feathers

Hi everyone, I’ve had an outdoor coop of coturnyx quails for over a year now and they’ve been doing great. Everyone did well through the winter last year but I’ve downsized from 10 Quail down to 1 male and 3-4 females. All of them are laying and behaving well but I’ve got one that has a decent...

My wife and I just harvested our first rooster, we plucked him. She wants to save some of the feathers we plucked to use for crafts. Can the plucked feathers just dry on their own, or do we need to do something to them? This is a first for both of us. Thanks in advance for the advice!

I just got into chickens about 8 months ago and had a friend who gave me a chick at the time. They said this chick was a silkie, but as she’s gotten older and feathered out her feathers aren’t like normal silkie feathers they are straight and not as “hairy” looking as other silkies I’ve seen on...

I have been battling my roosters for months now. They keep tearing up my hens...it's to the point where I keep them separated and have my hens wearing saddles. The only Issue I'm seeing is that the feathers aren't regrowing. It's been a month and the feathers have barely healed or made any...

THis might be a silly question but do ducks over preen so much that they pull more feathers out than normal? We've looked them over for mites, but don't see any. They are 8 weeks going on 9. Do they preen more if they are handled more? Or stressed? Dry skin? Diet? Just want to make sure we are...

My old English game bantam rooster has been trying to grow the feathers back on his tail, I suspect that they fell out because he was starting to molt. New feathers started coming in, but today when I saw him he only had a few bloody stumps left of the new feathers. I saw one of the hens pecking...

My rooster seems to have lost all of his tail feathers. It looks like a couple came back but it's very hard to tell. Any idea? I've used Vetrycin and no peck on it. I also have a hen that I think just has a skin and feather problem from the rooster bothering her so much. What do you think? Thanks

My rescue Muscovy drake which is about a year old has recently become super ugly. Just honest here. His feathers went black to brown, and they’re falling off at an insane rate. He seems fine, he drinks and eats and is aggressive as usual. His bottom feathers are still nice and black. He has a...

Hi everyone! I wanted to share what I think is truly a miracle. My Rhode Island Red, Daisy, went missing six days ago. We were all at work, and when everyone came home there were only the other two hens and three giant piles of feathers. We were devasted. We were convinced a fox had eaten her...

My chicken the one with a purple comb has had a dirty vent recently and it's starting to get worse to where a lot is sticking. Any advice to fix that and get her tail looking clean again? It's stuck to her tail feathers pretty bad. Also what could be the cause of a purple comb?

Hi everyone- I have this chicken that her back is absolutley bare and her wings and neck are losing feathers. Her tail feathers are gone. She's with one rooster but this rooster has like 7 other hens with him and he's very old he mates less with them ( he's like 9 years old now) I thought...

my golden cuckoo maran seems to have feathers wings already??!! how soon do feathers start??

Can someone explain what you get when you make these crosses . 1. Silkie Serama(M) to frizzled Serama (F) 2. Frizzled Serama(f) to smooth Serama(m) 3. Silkie Serama(m) to smooth Serama (f) 4. Silked Serama (f) to silked Serama (m). 5. Silked Serama (f) to smooth Serama (m). What ratios do...

For the past week or two, I've noticed my 3 year old Cayuga male duck has had ruffled neck feathers. I thought it would go back to normal but it has been like this for awhile. Is this normal, or is it a sign that he could be sick?

My rooster had gotten attacked by something and had no feathers on his back and I had been putting betadine and stuff on him. But now I went to check and he has maggots all over him and in his skin. What can I do to help him? I really don’t want to lose him. I feel like an extremely terrible mom/:

My rooster Henry had been having some respiratory issues and I was going to call the vet today. I left him out on a tie cord last night and this morning I went to check him and something had gotten to him. He has no feathers and is beat up bad. What can I do for him? Please help he is my baby :(

Hi everyone!!! I have a differently-abled white Muscovy female with unclipped wings. I noticed the other day that there seemed to be something black on her. I looked closer and noticed that it appeared to be either mold or mildew within the shaft part of some of her feathers. One of the...

Hello! I have 6 hens about 10 months old. All are laying daily, but one hen, Lois, has been missing her neck feathers for about 1.5-2 months now. At first I thought uneven molting or pecking order, but neither seem to be the case. I’ve been adding calcium to their diet but no change. Recently...

I have read a few facts on chicks and there sexing and growing ways I was just wondering if these are true or not! 1) female chicks feather more quickly 2) females have rounded feathers round there necks whilst the males have pointed ones 3) rounded eggs = females Pointed = males 4) males...

My youngest baby chick was doing fine before i left to go camping for a couple of days and when i got home his feathers around his neck were mostly missing! Will his feathers grow back and what would of caused this