#moulting

  1. Cheetah Chicks

    Molting from over 6 Months or just Hen Crazy

    My rooster is a rare pure breed Groninger Meuween from Netherlands. His name is Tiger, literally a pet nearly two years.Follows me on the street ,we go out on a morning walk even went on a road trip from London to Scotland. Also travelled in a train. Now his molting situation is worrisome. He...
  2. QuailTail

    Why are my females scalping each other?

    Hi everyone 👋 I've had my coturnix quail for around a year now - they've all lived very happily together with no fighting or dominance issues. I have 6 females and no males. About 3 weeks ago they stopped laying (I'm in Australia and we're coming out of winter, which about half of them laid...
  3. C

    Feather loss and not re-growing

    Hi there, I have a hen who is bald on her back and sides. The major feather loss started last February and we assumed it was being over bred. But around the same time several of my birds lost a lot of feathers after an extreme cold snap. Many of my hens have since started to moult and their...
  4. B

    How to tell if moulting or hen pecked?

    Hi there - this chicken got attacked by a dog a few weeks ago and has visibly made a full recovery. Did have some neuro damage that was like a mild stroke that took a couple weeks to visibly get past. Now this (see pics). Am wondering if other birds bullying her or if is normal moulting...
  5. J

    From lovely to mean

    My lovely and sweet 3 year old Isabrown has recently become quite unpredictable, attacking us for no apparent reason at all. First I thought it was because she was moulting, but that’s over now. She isn’t brooding or anything like that. Then I thought she was being irritable due to the series of...
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