Our ten year old peacock started losing his train feathers earlier this spring. The ones he was dropping looked normal at first, but obviously, he shouldn't be dropping them now. He acts normal, is eating and displaying and flirting with ou hen; but is not as active as he normally would be. In the past few days his feathers have started turning ratty and chewed looking. I'm thinking probably mites or lice? I've never seen this before in our birds but I think I remember reading about similar symptoms. We have two dust baths available for our flock, both deep and wide enough for the peafowl, and they free range, so they can dustbathe outside too, but I have never seen him dustbathing. I also have not seen him showing any signs of discomfort. What can I do for him? He is not easy to catch/ handle. This is not the best picture...
