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[ems123]

We have a small Khaki Campbell which we bought about six months ago and have always been a bit worried about her, she has always had quite short legs and can not move as fast as our other campbells. Now she has started to moult really badly and the others arent. She has lost most of her feathers and looks a right mess is this normal?

 

Campbells

Fudge

Tumble

Magsy

RIP Toffee

 

Black East Indian

RIP Quackers

[Chucky1]

Hi ems - it doesn't sound very nice does it? I haven't seen ours moult to any great degree.

 

I did a quick google and

 

http://www.greenwing.org/teachersguide/summer01/summer01moreabt.html

 

I hope this is of some use to you and that someone with a bit more knowledge comes along shortly. Failing that I'd get her checked out by a vet.

 

Good Luck

[AdamD]

My two are a right pair of scruffy ducks at the moment! As long as she's getting some new feathers she should be fine. I don't think all ducks suddenly start moulting at once and go through the whole process at the same point, so I'd say it's normal for her to be moulting and the others not to be showing much sign of it yet. One of my adult males started a fair bit earlier than the other, he's lost almost all of his wing feathers whereas the other has still got all of his!

 

Here's a picture from a few days ago of the one who started earlier:

[donald]

My lawn is covered in feathers and my sister visited yesterday and said I think something got a pigeon! Ur no its the moulting ducks. She shouldnt be bald but will look very scruffy and dull but its only temporary, just a few weeks not too long

donald

[ems123]

Magsy is fine now

thank you to those who gave advise

[Susanne]

Hi,

 

My khaki campbell is in a sorry state - I hope its just moulting but I fear it may be something worse - any advice?

She is around a year old. For the last few weeks she seems to have been "worrying" at her wing feathers more than usual and they are now just quills for most of their length. So, still tufty near her body but then bare from half way down. It is just her wings, no where else on her body.

My other ducks are fine, and I could not find any sign of mites on her but saw a few in their house so treated her for mites, but Im not sure if thats made it worse so dont want to treat her again.

This is my first lot of ducks so dont have a lot of experience, but she doesnt seem very happy at all. She is eating normally/more than ever - quite frantically in fact. She is still laying with no problems.

 

Any help or thoughts appreciated - thanks!

S