I have been meaning to ask, what is molting? Is it when your ducks lose a lot of feathers? Do chickens do the same? TODAY WAS THE WORST that I've seen so many larger type feathers in my Rouen Drakes pen. They are the feathers that are suppose to be on his wings. A few big all white feathers, a bunch of feathers which are brown & the other feathers have blue on them. Now that i think about it, I'm not sure that I had even seen any more feathers with blue on them, left on his body. It just seem so strange b/c the feathers are larger ones that belong on his wings.~ My first thought was that some thing was attacking him. In a different post I was told, yes it is normal for the drakes to change colors (darker feathers) at this time but, does that include losing a bunch of feathers too? Each day I have also noticed that the green on his head is disappearing, today almost all the green is gone. Thanks, ~Julie~