A Duck that won't molt?

[Kangasox]

I have a duck who did not molt last year and everyone is currently molting and she doesn't seem to be again. She is a 2.5yo Cayuga and her sisters are molting fine. Is this a thing? Is there something I should/can do?

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Some haven't started yet. I have had molting birds into December.

 

[chickens really]

She has feathers so has molted....Possibly just started?...

 

[Sara Ranch]

With some ducks, molting is very obvious.

With some ducks, you blink and you miss the molt. They sail through the process gracefully without a feather looking out of place.

 

[Kangasox]

No, these are literally her feathers from 2015 after her duckling molt. Her feathers have looked like this (ratty and broken) all through last winter.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I have noticed this with my Runners other than my drake lost his drake feather about 3 months ago and never grew it back I couldn't even tell they were molting other than egg laying came to a halt.

My Muscovys leave feathers all over the place my geese too. My chickens some of them are down right naked.

 

[chickens really]

Is she getting bred the most....?

 

[Kangasox]

I've watched her really carefully after noticing she didn't lose her feathers last year, when everyone else was getting fluffy and fresh again. Her wing feathers are the the worst...tattered stubs. I will try to get a closer pic of her back later.

I don't think it's a breeding issue. We have 12 girls and 2 drakes, and she is one that will actually rebuff the drakes advances and refuse to breed. She's saucy. She also doesn't seem to take a laying break...she is the only one who has continue to lay this fall.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

How old was she last fall? She might not have been quite old enough. Do you add any supplemental lighting to the area?

 

[Kangasox]

She was 1.5 last fall. We have a light in the coop and live in the south so have longer warm days.