Polish Thread!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Chicken5555]

gave Prescilla a bath tonight and discovered this on both eyes this eye was worse then the other. She is my only polish with a large puff that covers the eyes. So my question is what is this an how do I remove it safely and painlessly. It is not make up nor skin pigmentation.

Oh, no. It looks like it could be fungal. I agree with jenniferlamer70.
I think it's time to trim my chickies' crests. Sorry this is happening to her!

 

[Sylvester017]

gave Prescilla a bath tonight and discovered this on both eyes this eye was worse then the other. She is my only polish with a large puff that covers the eyes. So my question is what is this an how do I remove it safely and painlessly. It is not make up nor skin pigmentation.

Poor baby! There are so many chicken maladies that can show the same symptoms and rather than self-diagnosing it might be time for the vet. I lined up a vet in advance to having chickens just for emergencies that arise like this where I have no idea what to do! All it might need is an eye ointment and the vet would know which kind or if it's an injury or some other problem. Oh, I hope Priscilla gets better!

 

[sphinxface]

Just snapped this pic of Bowser, her wattles are coming in ;3

Now I'm curious if trimming the head foof is common or necessary?

 

[Chicken5555]

Just snapped this pic of Bowser, her wattles are coming in ;3

Now I'm curious if trimming the head foof is common or necessary?

WOW! Bowser's lacing is gorgeous. I'm actually consider trimming my Polish's crests because they cannot see at all when their feathers are dry and fluffy. It is a personal choice, really. Some recommend that you trim the crest if your Polish will be free-ranging - that way they can see if a predator is near.

 

[Chicken5555]

Hello everyone. I have some 9 week old polish, and some 8 day olds. Here is one of the little ones - poor baby has crossed beak, but we still love him.

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Hello everyone. I have some 9 week old polish, and some 8 day olds. Here is one of the little ones - poor baby has crossed beak, but we still love him.

Oh how cute Here are some threads and articles on cross beaks ~ https://www.backyardchickens.com/newsearch?search=Cross+beak+# Good luck with your little one.

 

[Sylvester017]

WOW! Bowser's lacing is gorgeous. I'm actually consider trimming my Polish's crests because they cannot see at all when their feathers are dry and fluffy. It is a personal choice, really. Some recommend that you trim the crest if your Polish will be free-ranging - that way they can see if a predator is near.

Personal choice. I personally never trimmed my Silkies in 5 years - they are very predator savvy and we provide several dog houses, pop-up canopy, lawn furniture, potted plants, stickery rose bushes, wheelbarrow, compost bin, etc, for them to quickly hide. When they molt their new crest obscures vision but they nibble each other's eye "hairs" and see fine - especially after a few foraging romps the crests wear down!

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[jenniferlamar70]

Just snapped this pic of Bowser, her wattles are coming in ;3

Now I'm curious if trimming the head foof is common or necessary?

I think it depends. My guy couldn't see right in front of him and since we started letting him free range in our yard I wanted to make sure he could see predators coming. We have hawks something awful here. Since I've given him a trim he runs into things way less too lol..

 

[Chicken5555]

I think it depends. My guy couldn't see right in front of him and since we started letting him free range in our yard I wanted to make sure he could see predators coming. We have hawks something awful here. Since I've given him a trim he runs into things way less too lol..

The other day it rained from the wrong direction and rain got into the coop (we're fixing that ASAP!) and my crested's headdresses got soaked. Their heads were so heavy from the weight of the water in the feathers that they had difficulty lifting their heads. I felt SO bad. That plus constantly running into things and bumping their poor little heads I decided to trim their crests. The girls got theirs trimmed down into mini afros that tapered to short feathers around their faces, one boy got a semi-mohawk style and the other boy got a mullet.

 

[sphinxface]

I cant imagine Bowser sitting still long enough to trim her feathers..