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  1. M

    Chicken clumped up feathers

    I have a Speckled Sussex and I noticed that ever since she started laying her back feathers have been clumped together. I have tried taking her in to clean the feathers but they are hard to the touch and difficult to clean. Her behavior has remain unchanged, she is still eating, laying, and...
  2. C

    How to protect hen’s head during mating

    I have one macho rooster and a couple little bantam roosters that have all but plucked all the feathers from the back of my hens’ heads when they’ve mated. It doesn’t seem to bother the girls and they’re not being pecked at by other hens, so should I just let it be? Is there something I can do...
  3. H

    Chicken feathers not growing properly

    My chicken is 8, almost 9 years old so I understand this might be age related. But does anyone know what this is called, or if there's actually an issue/treatment or should I just leave her as it is. It is just on her tail feathers. My chickens have a lot of space to roam so I know its not an...
  4. Falb Fee

    Falb Fee

    Male Falb Fee Quail
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  5. K

    12 week old duck has red irritated back with sparse feathers

    Hi all.... I got a call to rescue 10 week old Pekin ducks (supposedly both males) a couple of weeks ago. My friend agreed to take them. This is very new to us and we are slowly figuring things out. I noticed one of them had a small red spot the day I rescued them. I saw them over the weekend...
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    • Forum: Ducks
  6. spruett386

    Do all roos have favorite girls?

    Do all roos have favorite girls that they peck the crap out of or is that just some? Wondering if I need to try another roo... My poor BA is getting all her neck feathers pulled out and it's only day 3 since he has been in the flock.
  7. D

    Molting or Being Picked On?

    We have an 8 month old Buff Rock hybrid who has been looking different lately. Finally got some pics tonight. It looks like some of her feathers on the sides of her neck and near her comb have broken off close to her skin. She isn't bleeding though. As a first time chicken mom, I don't know...
  8. S-t-o-n-e

    Hen losing feathers on neck

    When most people hear this they are gonna think rooster, but he’s not doing this I have a hen who is about 9 months old and is losing feathers on her neck, but only on the front and bottom parts of her neck, ( a bit on the middle too ) it only started maybe last week, the pattern doesn’t match...
  9. K

    Not sure what’s going on...please help me!

    So this morning when I was refilling the food bin for my ladies, I noticed my black RIR hen, about a year.5 old or so, had a weird thing going on with her neck feathers. I’m not sure how to search for the issue so I’m including a photo in my post to hopefully get to the bottom of it. None of my...
  10. mybackyardhobbyfarm

    Moulting ?

    I’m assuming this is her first moult ? Her hatch date was Feb 26,2020. Left side is this summer when she started laying and the right side is now. She’s looking pretty scraggly and had stopped laying a couple weeks ago but she hasn’t changed at all in demeanour or activity.
  11. D

    HELP! Infection or......

    Hello, I have posted befoe about my Brahma rooster plucking the feathers off his legs and feet. Unless one of the ladies was doing it to him. I covered his feet in Blu Kote hoping that would help. They were looking better but now they look infected! I have been soaking his feet in Epsom salt...
  12. R

    Chick slow to feather

    Hello everyone, first post here. I've had chickens before but I'm new to chicks. I have 8 chicks (8 different breeds) purchased from Rural King on September 26- so they are at least 4+ weeks old. One of my chicks (thinking either a Barred rock or Dominique) is less half the size of the other...
  13. ForestAlice

    Is My Duckling in Pain?

    Yesterday my duckling lost a blood feather but we couldn’t find the source of where it came from as he wasn’t bleeding anywhere we could spot so he seemed to be good. However strangely this evening every time he went to flap his wings he’d let out a single shrill call and then stop trying to...
    • ForestAlice
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  14. L

    Hen pulling rooster’s feathers and eating!!!

    Hi all! Background: 3 chickens: one partridge Cochin hen (top of pecking order), a dark Brahma hen (probably bottom of order) and a handicapped dark Brahma rooster. They are going through their first molt (about a year and two months old, southeaster Wisconsin) with the rooster looking the...
  15. Bird_Lover_17

    Cleaning Feathers?

    Hi! Obiously, it's molting season. My barred rock rooster has been loosing a lot of his sickle feathers (which are beautiful). I want to collect them, but the problem is that they are loaded LOADED with poop. Does anyone have any feather- cleaning advice? I don't want to mess up the barbules...
  16. DoubleYolk123

    Chickens losing feathers due to a skin disease or just molting?

    Hi, I have a brown hybrid who had a small bold patch for a while now, but recently it’s started growing and at first I thought I’d was melting but no one else seem to be doing the same. The skin seems a little sore on one spot but there is no blood or cuts and the she doesn’t seem to flinch if...
  17. S

    Losing feathers?

    HELP REALLY CONCERNED: first time chicken mom here. I have 4 pullets, 17 weeks now. (1 BO, 2 PR, 1aust.) ive looked everywhere for this answer but can’t seem to find it online. Question: do the chicks lose feathers a few a day as they grow to maturity? I’ve been surprised by the Qty of...
  18. - Serama Mama -

    Curly hackle feathers on my 4 month old cockerel

    Hello BYC! I just have a quick question; does anyone know why my 4 month old Serama cockerel has these incredibly curly hackle feathers? I've tried searching online and on here and haven't been able to find much about it. He's obviously not a frizzle but I have a feeling that he and my frizzle...
  19. arizonachickie

    Extra feathers on hen’s head

    Hello! This chicken was sold to us as an “Olive-Egger” We have two Olive Egger hens, but this one has a bit of a Mohawk. Does anyone else have a similar chicken with these extra special feathers? :) thanks, Michelle
  20. Marshyos

    Broken feathers?

    My hens have had no problems with feathers for awhile, but recently their feathers look like they're broken or ripped off. :hit Some feathers just aren’t there, and some are snapped half way in a V shape, and are very spiky. Is this mites? There are too many broken to be pecking.:( I’m very...
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