One wattle?

[LilChickieMomma]

i just got this girl yesterday and noticed shes only got one wattle? how common is that? also she came trimmed up, even her booty, but i probably won’t keep up with that

 

[RiDaGeckoGuy]

Hate to burst your bubble but unless it’s on the side and the other died off that’s just skin, bearded birds don’t have wattles most the time and that’s the skin where the beard grows (my EE for example)

 

[LilChickieMomma]

Hate to burst your bubble but unless it’s on the side and the other died off that’s just skin, bearded birds don’t have wattles most the time and that’s the skin where the beard grows (my EE for example)View attachment 3877687

ohhhhhhh thats wild. i searched for so long if silkies could get not have wattles and couldnt find anything! thats wild, thank you so much!

 

[JacinLarkwell]

ohhhhhhh thats wild. i searched for so long if silkies could get not have wattles and couldnt find anything! thats wild, thank you so much!

They can. Some silkies are bearded, and some are not

 

[Amer]

That’s loose skin under the beak, called the dewlap. Many bearded birds have rudimentary wattles, or none at all.
Many bearded breeds have a dewlap under their beard, which achieves the trilobe affect, but not all bearded breeds have dewlaps and trilobe beards.

 

[LilChickieMomma]

I think her beard probably got picked out by feather picking. That usually grows back eventually if the picking stops.

i actually think her beard is gone because the old owner would trim her feathers back. they said she was alone cause shed get picked on by her other birds. but im gonna try to incorporate her into the flock soon, idk if she was just putting her in the coop while everyone was awake or at night time to confuse them. but i just got her yesterday from them and didnt realize how much they cut on her till i got her in my hands and felt all the cut off feathers on her.

 

[LaFleche]

i actually think her beard is gone because the old owner would trim her feathers back. they said she was alone cause shed get picked on by her other birds. but im gonna try to incorporate her into the flock soon, idk if she was just putting her in the coop while everyone was awake or at night time to confuse them. but i just got her yesterday from them and didnt realize how much they cut on her till i got her in my hands and felt all the cut off feathers on her.

What other breeds do you have in your flock? Are they used to crested birds?

It is best to quarantine new birds for at least 3-4 weeks prior to adding them to an existing flock to monitor for any possible contagious illnesses and treat them for internal and external parasites.

 

[LilChickieMomma]

What other breeds do you have in your flock? Are they used to crested birds?

It is best to quarantine new birds for at least 3-4 weeks prior to adding them to an existing flock to monitor for any possible contagious illnesses and treat them for internal and external parasites.

i have an orpington, what i think is an olive egger, 2 BLR wyandottes, and 4 black australorps. i had an easter egger that i had to rehome after he was found to be a rooster. so no crested yet, is that gonna be a problem?

and oh good to know! i thought it was only 2 weeks so im glad i seen this lol

 

[LaFleche]

so no crested yet, is that gonna be a problem?

It often is as chickens that have not been raised with crested birds tend to ostracise and bully them leaving the crested ones often seriously injured and sometimes even dead.

 

[LilChickieMomma]

It often is as chickens that have not been raised with crested birds tend to ostracise and bully them leaving the crested ones often seriously injured and sometimes even dead.

that would make sense. i dont plan on letting her out of my sight when i do introduce them. ive found little bald spots on her crest already and she doesnt look to have mites so i think she was plucked by birds she was housed with before and i dint want to cause her more trauma that shes already clearly endured

if that does happen to be the case, would i be able to get just one more crested bird to house her with in the future? i want to get her a chick or two in the future to raise and see how she is as a momma