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  1. kimanndurr

    Missing neck feathers - help!

    My sweet girl Ruthie, an easter egger of unknown age (but laying consistently) has been missing her neck feathers for many months. We got her as a rescue in the spring and her feathers were intact. About a month after she had been with us, she lost her neck feathers and only has what looks like...
  2. thunder21

    Abnormal growth of feather

    Hey everyone! I noticed my chicken has a small lump on his back near his neck, and a bunch of the feathers around that area don’t look right. They’re short, kind of curled at the ends, and not preened properly. Whenever I check that spot, he starts preening other parts of his body, almost like...
  3. R

    Strange Wing Feathers

    Hi all, Ive just noticed strange wing feathers on my 4yo gold star hen. She just was treated for lice and didn’t have these then, but I don’t know if it got bent or what and now it’s looking strange! When I get up close, it looks like2 feathers are coming from the same spot (pore?). I dont...
  4. H

    Please help - why is my head hen balding??

    My head hen is balding like this in the same area on each side. It’s like it happened overnight. I didn’t get to inspect her for mites/lice at sundown and I’m concerned. No rooster, no other hens are having this. No one’s pecking her visible skin. She’s still laying and only recently started...
  5. bumblychicken

    Is this normal? Heard it’s called smut?

    Wasn’t exactly sure where to put this but I’ve seen this on another one of my buff orpington pullets but on that one’s tail feathers. The one pictured is on the wing. I think it’s what people refer to as smut but wanted another opinion(s)
  6. Nbbl

    losing feathers🆘

    Why is my rooster losing feathers on his neck?
  7. B

    No chest feathers. Help!

    Please help, I don’t know what’s going on with my silkie chick. Her chest seems swollen and is missing feathers. Praying it’s nothing serious!
  8. C

    Maybe she’s born with it…..

    This chick I hatched (I’ve named her maybelline), has a black line behind each eye. I thought it was dirt at first, but it’s bilaterally symmetrical. Anyone know if it’s something that warrants investigation, or is it just a weird feather marking?
  9. K

    My swedish blue duck is losing feathers

    As the title says, one of my blue swedish ducklings (around 12 weeks) is losing hair,but the thing is, the other isn't. Here's some photos, I dont think the other was attacking my first one and they are both male
  10. J

    Feather Sexing - advice please

    So I know feather sexing isn't reliable all breeds. I have four hybrids and one has hardly any wings feathers and one has big big wing feathers. Is there anyway for me to tell which is male or female or do I need to wait? Why is one growing faster than the other three.
    • JmzMc
    • Thread
    • advice wanted feather help appreciated male and female male and female behavior sexing week 1 wing
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  11. biscotti

    Feather damage - mites? During molt

    Hello! My runner boys have being going through molting the past couple of weeks, and one of them looks the roughest of all by a lot (he was like that as a duckling as well, so I think his default is to look like bad taxidermy unfortunately) BUT, yesterday I noticed what looked like lice in the...
    • biscotti
    • Thread
    • ducks feather feather damage help lice mites molt molting runner duck
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Ducks
  12. R

    2.5 week old gosling wing feathers look good?

    Is this normal wing feather growth for a 2.5 week old? I don’t think it’s Angel wing as her are perfectly tucked and she has been on the correct food. I know the sheaths grow out first before the feathers just want to make sure this is looking good?
    • Rubyreece
    • Thread
    • feather gosling gosling and geese
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Geese
  13. P

    Feather Plucking

    I am very new to geese. I have a 7 week old female, a lot of her feathers are in but her chest is almost completely bare. It looks like she's over-preening there but I'm not sure and I'm so afraid something is wrong with her and I'm not seeing it! She's showing no signs of illness or mites, nor...
    • ptotema
    • Thread
    • feather feather damage feather plucking goose behavior redness
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Geese
  14. T

    Non-Emergency Feathering Issue

    Hello! I have 5 chickens that feather well, 1 chicken that has a sparse tale, and 1 chicken that has no head feathers and lost wing feathers on the tops. Everyone went through a molt this fall and feathered just fine save for the two. The really bad one has had a bald head for three months...
  15. J

    Shealths wont come off new chicken

    Hello all, I have a chicken, Frank, that seemed to have problems with its neck around 3 weeks old. I separated it from the flock because I thought they were just picking on it. Now the chicken is 14 weeks old and has shealths on its feathers that are 4 inches long. What would cause this? The...
  16. H

    Feathers curling?

    My O Shamo rooster is going through his first molt, 5 to 6 months old, and some of the feathers are curled. Most are normal but if something is wrong I want to catch it right away. He is on a 17% all flock pellet feed. Pictures attached. Pics of full body so you see how most of his feathers look
  17. C

    rooster with weird feather growth on neck.

    I was checking my rooster's collar to loosen it, and when I took it off, I saw this weird feather growth. I felt a small bump under his skin and could see some small feathers poking out. It's on the back of his neck. It looks like a small feather cyst. Is it serious? How do I treat it?
  18. S

    Chicken won’t grow feathers

    One of our chickens in Colorado seem to not be growing back their feathers. They eat good, drink water, lay eggs, poop , etc like normal but seems to have bald spots with no new feathers sprouting. We have no roosters and have not seen this chicken or other chickens picking out their feathers...
  19. FarmerChickieMammy

    3 days old!

    Goodmorning all! I found a place that had 2 day old bantam chicks that I had been looking for. Theyre ADORABLE 🥰 to say the least. I got them yesterday so today they would be 3 days old. I was curious to see if anyone was good with feather sexing. If I was reading the articles and the diagrams...
  20. T

    Why is there black coloring on my Buff Orpingtons feather?!

    My Buff Orpingtons are beginning to have black penciling on their feathers. Why is this? They are 14 weeks old.
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