Wet Feather

[808ducks]

Can you tell me what breed your duck is? She looks exactly like my Plantain.

Not sure, we got her from a farm that doesn't really care well for them. Best guess is khaki/Rouen mix

 

[808ducks]

http://www.duckdvm.com/condition/wet-feather

So this has been going on for a year and she hasn't molted in that period?

http://www.majesticwaterfowl.org/artwetfeather2.htm

She has molted, and the good looking feathers on her do ok in the weather, but she didn't do a full molt. Her wing feathers are original from when we got her....

 

[Miss Lydia]

Offer some kitten food along with her reg feed just sprinkle over feed the extra protein should help with feather quality. 1 big molt a year where they lose flight feathers then Mini molts at other times. Hopefully she’ll have her big molt soon. It’s late In the year for my Muscovys to be starting into their big molt but we had such warm weather up until a few weeks ago has everyone mixed up.

 

[808ducks]

Offer some kitten food along with her reg feed just sprinkle over feed the extra protein should help with feather quality. 1 big molt a year where they lose flight feathers then Mini molts at other times. Hopefully she’ll have her big molt soon. It’s late In the year for my Muscovys to be starting into their big molt but we had such warm weather up until a few weeks ago has everyone mixed up.

Hmm I wonder if our basically static weather might be contributing to her not molting yet. It's always 85 here and the big difference between seasons is just the rainfall...

 

[Miss Lydia]

I think lack of daylight also might trigger molting since my Muscovy molt in middle fall. But this is only for Muscovy my Runners an Buffs usually molt in early spring.