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    Winter No Feathers

    Hello, My Sapphire Gem has bare back and shoulders from rooster since spring. Rooster has been gone for months. Figured hee feathers would grow back at molt time this fall like the other hens did. She still has not grown any back. Temperatures have been dropping below freezing on and off for a...
  2. M

    4 month old chicken with hurt back?

    This young chick was in a cage with about 7 of her siblings and they would all step on her and each other. since then, she started walking weird. kind of tall. this is how she is all day every day. she doesn’t walk normal. she eats normally and drinks normally, she pretty much acts like a normal...
  3. katiebokbok

    runt gosling can't keep up with the others, developmental delay

    She turned 6 weeks yesterday. Little Midge started showing signs of delay in development some days back, falling behind her fellow goslings. She soon became unstable on her feet. This led to full blown instability and near complete loss of balance. Sometimes even ending stuck on her back. We...
    • katiebokbok
    • Thread
    • 6 weeks 6 weeks old back developmental delay falls geese gosling runt unsteady wobble
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Geese
  4. R

    2 week old chicks losing back feathers

    Please help me with this thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/bully-4-week-old-chick.1475476/page-3 I have two week old chicks yesterday found with bald spots on their back near the tail area. Could this be caused by parasite? Or is just pecking by others? 5 out of 7 chicks have...
  5. Wonderling

    Done: Treating Wing/Back Injury? and Dispatching Rooster?

    Hen: Poppy the Australorp She was getting a bit bald from the big rooster who I re-homed a few days ago, trying to move her into the other coop resulted in the little Polish rooster being a psycho and keeping her forced in a corner and accosting her anytime she tried to go anywhere. We...
  6. Luke P

    Aylesbury duck has a twisted back...

    hey all, poor little jemima never seems to catch a break! she started with pigeon toes which has since cleared up with a diet of increased niacin. but as of the last couple days ive begun noticing that she walks with almost a sideward curve in her back..... she can still run and doesnt...
    • Luke P
    • Thread
    • aylesbury back curve duck duckling issue niacin spine young
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Ducks
  7. E

    Missing feathers that won't grow back?

    One on my chickens has feathers that won't grow on her back and neck can someone tell me what it could be from and what to do?
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