Red "rash" on wings of 3 week old ducklings :(

[duckling101]

Anybody know what this red "rash" is on the wings of my 3 week old ducklings? it started on one and then seems to be spreading to the others. Are the pecking each other? Is it a mite? is it too cold at night?

please help!

 

[junebuggena]

Not a rash. They've just grown too big for the down to completely cover them. Down doesn't grow with them. And what once was enough to keep them completely fluffy, is now just too sparse.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Anybody know what this red "rash" is on the wings of my 3 week old ducklings? it started on one and then seems to be spreading to the others. Are the pecking each other? Is it a mite? is it too cold at night?

please help!

hard to tell looking at the photos, it could be itching while getting its wing feathers in, therefore irritating its skin

if worried you could you take it to a vet

 

[duckling101]

thank you! They are eating and running around just fine, so I will keep an eye on them and take them into the vet if it doesn't get better when their feathers come in. I just searched adn it seemed like a lot of pekin owners had this question, so i wonder if its part of how they get their feathers?

 

[Ducks4us]

thank you! They are eating and running around just fine, so I will keep an eye on them and take them into the vet if it doesn't get better when their feathers come in. I just searched adn it seemed like a lot of pekin owners had this question, so i wonder if its part of how they get their feathers?

Yep very normal for all ducklings wings to go thru a stage where they look like that

All mine have as well.