So, no chicks in my last two batches have I seen this.
This is my first experience with this breed though.
She is four weeks old, and I have not witnessed feather picking or stomping on one another as they are in my garage in a brooder. I go out there all the time.
I have not either noticed feathers in the brooder or any thing else that would qualify as bullying.
They are moving into the run next week at five weeks to get them to slowly integrate into the rest of the flock for 2-3 weeks or more what it takes. (In a separate confine in the run).
she is eating and drinking well. I keep a really clean brooder just because I’m terrified of my chicks getting sick with something I could have easily prevented.
I only noticed it because I picked her up this morning like I do every day and her feathers were displaced by my fingers when I put her in my lap.
Her feathers are growing in very fast though. Below her vent I see a line of feathers coming in, and under her wings.
What should I do? I haven’t noticed any lice, or parasites. Their droppings are very normal looking and I haven’t seen any thing crawling on them.
*she is a maran of some sort. Her legs are feathered.
This is my first experience with this breed though.
She is four weeks old, and I have not witnessed feather picking or stomping on one another as they are in my garage in a brooder. I go out there all the time.
I have not either noticed feathers in the brooder or any thing else that would qualify as bullying.
They are moving into the run next week at five weeks to get them to slowly integrate into the rest of the flock for 2-3 weeks or more what it takes. (In a separate confine in the run).
she is eating and drinking well. I keep a really clean brooder just because I’m terrified of my chicks getting sick with something I could have easily prevented.
I only noticed it because I picked her up this morning like I do every day and her feathers were displaced by my fingers when I put her in my lap.
Her feathers are growing in very fast though. Below her vent I see a line of feathers coming in, and under her wings.
What should I do? I haven’t noticed any lice, or parasites. Their droppings are very normal looking and I haven’t seen any thing crawling on them.
*she is a maran of some sort. Her legs are feathered.
They’re naked necks and they look like gangly dinosaurs that someone left behind 
