

 

[Miss Lydia]

This will give you a visual of what to look for. https://the-chicken-chick.com/poultry-lice-and-mites-identification/

How old is your duck? have you noticed her/him plucking feathers out or unusual scratching? Waterfowl rarely get external parasites if they have access to bathing water. they can still get them but not like other poultry that doesn't get into water.
What do you feed your ducks and do you give any suplements?

 

[CoriM]

This could possibly be one of your other ducks pulling feathers. I have had this situation with two pekins and that bare spot looks familiar. It took me months before I observed what was going on. You might spend a bunch of time watching your ducks, especially when they're around fresh water - I think mine had some sort of weird mating mix-up and they pulled feathers instead - I didn't have drakes.

 

[Chocorobo12]

This will give you a visual of what to look for. https://the-chicken-chick.com/poultry-lice-and-mites-identification/

How old is your duck? have you noticed her/him plucking feathers out or unusual scratching? Waterfowl rarely get external parasites if they have access to bathing water. they can still get them but not like other poultry that doesn't get into water.
What do you feed your ducks and do you give any suplements?

This is more or less what I feed then everyday... I do try to incorporate new foods every other day/3 days so they're not deficient in anything...
For breakfast today I gave them cooked whole wheat pasta with julienned brocolli cooked beans (3 different varieties) and green peas

For lunch I gave them a salad of spinach and American parsley (again I alternate between different veggie mixes every 2/3 days)
Alongside the veggies I also gave them a bowl of fruit salad... today that happens to be banana/apple/tomatoes with a tablespoon of ground up flax, a tablespoon of hemp seeds, and half a tablespoon of nutrional yeast
Around mid day I always give them eggshells about 10 eggs' worth of shells
For dinner its a repeat of breakfast
I feed them meat too now and again if my family has leftover meat they don't eat

As for how old they are, they are a little over a year old.
Do you think its possible that they could be molting? Because I inspected them and I see no signs of parasites... but if its molting ... why are they only sparse under their wings... its now happened to another one so 2 in total... just 2 days ago it was only one of them... im confused as to why this is happening so fast... one of my ducks also looks like she injured a blood feather because it was a little bloody... as though it had been bent...
I'm so worried about them I hope they're just molting.....

 

[Chocorobo12]

Have checked for lice or mite?

I did and I'm not able to find any. Could they be molting?

 

[Chocorobo12]

This could possibly be one of your other ducks pulling feathers. I have had this situation with two pekins and that bare spot looks familiar. It took me months before I observed what was going on. You might spend a bunch of time watching your ducks, especially when they're around fresh water - I think mine had some sort of weird mating mix-up and they pulled feathers instead - I didn't have drakes.

I do have a feather pecker indeed, I have observed her yanking on the plumage of the other two... strangely enough she's the only one of my 3 girls who has all her feathers and down intact. So it could very well be her, but I can't be sure she could do that much damage herself... so I'm looking for other causes... could they be molting?

 

[Miss Lydia]

It could be a mini molt they usually just lose small feathers.
May I ask why you aren't feeding a poultry feed?
What your feeding sounds wonderful but I am thinking they are not getting all the nutrients they need and what they would get with a balanced poultry feed or waterfowl feed.
It's really hard to get that balance with us trying to put something together. Look up homemade poultry feed and what all you would need to get it balanced for them. And for egg layers it makes it even more important that they get a good balanced diet,

 

[Poultrybonkers]

I would not give spinach to laying birds it depletes their calcium intake

 

[Chocorobo12]

It could be a mini molt they usually just lose small feathers.
May I ask why you aren't feeding a poultry feed?
What your feeding sounds wonderful but I am thinking they are not getting all the nutrients they need and what they would get with a balanced poultry feed or waterfowl feed.
It's really hard to get that balance with us trying to put something together. Look up homemade poultry feed and what all you would need to get it balanced for them. And for egg layers it makes it even more important that they get a good balanced diet,

To be frank I'm vegan so unless I know how all the ingredients in a product are sourced i'd rather steer clear of it. Animal abuse is rampant in the rearing of animals for meat... (and yes) eggs and dairy... much of which are standardized and sanctioned by our government and the general public either know but dont care enough to challenge these standards or they are oblivious to the cruelty that goes on. Given all that I know I can't turn a blind eye and support industries that abuse animals for profit. I know that ducks are not vegan and im not forcing them to be vegan they still eat flies and the occasional leftover meat my family would otherwise toss out, and I am very diligent about feeding them different foods all the time to ensure they get all the nutrients they need but to be honest this consumes much of my time and when I'm not working I'm tending to them 80 percent of the time no joke If you know of any duck feed that are vegan please please let me know... and if oyster happens to be an ingredient in it... im ok with it... I would appreciate any suggestions anyone has thank you.