Tips of Wings Dark

[benkelssmith13]

Wondering if this is cause for concern or what is going on.... We have 3 adult Perkins & they all have darker feathers on the edge of their wings-like an orangey brown.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Well we’d like pictures so we can see what your talking about and also what your feeding including snacks

 

[benkelssmith13]

Well we’d like pictures so we can see what your talking about and also what your feeding including snacks

I thought of that after I posted! I'll attach a pic.... I would have to check their food but it has always been one for all flock. They don't get very many snacks.... Mostly just lettuce, tomatoes, maybe cantaloupe or watermelon rind but the chickens normally eat anything first that is thrown in there.

 

[Isaac 0]

Pekins tend to get their feathers dirty and worn out (Especially their primaries) as they age. By providing a sufficient deep water source you can alleviate the feather damage, but it's still going to happen. So my questions are, how old are they, and what kind of water source are you providing them with?

 

[benkelssmith13]

Pekins tend to get their feathers dirty and worn out (Especially their primaries) as they age. By providing a sufficient deep water source you can alleviate the feather damage, but it's still going to happen. So my questions are, how old are they, and what kind of water source are you providing them with?

They are only a year and a half.... They get a kiddie pool of water filled up in the summer. I wondered if it could just be dirt but it seemed weird to only be on those feathers.

 

[Isaac 0]

They are only a year and a half.... They get a kiddie pool of water filled up in the summer. I wondered if it could just be dirt but it seemed weird to only be on those feathers.

Have they molted yet?

 

[benkelssmith13]

Have they molted yet?

Hmm I can't remember the last time they did....I think it's been at least since March that they've molted.

 

[susan6sw]

Is the whole yard brown mulch? That stuff is dyed and when the ducks dust bath they are rolling in dyed mulch, maybe.

 

[benkelssmith13]

Is the whole yard brown mulch? That stuff is dyed and when the ducks dust bath they are rolling in dyed mulch, maybe.

No, those are just wood chips from trees my husband chipped. They're not dyed.

 

[Isaac 0]

Hmm I can't remember the last time they did....I think it's been at least since March that they've molted.

They will do a molt again in the late summer/early fall, so, just give them some time and they should be getting some new nice looking feathers in.