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Update: Sylph (the hen) is slowly stopping being broody (she...takes her time lol), and the plucking has also seemed to stop these past couple days. When my husband and I checked on her ingrown feather, the scab that had already formed was easily "scraped" away (very gentle pressure with our...

I live in northern Utah! My neighborhood is a delightfully odd-ball setup with acre+ lots amidst denser housing, and the quail seem to love it here. They are constantly crossing the street and pastures, bobbing their cute little heads, and calling out to mates/chicks.

I have checked recently, but my hens free range, and the wild quail have been rather active, so I don't think I can ever check *too* much for mites/lice. I'll give her and the others another examination to be on the safe side. Might give them a light powdering of poultry mite dust anyway, to be...

Aaaand I just realized you were probably wondering if she plucks at her skin, or feathers (sorry for the multiple responses). It's always been just her feathers.

If it matters, she is a black Sumatra, and has always seemed prone to stress easily.

She has always stress plucked, but if it was her that broke the skin this would be the first time for her to do that. But this is also the first time she has stress plucked so much, and had an ingrown feather. Her stress plucking generally happens when the weather gets drastically warmer (like...

I didn't even think of a pimple lancet. I'll see if I have one around--that's a good idea. Thanks!

Hopefully these photos work. It looks like it might have been partially opened already, but I don't know if it was from me maybe being more rough than I thought examining it yesterday, or from her pecking herself. :( I might get her chicken saddle on, just in case.

Thank your for the response! I'll grab some photos in a couple hours, when my hens wake. I definitely want to make certain I am treating the right thing (can never be too careful).

I have an eight year-old hen who has what appears to be an ingrown feather on her saddle feathers area. She is a stress-plucker, so no doubt that has caused the issue (she *really* doesn't like temperature changes). My question is: how is it best to "burst" the feather? I have small sterile...