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  1. Little Jerry Seinfeld

    Sexing question for easter eggers to barred hens

    1. Barred rocks can be feathers sexed right? Because hens feather quicker than roos in this breed? 2. So im wondering if easter egger roo to barred rock hens or copper maran hens can be feather sexed? Wing feathers. I have some hatching today. The roo is barred but is reddish orange. ...
  2. rascal66

    My very own mixed chicks, share your mutts!

    I'm doing lots of hatching this year, and the breeding is all done here. With that being said, I would love to share what the chicks come out looking like! My main Rooster is a Light Brahma. He's a big boy and is over my 13 hens which includes: Easter Eggers, GLW, White Leghorn, Buff Brahma...
  3. FluffTheDuck

    Share your hobbies!

    Yep, share what you like to do! Whether it's feather glittering or anything, share it! If it's something crafty you can post pictures! If it's like origami you can post pictures! If it's feeding wild ducks bread you can post pictures! Share what you love to do, here!
    • FluffTheDuck
    • Thread
    • car trips cards cooking crafts feather feathers fun hobbies hobby swan
    • Replies: 32
    • Forum: Hobbies
  4. Faverolle Lover

    Turken Chick Can't Open Wings

    I have a turken chick that's about two days old and she can't open her wings because her skin had grown over the feathers and sealed them in place, and continues to do so at they grow longer. While all the other chicks have tiny feathers she only has one or two per wing because all the others...
  5. alex5chickens

    Crazy weird feather loss!

    My chickens are losing feathers straight down their chest, and it isn't molting. They seem great otherwise, and I don't see any lice eggs. Maybe mites? They are only losing feathers on the spot they lay down on, so maybe the feathers are just getting worn out? I can't find any information on...
  6. LarissaEsq

    Plucking Feathers

    Hi, all, Our current hens are only for eggs (we had 6), but our silver-laced wyandotte died last week on the crazy cold day here in NJ. She's frozen, has been ever since. I'd like to take her feathers, but since we weren't raising meat birds, I have no idea how to do this and we don't have...
  7. chickmamat

    Light Brahma/ pecking or leg mites?

    I have an 8mo old light Brahma who has had some bleeding on her feet the last 5-6 days. I noticed a small spot at first and didn’t think much of it. But today there is obviously more and she seems to me favoring the foot slightly. I have included photos. She is eating, drinking, and laying (as...
  8. Henrybelle

    Feather loss?! Almost winter!

    I’m worried about one of my black stars I noticed last week a lot of black feathers around the yard and thought I’d lost one to a predator but they were all accounted for. So after inspecting all the black chickens I found the culprit. I don’t know if it’s bullying or what I don’t think it’s he...
  9. StuckOnTheFarm

    Bullying, feather loss and spontaneous death

    Hello fellow chicken keepers, My hubby and I have had several flocks of chickens over the last 14-15 years. The last 2-3 years have been very difficult though as our girls seem to be dying for no clear reason. Our last flock started with about 36 hens if I recall and we ended up with about 22...
  10. Farmer In Training

    My chickens are loosing their feathers

    ugh.. okay. So we have around 35 to 40 chickens, in three seperate coops. In one of the coops, (we call it the mixed breed coop) we have mixed breeds with 20 chickens in there and two roosters. (The roosters never really fight. ) Recently, the chickens are loosing their feathers and it is not...
  11. whitneyj09

    Molting on back, base of tail only

    Hi there I have a new flock of 8 hens, all having lost feathers or only have those soft under feathers left in the same spot and nowhere else- all on their "lower back" or base of the tail feathers. I've worked on mite control, given them extra calcium, and sprayed that stuff that's supposed to...
  12. L

    WHAT THE HECK IS THAT

    Francis the chicken has been moving her tail a little weird Noticed some feather separation so I looked in and it’s a hard lump thing Anyone know what it is?? How to treat it??
  13. FrankPrize

    Will this Feather Grow in Black?

    My Phoenix cockerel is going through his second molt of the year and he’s just starting to have his main tail feathers come in. I noticed that two of his black tail feathers are coming in with white mottling throughout the feather. He’s a Black Breasted Red; if I were to pluck out the feathers...
  14. chickensandhappiness

    Molting or mean coop mates?

    In March, my 1 year old Columbian Rock Cross hen, Chalky, lost tons of feathers while we were away. We though she was just molting very badly, but after 2 months, we realized that was not the case. We started to think she could have been attacked by something. Sometimes it appears as if she has...
  15. zs14

    Featherless Head/Recovering from bullying.

    Hi friends, I received 27 chickens via Hoovers April 13th (7 weeks ago). We got a variety of breeds, including a Leghorn, GLW, Brhamas, New Hampshires, Polish, some Sex-Links and a couple more. Because of some permit troubles, at 6 weeks (when we deemed it time to put the birds outside) we still...
  16. chickengirl778

    Bare chicken butt

    1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) Buff Orp, ~1 1/2 years, normal weight 2) What is the behavior, exactly. Her butt has been bare for WAY too long after she has molted the rest of her feathers. She also shakes her head back...
  17. ChookyBirbs

    Will her flight feathers grow back?

    I'm new to raising hens. I got my chicks last spring (2017). When my young chickens were around 6 months last fall my one hens, Beanie a barred rock and self proclaimed leader of the flock of 4, started 'flying the coop'. She jump the 6' fence and the others along with her. So I did what I do...
  18. ChickenLover5912

    Emergency!

    I got 4 seramas last Saturday and one has already come down with upper respiratory. I’ve been treating her with clindamycin and finished her treatment she’s still congested but a lot better wasn’t sure if she was going to make it. Yesterday I went to check on her and her feathers looked...
  19. Sakiza

    One Goose Picking in Another - Help Appreciated

    We have a variety of geese and I noticed one of my Africans is pulling back and wing feathers off a Super African. I will post pictures below. I have the Super African in the barn for now so the feathers and get a break. Can anyone tell me why this is happening?? How long can I leave the goose...
    • Sakiza
    • Thread
    • bully feather goose
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Geese
  20. Chicky-bock-bock-mamma

    When can you determine Breeds?

    I ordered a mixed selection of pullets from a hatchery, they unfortunately don't tell you what breeds they send. I do know that they are true breeds, so my question is when do they start to take on their final feathers so that you can determine the breeds? I have so many and trying to guess...
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