HenlightenMe
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- Aug 21, 2025
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Hello folks (or should I say "yolks" 
),
First time chicken owner and first time poster with a question about feather health. We have a small flock of Cuck Marans and White Orpingtons. They are now ~15 weeks old and we got them as day old chicks.
One of the Marans in particular has some mangy looking tail feathers right now and I'm not sure what the issue could be. Currently it's the only one of our chickens that looks like this, and I'm too inexperienced to know if it's a problem to deal with, or something to wait out. I haven't personally noticed much fighting or squabbling within the flock, but she is probably the smallest chicken in the group.
Some context: 6 chickens in the flock, eating Naturewise starter/grower feed, free ranging in the yard about half of the day, I keep the coop/run pretty clean (at least to my thinking). Water is from a hanging nipple waterer - though they do seem to drink less out of that then when they had a more open water dish as chicks.
Hoping you can henlighten me. Thanks!
),First time chicken owner and first time poster with a question about feather health. We have a small flock of Cuck Marans and White Orpingtons. They are now ~15 weeks old and we got them as day old chicks.
One of the Marans in particular has some mangy looking tail feathers right now and I'm not sure what the issue could be. Currently it's the only one of our chickens that looks like this, and I'm too inexperienced to know if it's a problem to deal with, or something to wait out. I haven't personally noticed much fighting or squabbling within the flock, but she is probably the smallest chicken in the group.
Some context: 6 chickens in the flock, eating Naturewise starter/grower feed, free ranging in the yard about half of the day, I keep the coop/run pretty clean (at least to my thinking). Water is from a hanging nipple waterer - though they do seem to drink less out of that then when they had a more open water dish as chicks.
Hoping you can henlighten me. Thanks!
