feathers

  1. C

    Bullying or something else?

    I have a total of 8 hens. 4 are Silver Laced Wyandottes. 1 of them is the dominant hen. The other 3 have feathers missing from the area where it would usually be missing from a rooster and it's very red. I have seen her mount other hens. No blood that I can see and no sign of pests that I can...
  2. kfsilver

    Ingrown Feather "Bursting" Question

    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...
  3. B

    Snow White Down

    I am wondering wether anyone knows anything about Snow White down in ducks. I read an article recently about Snow White down in ducks but it didnt give any info on how to find these birds. It mentions that Muscovy and mallard derived ducks can have this Snow White gene but I don’t know how to...
    • Bronzey
    • Thread
    • duck #breeds feathers
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Ducks
  4. PBAndAlice

    Quick Frizzle Genetics Question

    Working on a project about Frizzle chickens for a school Open House and don't wanna look like a moron in front of the whole town so I need some help. I only have simple baseline knowledge of genetics so I don't understand the big words and I'm also getting a lot of mixed info. This is what I...
  5. hannahsocal

    How To Remove Damaged Primary Feathers?

    Hello y’all! I have an absolutely gorgeous hen that I’m planning on showing in the next few months at a few exhibitions. The issue is that my dad mistakingly clipped her wings because he mixed her up with a different girl. 😩😩😩😩 So she has 8 primary wing feathers (4 on each side) that are cut in...
  6. UnFlockingBelievable

    What's up with these wings?

    Tractor supply assorted bantams bin...what's up with the wings, 3 have wings like this... they are a couple days old... they all have feathery feet too! What are these little ones!?
  7. Lelers0820

    Whats up with this chick's feathers?

    Hiya, so about a week ago now me and my family got some chicks from bomgaars like normal. This americana chick in the pictures, named Piper, started growing in her feathers normally but some are curving weird. The curvy feathers only happens in a certain part of the wing, and on both wings. This...
  8. B

    Chooks not right

    My flock of 11 girls aren't going great. There are 9 Hylines, around 1yo, 1 black Australorp around 18 months and 1 old red chook. I treated them for red blood mites about a month ago, cleaned everything, multiple treatments with pestene powder, both the girls and their night lock up area. They...
  9. goatsandpeacocks

    what color is this chicken?

    I thought she was blue, but I’m kind of new to chickens, so I really don’t know what color hen 1 is. hen 2 give the appearance of being chocolate but has white tips on some feathers and white feathers on her feet. both were hatched in 2021
  10. horsegirlll

    chicken cloaca covered, maggot infested! help!

    whole story: i brought my chicken up to the house last night since she was laying on the ground in the coop in her own poo, she couldn’t get up. i cut some of the feathers off near her bum since they were covered in faeces and noticed a dark spot. i didn’t have time to do anything, so i put her...
  11. ElimAcres

    Cause of shredded like feathers???

    My Aunt has 7 chickens that are all displaying some abnormal feathering in varying degrees. Two are 7 year old Jersey Giants and 5 are about 9 mo old black Copper Marans. The majority of the feather issues are in the Marans. The feathers are curling a bit and appear to be kinda shredded at...
  12. ebisu

    Missing chicken during daylight. Only feathers left

    It's lightly raining and noon when I heard a thud and the hens screaming. I go outside and I see two piles of feathers, some feathers on the barrel (which I assume was the thud sound I heard), and a trail of feathers that stop in the middle of the yard. Just my luck, it starts pouring and I...
  13. G

    Close up Feathers patterns

    Just thought the patterns looked pretty cool and wanted to share! Toddler Mama chicken Black & white chicken 2 Rooster Grey chicken 2 ToddlerBlack & white chicken 2 Black & white chicken 1 Rooster White chicken Mama hen 5 week old chick 1 5 week old chick 2 5 week old chick 3 Friendly...
  14. titosfarm

    Yellow Scabbing

    Discussing the same hen in my previous posts, we gave her some Tylan tonight to treat her respiratory issues. As I was going to inject into her breast, I noticed her skin had lots of yellow crust on it at her the base of her feathers. We have already checked her for mites, and she has been...
  15. Epnh77

    Feather loss around neck

    Hi! I have one chicken who has lost feathers in a ring around her neck. There are no visible injuries or bugs. Her eating habits are fine and I haven’t observed the one rooster we have being rough with her or any of the hens. I’m hoping someone has thoughts or ideas based on experiences with...
  16. GreytChicken

    Attack During Molt

    Hello One of my Red Sexlinks, Rick, was attacked yesterday when our dog was mistakenly let out at the same time as the birds. I believe she’s recovering ok with a single puncture wound on her back. I have a strong feeling she was in the early stages of molt and loss a significant number of...
  17. 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...
  18. K

    Plymouth Rock Roo x Welsummer Hen

    Hi, I THINK this is a BR Roo x Wel Hen. It’s a pretty chick admittedly but I’m not sure whether having a BR Roo makes it sex linked and I was wondering if anyone has seen this pattern before?
  19. MamaBirds_Quail

    Feather (pics!!) comparison/pattern/genetics/etc

    Full disclosure: I’m a genetics nerd. I began playing with breeding different colors/coat types in mice as a teen over 20 years ago and it’s just escalated since 😆 I’m trying to teach myself the quail color/pattern types and since my teen birds are molting I’ve been comparing individual...
    • MamaBirds_Quail
    • Thread
    • coturnix feathers markings pattern plumage quail
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Quail
  20. J

    Whiting True Blue x Blue Splash Marans Chick Coloring

    What color feathers will chicks have if I breed my whiting true blue hen (the blue and brown one in the photo) to a blue splash maran?? TIA 😁
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