plumage

  1. exactlyzac

    Butt Feathers That Won’t Grow Back!

    My sweet girl Sunny is a 1 1/2 year old Frizzle / Showgirl Silkie, so the naked neck comes standard, but her butt feathers just won’t grow back in. Winter is coming and Chicago gets pretty cold so I’m worried for my girl. She looooves brooding in the box so I assumed that’s why her butt...
  2. I

    Do brown leghorn pullets normally have a big comb at 4 weeks?

    My brown leghorn has pullet feathering (light breasted and has no usual brown leghorn cockerel plumage) she has a five point comb and it's pretty big not red though thankfully. Is this normal?
  3. ElGoose

    Mallard duck with mixed male/female plumage!

    Thought you guys might appreciate these pics, I heard male mallards will shed after the breeding season and look more like females, I managed to snap quite a few pics of this one as well as next to male and female ducks so you can really see the difference 😃 you can kind of see the gradual change
    • ElGoose
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    • cool mallard plumage plumage change
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Ducks
  4. crunchygranola

    What are some things YOU guys love about your chicken breed?

    I have 5 Starlight Green Egger hens, and while I feel like there isn’t too much information about them, here is what I absolutely love about them as a first time chicken owner. - I have never had aggression come from these chickens. Not even my rooster (who went to a farm). I’ve never felt like...
  5. crunchygranola

    Does anyone else’s SGE have this plumage on the top of their head?

    I have two that have these tufts on the top of their heads. The rest of the flock is the same breed from the same place. Normal or no lol?
  6. MamaBirds_Quail

    Feather (pics!!) comparison/pattern/genetics/etc

    Full disclosure: I’m a genetics nerd. I began playing with breeding different colors/coat types in mice as a teen over 20 years ago and it’s just escalated since 😆 I’m trying to teach myself the quail color/pattern types and since my teen birds are molting I’ve been comparing individual...
    • MamaBirds_Quail
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    • coturnix feathers markings pattern plumage quail
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Quail
  7. sapseason

    Silver ducklings from Buff Orpingtons

    Unfortunately, the last couple of ducklings from a failed clutch were found in the coop this morning. Projected hatch date was in a couple of days. Parents are Buff Orpingtons and they have no contact with other ducks. What's really interesting is that both ducklings were pure silver. Last...
    • sapseason
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    • ducks genetics lavender orpington plumage
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Ducks
  8. Table4Six

    Female Call Duck Getting Drake Feathering?

    I have a silver appleyard call duck hen who is a little over two years old and lately I’ve been noticing changes in her behavior and as she’s been molting her feathers are looking more like a drake’s than a hen’s. She also hasn’t laid an egg in over a year. The change has been the most apparent...
    • Table4Six
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    • call duck feathering plumage
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Ducks
  9. beccabonny

    Extra fluffy jumbo white?

    My second hatch I have one chick that is noticeably floofier than it’s hatchmates of the same order. Does anyone know if it will affect its adult plumage? I love it! Here’s a normal one and the fluffy one for comparison.
    • beccabonny
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    • chick plumage quail
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Quail
  10. T

    Rooster breed advice pls

    I raised chickens with a guard goose some 10-12 years ago & I’m planning to start raising chickens again in a year or so. Since I will again utilize a guard goose, I do not need a protective rooster, so I can hopefully get a friendly dual purpose breed. For my 6-8 hens I plan to have: Rhode...
  11. Eelantha

    My Ameraucana Rooster - what parents did he have?

    I'm new to chicken genetics in general, don't quite understand how everything works yet (I'm learning...), but my rooster's plumage has been nagging at me for a while now. I'm pretty sure that, from looking at the standard plumage of the breed, he's got at least one Silver Ameraucana parent...
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