feathers

  1. PrincessLay-a

    My hens look a mess!

    Hey chicken keeping community! I am popping on her to ask some advice on my ugly hens... Lately my flock has been quite raggedy looking, broken feather, missing feathers, dirty feathers; this is mostly just a feather issue. I have 4 different pens all varying in ages: one maybe 3 years old...
    • PrincessLay-a
    • Thread
    • broken feather shafts dingy feathers hens lice missing feathers molting roosters ugly ugly birds
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  2. alexisrambles

    Itchy Chicks- is it moulting or parasites!?

    Hi guys! So my chicks are all growing in their feathers, some faster than others, and some of them have bald patches for days while the full feathers grow in. Some of the chicks seem to grow feathers right out of the follicle with the down still attached, lucky things, but one girl in...
  3. Kezzahh

    Identifying gender

    How accurate is this? Based on the feather growth I'd say I have 3 hens according to this so if you have any experience with this let me know if you think this image is accurate. Kez
  4. Kezzahh

    Identifying gender

    How accurate is this? Based on the feather growth I'd say I have 3 hens according to this so if you have any experience with this let me know if you think this image is accurate. Kez
  5. D

    Mallard with green head at 4 weeks?

    I have 6 mallards that are 4 weeks old today. One of them (Willie) is already developing green feathers on his head. If I’m remembering correctly, my last male mallard (about 10 yrs ago) didn’t start getting green feathers until he was around 3 months old and was molting his first set of brown...
    • DuckMom2019
    • Thread
    • age age of identification duckling feathers gender green green head male mallard sex identification
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Ducks
  6. Gooseypoo

    My geese look awful!

    We have two Embden geese. This is their first year, they started laying in February or March. They look awful. Their feathers are tattered and constantly dirty looking (last year they always looked clean, even when they got into dirty water), their breasts are plucked with a big "V" of down...
    • Gooseypoo
    • Thread
    • eggs embdens feathers nutrition
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Geese
  7. MaliceAlexx

    The Late Bloomer

    So my last post about Lucy (aka Nubby) talked mostly about her weird nubby wings (which is still a mystery), as well as her lack of feathers. Well, today I found an article about delayed feathering in chicks. It's not something I've personally come across before raising chicks, so I thought I...
    • MaliceAlexx
    • Thread
    • 4 weeks brahma chick health delayed feathering feathers genetics late bloomer month old wings
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  8. Tyson_chickens

    Chicken keeps scratching her head

    Hello yall I'm posting because one of my Easter Eggers (Chicka) keeps having the feathers on her head displaced. The first time I saw it. I didnt think much, just assumed the other hens were establishing their pecking order. But then today I saw her scratching her head with her feet. I've seen...
  9. ZoomuKeeper

    6 week old Buff Brahma still does not have all it's feathers

    My 6 week old Buff Brahma still does not have all it's feathers. The rest of the Brahmas same age are fully feathered. They will be 7 weeks Saturday. The chick's back is still all fluff and no tail feathers yet. I bought them from tractor supply when they were days old and supposedly they are...
  10. HoneyMintLemonTea

    Weird Feathers

    Hi, I'm new to having chickens. I have 4 four week olds that I hatched. One of the is a naked neck and their feathers stick out weirdly. I attached a picture. Can someone please tell me if the way the feathers are growing is okay for the chick. Thank you.
  11. 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
  12. SouthCoastEasterEgger

    Hens loosing feathers (Picture)

    I have four backyard Easter Egger hens that are now just under a year old (hatched last April). No roosters. I just noticed this week that two of the hens are missing some feathers on the underside of their neck, just under their head. And one chicken is missing a large patch of feathers...
  13. T

    Mass of meat from the chicken

    has anyone here recorded the mass of a chicken pre-slaughter and then its mass after processing it(removing its guts and feathers etc). If anyone here has I would really like to know those records. I'm curious to see how much of the bird is actually the processed meat we get in the end.
    • TheDisease21002
    • Thread
    • chicken cull feathers guts mass meat bird percentage processing ratio slaughter
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Meat Birds ETC
  14. TAM Farm

    Brown leghorn turning white

    This girl is about 18 months. After her fall molt some of her feathers came in white. I'm wondering what might cause the white feathers?
  15. G

    Blue Eared Pheasant losing feathers

    Hi All, I have a trio of Blue Eared Pheasant and the condition of their feathers are really bad. They have little to no feathers around the neck/chest region as well as very few on their back. I have a number of other pheasants and their feather condition is perfect so I don't think it has to...
  16. JenJae

    White spots on combs, some on feathers

    Trying to identify if this is parasite related or fungus. These guys are all around 8months old. We've had some damp/wet weather over the last month or so. My polish? hybrid hen is starting to lose feathers on her crown, comb becoming exposed. It hasn't been a full crest from the get-go so...
  17. Thechickentrainer1999

    Bleeding on neck

    I just noticed that a few of my younger hens have started pecking and jumping on one of my older hens and I went to check her out and noticed that she had been scratched on the back of the neck and had some blood coming out. As far as I know it's not too serious but is there anything I can do to...
  18. brooder

    Feather Trouble?

    Hi there. I have two feather related questions today. The more urgent one concerns my year old cayuga hen. I realized she had angel wing too late to correct, and have been managing it since. I realized today that she's missing the primary feathers that stuck out a bit on either side of her. WILL...
    • brooder
    • Thread
    • angel wing ducks feathers
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Ducks
  19. CPT

    Bald spot on Hen

    Hello there! This is something that I have noticed over the last few months.....I knew that one of my Barred Rock Hens was mounted several times by our rooster and she is balding on the back. I figured her feathers would grow back, but that's not the case now. She has a few pin feathers...
  20. veetown707

    One Chicken in Flock Balding- Feathers Became Brittle

    I have a one year old hen (Autumn) who just went through her first molt. She has been balding on her head for quite some time. I do have a rooster and figured that was possibly from him. However, her back now is just balding without growing any feathers back.. she is growing just brittle...
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