preening

  1. 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...
  2. crunchygranola

    Hen chewing on other chickens tail feathers?

    I have a hen that has some wacked out looking tail feathers compared to the rest. I caught one of my other hens just… gently chewing on her tail? Nothing malicious or anything… just… odd…? (Hen on the left is the chewer, while hen in the middle is the chewee)
  3. dita

    Recovering Hen with Deformity

    Hello! If this is not the correct area I'm sorry in advance. I felt this might be the closest forum section to post this. I have a Golden Laced Wyandotte less than a year old who is a bit of a special case. She has had a deformed neck since birth and it isn't wry neck. I have taken her to vet...
  4. Chirbuls

    Chicken feather breaking off

    I have got two growing chicken about 4months old. One of them has a permanent leg injury and cant walk or stand properly and therefore, is not preening his feathers and they are starting to break. How can i help him? Should i give him a bath? Can i put on some oil on them?
  5. 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...
  6. zed07

    Are my hens being bullied? Unusual activity...

    Hey! I am very new to keeping chickens, so my question may be odd do you older members. I have three lovely ex-rescue hens, they are eating normally (although one is VERY greedy), laying a lot, but one hen started off as the greediest, then the tamest one, and now she is relatively tame and the...
  7. Le Moth

    Do mature muscovy drakes always look this gross?

    This is David my Muscovy drake, he's a year old now. His feathers look disgusting, not smooth and soft like the girls and he stinks of preening oil. Is this the norm? Here's a Pic of him and the pen he lives in with his girls.
    • Le Moth
    • Thread
    • dirty drake grooming health hygiene muscovy normal preening
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    • Forum: Ducks
  8. LauraMC

    Do my chicks have mites?

    Hi! I have a few day-old Isa Brown chicks who seem perfectly happy apart from preening quite alot? Especially around their wings and chest. They were hatched in an incubator and are in their brooder now with straw bedding. Both eating and drinking really well. Ive inspected them closely and cant...
  9. Nikkijo

    Should I help my scissor / cross beak preen ?

    I’m not sure if I’m posting in right place. I noticed my little Silkie still has a lot of pin feathers with that white covering still partially on them. She has an extremely crooked beak , so she can’t preen herself. Her sister doesn’t have any feathers still like this. Their 8months old. I...
  10. SoilShepherdFarm

    Young duck isn’t grooming?

    Hello! First I want to say, thank you all for this website and all your input! I have been getting help from this site since I started keeping birds a few years ago, so thank you! This is my first time posting and asking for help. I work at the feed store, and we had some ducklings that came...
  11. chickmamat

    Pullet Help! One eye closed, Constant Preening, sleepy

    i have a 11wk pullet who is notrmally very calm but I noticed today she won’t even run around with the others, she just want to sleep. And she will not stop preening. And I noticed she’s keeping one eye closed. She’ll open it if I try to pick her up or she gets nervous, but as soon as she...
  12. Roger98

    Over preening or is my chicken sick?

    Hi, I've tried to find an answer to this problem EVERYWHERE but nobody else seems to have the problem I'm having. I have 4 white leghorns and 2 golden laced wyandottes (they're a year old next month). All of the leghorns are healthy and are doing great! But the wyandottes feathers look awful...
  13. Daiva

    My 8 month old hen stopped squatting and laying

    I have a Blue Andalusian who up until about a month ago was one of my best layers and now I haven't seen an egg from her in about a month. She has stopped squatting, actually most of the time she chirps like a chick instead of doing the big girl clucking, doesn't have much of an appetite, looks...
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