Rescued these Muscovy's.... What is wrong with them (Pic)

[Tacswa3]

Thank you all

I attempted a bath (per the instructions for wet feather). I got some soap and water on him but not as well as I hoped. It was a BATTLE and he is not a tame duck. He is strong too.

I got purina feather fixer mixed with All flock in a bowl (20% protein), some high quality cat food and BOSS seeds out for them. Just made a fresh container of "Nuri-dench" as well.

 

[DucksOhio]

Thank you all

I attempted a bath (per the instructions for wet feather). I got some soap and water on him but not as well as I hoped. It was a BATTLE and he is not a tame duck. He is strong too.

I got purina feather fixer mixed with All flock in a bowl (20% protein), some high quality cat food and BOSS seeds out for them. Just made a fresh container of "Nuri-dench" as well.

God bless you for rescuing them. Under your care, I’m sure they’ll thrive.

 

[superduckrescue]

View attachment 1803578 Just brought this drake and 3 hens home today. Feathers are in bad shape. Wing and tail feathers are going bald. The dirt on them tell me they had no access to bathing. Not sure they even know what a pool is. They finally got in mine and when wet the feathers look horrible and thin and the drake was shaking like he was cold. Not sure if they are in a molt or I'm dealing with mites. Hopefully the pic will help. Also I noticed some sores on some bare spots. I got them on a high protein feed, a vitamin water and access to a pool. I'm thinking about dusting them tonight with a poultry dust as well. Never had ducks look this bad and I take care of my mine so I never experienced this.

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It's Wet feather. A duck has a preen gland at base of the tail which produces oil. Each time a duck has access to water in which to swim, she will preen her feathers both during her swim and after being in the water, which stimulates the oil gland and distributes the oil onto her feathers, making them waterproof.

If the gland stops producing oil, or the duck doesn’t have access to water, the duck can’t clean off the dirt and mud from there feathers and maintain the oily coating - and normally waterproofed feathers get waterlogged and stay wet after the duck gets out of the water. washing them in water and Dawn dish detergent, rinsing them well and then blow drying them on a warm setting before putting her back outside. This removes the old oil as well as any dirt or mud from the duck’s feathers and gives her a chance to start over.

They should be kept from swimming for a few days, but allowed access to a small tub of water so she can begin to splash a bit of water on her head and back to being the preening process. After a few days, short swims can be allowed again until you see that her waterproofing is back.

you probably will need to limit her pool time, especially in the colder months, and be sure to dry them off whenever she gets wet.

 

[Tacswa3]

It's Wet feather. A duck has a preen gland at base of the tail which produces oil. Each time a duck has access to water in which to swim, she will preen her feathers both during her swim and after being in the water, which stimulates the oil gland and distributes the oil onto her feathers, making them waterproof.

If the gland stops producing oil, or the duck doesn’t have access to water, the duck can’t clean off the dirt and mud from there feathers and maintain the oily coating - and normally waterproofed feathers get waterlogged and stay wet after the duck gets out of the water. washing them in water and Dawn dish detergent, rinsing them well and then blow drying them on a warm setting before putting her back outside. This removes the old oil as well as any dirt or mud from the duck’s feathers and gives her a chance to start over.

They should be kept from swimming for a few days, but allowed access to a small tub of water so she can begin to splash a bit of water on her head and back to being the preening process. After a few days, short swims can be allowed again until you see that her waterproofing is back.

It was a battle bathing HIM, so no blow drying took place. Toweled dried the best I could. Its funny how instructions are given to treat certain things with the assumption the animal is as tame a lap dog. That is not the case here and blow drying a large male scovy was not happening.

I noticed yellow staining at the base of his tail. I assume this the preening oil. I massaged the area and wiped it clean.
you probably will need to limit her pool time, especially in the colder months, and be sure to dry them off whenever she gets wet.

 

[superduckrescue]

It's Wet feather. A duck has a preen gland at base of the tail which produces oil. Each time a duck has access to water in which to swim, she will preen her feathers both during her swim and after being in the water, which stimulates the oil gland and distributes the oil onto her feathers, making them waterproof.

If the gland stops producing oil, or the duck doesn’t have access to water, the duck can’t clean off the dirt and mud from there feathers and maintain the oily coating - and normally waterproofed feathers get waterlogged and stay wet after the duck gets out of the water. washing them in water and Dawn dish detergent, rinsing them well and then blow drying them on a warm setting before putting her back outside. This removes the old oil as well as any dirt or mud from the duck’s feathers and gives her a chance to start over.

They should be kept from swimming for a few days, but allowed access to a small tub of water so she can begin to splash a bit of water on her head and back to being the preening process. After a few days, short swims can be allowed again until you see that her waterproofing is back.

you probably will need to limit their pooltime, especially in the colder months, and be sure to dry them off whenever they get wet.

 

[superduckrescue]

It was a battle bathing HIM, so no blow drying took place. Toweled dried the best I could. Its funny how instructions are given to treat certain things with the assumption the animal is as tame a lap dog. That is not the case here and blow drying a large male scovy was not happening.
Were did you get them from? They look like they were from a meat farm
I noticed yellow staining at the base of his tail. I assume this the preening oil. I massaged the area and wiped it clean.
you probably will need to limit her pool time, especially in the colder months, and be sure to dry them off whenever she gets wet.

were did you get them from it looks like they were from a meat farm.

 

[Tacswa3]

A private owner, I answered a craigslist add. I didn't see housing conditions because we met at a public place. Owner said they are a year old. Got poultry for his kids but time constraints made him sell. Not sure what I believe, but I got them now.

Any idea why the stems are showing on the wing and tail feathers?

 

[Tacswa3]

Here are the 2 I rescued over the winter. They were not in as bad shape. Beautiful birds

 

[Miss Lydia]

Those Muscovy are gorgeous. And your new ones will look that good soon. It's a wonderful thing you are doing rescuing these ducks. Some people do not need animals.

 

[Tacswa3]

Well they do look better this morning, especially the drake. He's the one with the back to us