wet feather

Hello, My muscovy ducks have seen to develop wet feathers, and I really need help! I've bathed them today in my bathtub and dried them fully before putting them back with their flock Is there anything else I could do? + How do I wash them? They're really dirty and the dirt won't come off in...

Hello everyone. Over the past week or so, I’ve started to notice that my ducks (two 8 week old Pekin-Rouen mixes, and two 7 week old Pekins) appear to have developed wet feather. After swimming, their feathers become completely soaked, and it can take well over an hour for them to dry. They have...

Hey! I’m not sure how to help my duck Holly. She’s been having a lot of leg issues for a while that aren’t resolving with my treatment. First it was bumble foot and a small limp. I took her to the vet and she removed the scab and infection on the bumble, took X-rays of the limpy leg. The x ray...

I have noticed a change in my duck feathers and am wondering if it’s wet feather or a molt. My ducks are 7 1/2 months old and have never had an obvious health issues. Egg laying has stopped for the most part (I’m only getting one egg a day) so that makes me wanna think it’s a molt. I’ll attach...

Hello! One of my ducks ( unknown gender but think they’re a boy) has had a hard time keeping the underside of their belly dry after swims. They’re now 3 months old & molting into adult feathers but I’m worrying they are getting very cold after swims because those feathers arnt drying through...

I have yearling muscovies and all of their oil glands just seem to not be working properly, some are partially working while two girls just are dry and have no oil at all, they have access to a full yard of grass and have fresh water to bathe in everyday. I don't know what to do about it, all I...

This is our first spring with a drake and females. I noticed today that all four of our females have significant bald, irritated patches of skin on their backs, beneath their wings. My first thought is that they're a result of aggressive mating, especially because the Swedish Blue, who is the...

So I'm relatively new to ducks and still learning. I have 7 muscovies. Four since they were ducklings and 3 I got at 3 months old. They are all 7 months old now. My 3 girls from a separate flock are all doing great. My 4 originals are all developing wet feather. This is my drake Jack, he is by...

Hello everyone, while my husband was changing his oil on Thursday, my goose Abby was hanging out around us and just as fast as I ran to the house to answer the phone, and my husband was wiping his hands off because the phone call was for him, my Abby plopped herself right down in the oil pan...

We took in another rescue duck with some skin/ wing issues. We’ve handled our share of dumped duck issues but never this. Anyone seen similar things? We initially thought severe wet feather but now we’re not sure

My white call duck Sugar seems to be getting wet unlike the rest of my flock that use their preen glands to help them not get wet. I’ve tried doing research on wet feathers which led me to look at her preen gland. I have attached photos. It looks normal to me besides the fact that there is so...

:frowHi there! Both of my Salmon Faverolles have bill abnormalities and the feathers under them are always wet from drinking... like a baby with a wet bib from drooling. They used to mostly dry overnight when they roosted. But now that it’s winter and they never get an opportunity to “dry out”...

Hi everyone, I could really do with some advice. Two weeks ago my lovely little drake Frankie passed away just short of his 12th birthday. He had been getting a bit run down in his last month or two and was looking a little scruffy with a case of wet feather, and then one morning I noticed...

Hi hi Is this wet feather? The ducks take a while to dry after but i have a space heater blowing warm air. I read if this happens to wash them with Dawn so they can restart the preening process. Thoughts? Also i assume this is a blood feather. Are they normal and okay as long as it doesnt...

I let all my baby ducks out for a swim. All of them dried fast, however one of the baby ducks did not it took a long time for him to dry and he wouldn't stand. He was doing well when he got out of the water up until a few mintues later. He has dried almost completely now and is trying to stand...

I have 2 4 year old Welsh Harlequin Drakes and I sadly lost one to a fox on Sunday night. It was heartbreaking and I feel so sad for the one duck I have left. I can tell he's mourning. Knowing ducks shouldn't be alone I manage to track down two 3 month old welshies to join him. When I got...

my drakes both have wet feather which im assuming is because of feather damage incurred over the winter, so im hoping when they molt in new ones it will fix itself. their oil glands are still producing, so i really do think it's just feather damage. but one of my drakes is missing patches of...