Derperella, the (weird) Faverolles, & Friends

[artsyrobin]

once infected with derpitis you'll never be the same.... have 6 bantam favs due to hatch under a cochin broody... and 7 in the bator...hmmmm... i think life will be very entertaining if they all hatch!

 

[froggiesheins]

guess who just read the entire thread? I'm hooked on derp. I've spent the last couple of hours derpily staring at the computer screen and getting weird looks when I would randomly burst out laughing.

X's 2 and TOO FUNNY! Yup, I gots me a bad case of Derpititus meself....

 

[Nambroth]

Oh no! I was gone all weekend and when I got home last night, Derp's beard was missing. I've never seen any of the other hens pull her feathers, but surely that's what had to have happened! I don't know who did it. Poor Derp! Now she looks very silly, indeed!

 

[Lobzi]

Oh no! I was gone all weekend and when I got home last night, Derp's beard was missing. I've never seen any of the other hens pull her feathers, but surely that's what had to have happened! I don't know who did it. Poor Derp! Now she looks very silly, indeed!

I had a little hen who also looked something like Derp have that happen to her. She was paralyzed and so could not groom herself. When I would feed her sometimes the food, if wet, would stick to her face feathers. I learned the hard way that the others would pull her face feathers out as they went for the collected food. After that I had to make sure others could not get to her. Her face feathers were so cute and after that they did grow back but I missed her fuzzy face in the meantime.
Does Derp dribble her food when she eats???

 

[blueberrychickens]

Poor Derp!!

 

[Nambroth]

I had a little hen who also looked something like Derp have that happen to her. She was paralyzed and so could not groom herself. When I would feed her sometimes the food, if wet, would stick to her face feathers. I learned the hard way that the others would pull her face feathers out as they went for the collected food. After that I had to make sure others could not get to her. Her face feathers were so cute and after that they did grow back but I missed her fuzzy face in the meantime.
Does Derp dribble her food when she eats???

My hens get mostly a dry mash (plus all the grass and greens they can forage), so I don't think this is the case... unless Derp got into something wet over the weekend and everyone tried to 'help' her out!!

 

[scratch'n'peck]

Oh Derp, we love you with or without your feathery beard. Perhaps the hens are a bit restless as they adjust to the coop without a rooster.

 

[artsyrobin]

Oh Derp, we love you with or without your feathery beard. Perhaps the hens are a bit restless as they adjust to the coop without a rooster.

maybe they are re-establishing pecking order? and since miss derp is so relaxed she just thought those were love pecks pulling her feathers out?

 

[shadow rabbit10]

Oh no! I was gone all weekend and when I got home last night, Derp's beard was missing. I've never seen any of the other hens pull her feathers, but surely that's what had to have happened! I don't know who did it. Poor Derp! Now she looks very silly, indeed!

Do post a pic! Poor Derp!

 

[drumstick diva]

Oh no. You need a coop cam so we can find out who(what) is doing this. I know she can't be doing it herself. Maybe someone is jealous because she has her own fan club. Guess not Lorp, she wouldn't want to get dirty.