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    Grey-ish matted oily feathers?

    Aw, that sucks. I hope so too. :( I'll email the breeder and let them know about this, hopefully they'll be getting moved to a big cage with a nice dust bath soon. Thanks for your help!
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    Grey-ish matted oily feathers?

    Oh yeah, that's probably it. They were in pretty small cages and there weren't any dust baths. But why did some of the feathers have just the stick?
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    Grey-ish matted oily feathers?

    Not my quails, but I was looking at buying some new ones today at a local breeder's and saw their feathers looked all grey and gross (mainly at the back). Also quite a bit of feathers had no actual 'feather' bit, just the white stick from the feather. I thought maybe they were molting but there...
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    Hello!

    Thank you all for your welcomes, this is such a great community and I'm thrilled to be a part of it!
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    Hello!

    Thank you! It's a pleasure to be here. :)
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    Hello!

    Hi, I'm new to Backyard Chickens! My username is @the plot chickens, which I guess is supposed to be a dumb pun based off of the phrase 'the plot thickens'. I live in Australia and I have chickens, ducks and quails which I love very much and keep for eggs. I joined this website to learn more...
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