My Saalmon Faverolle is molting.
Her neck is naked, she's lost her tail feathers and all her feet and leg feathers.
I expect molts, so not worried...but she's acting odd.
Normally she is very sweet and loving and will come running for cuddles when I call her name.
With the molt though, she runs from me, acts ashamed and like she doesn't want to be seen.
She's run into the coop to try to hide from me, and won't even come out for treats.
Is this normal during a molt?
Also, with her feet feathers...I noticed when the first few came out she had some bleeding. I thought it was something she had done while hiding under the porch, but can't see any wounds, only little holes where each feather was.
Her feet near her ankles have taken on a chapped look, but not frost bitten type, just red dry and at one point they were bleeding a bit. There doesn't seem to be any signs of infection, and no wounds from others picking on her.
Should I drag her in and coat her feet and legs in vaseline? or wait and see what happens?
It's been cold and snowy, but the injuries(for lack of a better word) don't seem to be caused by that(she rarely ventures out into the snow and stays in their hay filled pen and coop).
I'll try to get pics in the morning, but she's not been real cooperative
Her neck is naked, she's lost her tail feathers and all her feet and leg feathers.
I expect molts, so not worried...but she's acting odd.
Normally she is very sweet and loving and will come running for cuddles when I call her name.
With the molt though, she runs from me, acts ashamed and like she doesn't want to be seen.
She's run into the coop to try to hide from me, and won't even come out for treats.
Is this normal during a molt?
Also, with her feet feathers...I noticed when the first few came out she had some bleeding. I thought it was something she had done while hiding under the porch, but can't see any wounds, only little holes where each feather was.
Her feet near her ankles have taken on a chapped look, but not frost bitten type, just red dry and at one point they were bleeding a bit. There doesn't seem to be any signs of infection, and no wounds from others picking on her.
Should I drag her in and coat her feet and legs in vaseline? or wait and see what happens?
It's been cold and snowy, but the injuries(for lack of a better word) don't seem to be caused by that(she rarely ventures out into the snow and stays in their hay filled pen and coop).
I'll try to get pics in the morning, but she's not been real cooperative