Help, one of my chickens have feathers!

[MissPrissy]

You mean those faux chickens you have are growing feathers?

It is not feathers. It is evil sprouting from their bodies.

 

[Mahonri]

Some questions:

Are the feathers purple? Have you ever thought of dying them that color?

Did you think your chicken was a silkie?

Did you recently get new corrective lenses?

Isolate the chicken. You don't want the feathers to spread to the rest of the flock.

Could be serious.

 

[Imp]

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8 cats=no canaries

Feathers are coming out of their mouths. It's worse than you can imagine. Thanks for the warning.

 

[KellyHM]

 

[Feathers Acres]

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Haha y'all are too funny

 

[perfectly_polish]

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No redhen is 100% correct.
It has to be culled immediently, but do not touch it, this disease spreads fast.
Just break out the .12 and BOOM baby.

 

[cjeanean]

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"faux chickens"

 

[PurpleChicken]

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Oh no! I already touched it. I picked it up and even smelled it.
What will happen to me? Should I go to the ER or call the CDC?

I can't put it down. She is too friendly. This is so hard.

 

[Imp]

Sorry PC,
You're a goner for sure. I guess the Silkies have won the final battle.

 

[PurpleChicken]

Thank you for all your responses. Everyone has been a big help.

The feathers are not purple and it's not a silkie. It's actually a Blue Orp
from Speckled Hen crossed with a Red Orp from Miss Prissy. It's 6 weeks
old and had fur and hair. Then today it started growing feathers.

I've isolated it to the attic and contacted a local vet. The vet was very
confused but told me to bring the bird in tomorrow for an exam and
to bring my checkbook.