bottlecap208
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- Apr 10, 2015
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So I've read a little bit about "wet necks" on this website but haven't found much helpful information.
This is about my grandmother's chickens not my own. The one for this specific post is about 9 or 10 weeks old, and she is a chicken known as an "easter egger."
My grandmother noticed this afternoon that this bird (named "Neither") had wet feathers under her "chin." --picture attached-- She checks the chickens multiple times per day and has not seen this before. She knows their behaviors well.
Neither is continuing to eat, drink, and play normally. The only reasons I'm posting this are:
A) it has been a few hours and the feathers on Neither's neck are still wet, they have not dried.
B) I read that birds who are molting or who have infections (or mites/worms) often have a wet neck, and I need to know if OUR CASE is something to be worried about.
The birds (5 of them, total, who live together) get a little bit of apple cider vinegar in their water a couple times a week. They get fed fresh veggies and fruits (yes, the chicken-safe kind), organic oatmeal, medicated poultry feed by purina, and little chicken treat mixes.
Neither doesn't appear to have any nasal drainage or itching. It doesn't look like she's getting her neck in the water while she drinks.
What is it that could cause a chicken's neck to be wet? Is this something we should begin to worry about?
This is about my grandmother's chickens not my own. The one for this specific post is about 9 or 10 weeks old, and she is a chicken known as an "easter egger."
My grandmother noticed this afternoon that this bird (named "Neither") had wet feathers under her "chin." --picture attached-- She checks the chickens multiple times per day and has not seen this before. She knows their behaviors well.
Neither is continuing to eat, drink, and play normally. The only reasons I'm posting this are:
A) it has been a few hours and the feathers on Neither's neck are still wet, they have not dried.
B) I read that birds who are molting or who have infections (or mites/worms) often have a wet neck, and I need to know if OUR CASE is something to be worried about.
The birds (5 of them, total, who live together) get a little bit of apple cider vinegar in their water a couple times a week. They get fed fresh veggies and fruits (yes, the chicken-safe kind), organic oatmeal, medicated poultry feed by purina, and little chicken treat mixes.
Neither doesn't appear to have any nasal drainage or itching. It doesn't look like she's getting her neck in the water while she drinks.
What is it that could cause a chicken's neck to be wet? Is this something we should begin to worry about?
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