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I’m looking at converting my chicken yard to be used by exotic birds. I’m concerned about disease as it’s just a compost pile for a floor, filled with droppings. Is there a proper way to disinfect it so other bird species aren’t affected? Thanks! - Chris

No. Other than the antibiotic, she’s never had any medication.

She had amoxicillin after her second failed molt.

She wanted me to post a picture of her when she was pretty :)

To answer the age question, she and her sister (see previous post for pictures) were born in June 2012. The hen with feather problems had her last successful molt in late 2013 when she was 1 year old. The 2014 molt was incomplete and the 2015 (so far) was also incomplete. Her sister was fine...

Apparently, a white Basque is very rare. The one that’s not doing so well is a more typical Basque.

She’s a Basque. Her and her sister for comparison. :) She’s looked roughly like this since an incomplete molt in late 2014, but this is the first time she’s been covered in quills and looking like she was getting better. My main concern is that the new feathers basically look half gone even when...

I’ve been paying close attention to her feathers and she’s been getting a large number of pin feathers and some tail and wing feathers have started to emerge. What’s puzzling is that the feathers aren’t complete. It’s like they are formed improperly or are getting eaten by something. At least...

One of our hens was sick early in the molting process and now looks like she looks pretty awful. She is covered in quills but has some exposed skin, especially in the wing area. She looks better than this picture and does have some feathers coming in, but given it’s January, I was curious what...

Last fall, one of our hens took a long time coming out of her molt and then we realized that something was wrong when the molting stopped. She had lice and it had eaten away a lot of her incoming feathers. This year she’s covered in quills (that’s good!), but what’s emerging from them is a very...