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  1. A

    chicks pecking feathers off themselves

    i have 2 baby chicks who are about 2 weeks old. recently i have noticed they are shedding alot of their infant hairs as well as pecking out any of their new feathers. they are constantly pecking themselves.in the photo i provided you can see she has pecked one of her feathers out of its place...
  2. Z

    Red butts and plucking

    I am having an issue with my chickens missing butt and tail feathers and some have very red butts. I have treated the whole coop with permethrin and DE. Please help!
  3. J

    Plucking Question

    Ok, so I have two Cornish Rocks 6-7 weeks old. Didn't realize what they were when I bought them. I need to look at butchering them, since its time and since they're eating a LOT and since I want to make room for more egg layers. I've cleaned and dressed hundreds of ducks, and a fair amount of...
    • JDN
    • Thread
    • butchering cornish cross cornish roaster plucking scalding
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Meat Birds ETC
  4. GottaHatchAPlan

    Lice + Coryza + Suspiciously Taciturn = ???

    We just got our first hen from what turns out was a very dodgy flock owner. We've had Peggy, a 6-month old Australorp/Barnevelder mix, for about a week and a half. She's our only current chook, seeing as we've discovered that she's got both lice and coryza and decided to postpone creating a...
  5. Willowfield

    Goose plucking out breast feathers?

    I have 2 gorgeous geese left Bella & Betsy, having recently lost Lancelot the gander. Betsy has recently developed a bare patch on her chest and I assume she has been plucking out her feathers. I know some birds do that to line their nests etc but is this normal for geese? I don't know if either...
    • Willowfield
    • Thread
    • bald patch geese plucking
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Geese
  6. T

    My girls are 'plucking' mad!

    Hi all! I have about 20 or so chickens (Australorps, Barnevelders, Isa Reds and one lovely Wyandotte) and I'm noticing that about six of them that were all hatched out in the same batch are plucking their lower back feathers out and eating them (I'm assuming). We have one large Australorp...
  7. 7 chicken army

    Chick getting feathers plucked off

    I have a blue laced red Wyandotte chick, 4 and a half weeks old, somewhat smaller than the other chicks with her (which are the same age). The whole back of her neck is plucked and rough, I am assuming it's the other chicks doing it. I don't see any blood though. None of the other chicks have...
  8. Master Quaillius

    Quail Molting Backwards or Plucking?

    So my quail started molting (or plucking I'm not sure) a week ago. She started dropping under feathers and now she's dropping tail feathers. She's preening a LOT so I don't know.
  9. Bullitt

    Using a Chicken Plucking Machine

    I saw this video on YouTube of a family in New Hampshire that has a channel called Lumnah Acres. I was surprised at how fast this plucking machine cleans the feathers off a chicken. The guy is cleaning Barred Plymouth Rock chickens he raised for meat. I think the White Plymouth Rock is bred...
    • Bullitt
    • Thread
    • breeds chickens cleaning meat plucking processing
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Meat Birds ETC
  10. rabsabq

    Help! Silkie Roo with fungus AND wound

    Came back from a week vaca and discovered my Silkie roo (Moe) had not only developed some sort of fungus on his ear lobe, but also had his tail feathers plucked out and a somewhat scabbed over wound. I've given him a bath, Blue Koted the wound, and isolated him. This is my first time dealing...
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