oil gland

  1. Thorn_shrike

    Extremely tiny preening gland???

    Hello! I have a buff chantecler that is just a little over a year old. She has always had gorgeous, glossy, healthy looking feathers but lately I’ve noticed her feathers down her back look really stringy and oily. They aren’t being bitten at or pulled out, they’re just stringy. I might try to...
  2. MetroMutt

    Wound next to preen gland? Weird hole/waxy orange substance

    Hi! So yesterday i noticed something next to my oldest crossbeak hens preen gland, it was like a bright orange spot/lump! I touched it lightly with a q-tip and it came off in flakes to reveal a deep looking hole that seems to have more of the waxy substance; For now I cleaned it the best I...
  3. B

    I need help with my ducklings

    Hello I got question my ducklings are 6 weeks old but they don’t know how to use their oil gland what should I do
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  4. Angel25

    Hole in hen that secretes smelly grease. Vet has never seen anything like it!

    I recently purchased two white Orphington hens, around 18 months old. We noticed as soon as we brought them home that one of the hens had an odd black patch on her side. She was eating, drinking and pooing fine so we left her to settle for a few days before investigating. It looked like a...
  5. LindaNL

    Fly Strike?

    I have an issue with my 6 year old rescue Henny. After finding piles blood in the coop, I checked all of my 4 chickens and found that Henny had a big lump and wound under her oil gland. I went to the vet and I got antibiotics and she told me to clean the wound daily with betadine. I am now on...
  6. T

    Help! Chicken oil/preen gland issue

    Why does my chicken’s preen gland look like this?! I’m worried. I’ve tried hot compresses and massage and it isn’t changing. It seems to cause her pain because she does not want me to touch it.
  7. amynw

    Wet Feather HELP

    Hello everyone, while my husband was changing his oil on Thursday, my goose Abby was hanging out around us and just as fast as I ran to the house to answer the phone, and my husband was wiping his hands off because the phone call was for him, my Abby plopped herself right down in the oil pan...
  8. D

    I dug at this growth... what is this, what should I do?!

    (1.5 weeks ago) I found this "something" on my 2.5 year old chicken's tail next to the oil gland and at first thought it was a tick but it's under the skin and slightly exposed. It's very hard and you can tell it's larger under the skin (like a small iceberg). Any thoughts on what the heck it is...
  9. D

    What the heck is this!? Tick? Tumor? Wart? Growth?

    I found this "something" on my 2.5 year old chicken's tail next to the oil gland and at first thought it was a tick but it's under the skin and slightly exposed. It's very hard and you can tell it's larger under the skin (like a small iceberg). Any thoughts on what the heck it is and if I need...
  10. theturkeymom

    Large lump/tumor near turkey's oil gland??

    Hi there, I'm worried about my turkey hen who has been acting sickly for the past three days. She looks very miserable, with her tail drooping at all times and her back feathers ruffled. She has little to no appetite (managed to get three little pieces of bread in her yesterday) but is...
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