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  1. 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.
  2. 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...
  3. 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?
  4. 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...
  5. 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...
  6. 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...
  7. 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
  8. 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?
  9. 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...
  10. 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...
  11. 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.
  12. MIgardengal

    Mystery!!!! Missing feathers.

    It happened again today, between 12 & 3 pm. We have been checking her multiple times a day. And I’m getting frustrated! Over the past 1.5 months one of my hens, has lost her butt feathers. Once a week it seems I come outside to find her with a bloody back end from broken feathers. I bring her...
  13. dublinducks

    Silkie Hen Feathers Strangulated Chick Leg - Unsure How to Proceed

    We have two silkie hens who are currently co-raising two chicks together (also silkies). Yesterday I heard a chick screaming and ran in to find one hen walking around with a baby stuck to her, flopping the chick around as she moved. I grabbed him, ripped him off the Mom, and raced him inside to...
  14. C

    Easter Egger Color Patern

    Hello All, I have some EEs in the brooder. 3 weeks old. This one has a different feather pattern than the other 2 girls. Could this pattern indicate a cockerel? The first pic is the one in question. The second is the pullet.Egger, Feather,
  15. Kiwi_The__arnevelder

    Blood feather on feet

    My hen has a blood feather! Im not sure how i should treat it any advice? Please help
  16. A

    Do chickens get new wing feathers?

    I had a chicken injured last fall by a dog that we were able to save, but in the process, I had to clip back feathers on one wing, so the feathers didn’t contaminate the wound and reduce risk of infection and irritation from rubbing, as the wound was right behind/under the back of her wing...
  17. Evoa14

    Feathers loss and no growing back

    Hello, i would like your advice on feather loss. I have 2 hens, no rooster, and there is no pecking between them. One of my hens (she is 23 months) has been missing feathers on her belly, near her keel bone for 6 months. Her skin is a bit red and it looks like a brood patch. She has been...
  18. gailburt

    My Girl’s Bald Spot

    Hi all - my Hattie has a bald patch that seems to be getting worse. We noticed it a little over a month ago and put it down to molting, but I don’t think so now. We’ve checked carefully for mites, lice, etc, and see no evidence. There’s a little red spot, but that’s all I can see. Any ideas...
  19. The chicken nurd

    Missing feather tips any ideas

    So for the last few months I’ve noticed that a few of my birds who are lower in the pecking order where missing the tips of there feathers I didn’t think a lot of it because there’s no blood or bald spots just raggedy feathers but after watching one hen go after another one and pull out some...
  20. AnchoredHomestead

    Base of Feather Issue

    Hello! While holding and checking one of my ladies today I noticed at the base of what looks like three feathers is a lump? Elongated, squishy, not inflamed…doesn’t seem to be bothering her. She is eating, drinking, pooing, etc as normal. Picture for reference. Any ideas would be appreciated-
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