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  1. 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...
  2. bossfrog

    what is going on with this feather

    my silkie chicken has curled toes and as a result walks on some of her foot feather follicles. was looking at her foot this morning, noticed a little fuzz that seemed out of place and pulled on it with tweezers and this monstrosity came out. is this how deep quills go? the bristly part at the...
  3. edgy6ellie

    ingrown feather?

    One of my hens, has a feather growing in a U shape, it seems to be pretty painful when I touch it and is a lot thicker than the rest of her pin feathers, it doesn't look like any of the ingrown feathers I've seen and I can't find any information on it at all, I will try to take a picture of it...
  4. StardustChicken

    Chick With An Ingrowth??

    I got a couple of new chicks this month: 2 faverolles and 5 silkies. They're all 2 weeks old (hatched Nov 1st). While doing my daily check-up I got a tiny drop of chicken blood on my hand. Upon closer inspection I noticed...something on the smaller faverolle's foot. Is this some sort of ingrown...
  5. LunarLily

    Toenail growing sideways through toe!!

    We hatched some chicks from our flock about a month ago. I’m not exactly sure which rooster fertilized the Polish egg but it was either a Copper Maran or an Olive Egger. We did not noticed this before now & I feel like we would have as we have put on & changed bands on their legs to help us keep...
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