Really STRANGE… Part of Roosters Wing at bottom of coop

[wellnessandhens]

Hi all!!

So this is super bizarre, I went out this morning to let the modern dinos out of their coop and at the bottom of the roosting area I found a significant portion of my roosters right wing feathers.

My whole flock is fine otherwise but I just think this is the weirdest thing! I’ve googled and found nothing similar to this situation… I’ve added photos, I’m wondering what y’all think happened here.

Rooster is behaving normally (he’s less than a year old) and not tending to the area but it does look like something snapped, no blood in the coop either. I’m stumped!

 

[tlcmurphy]

Hi all!!

So this is super bizarre, I went out this morning to let the modern dinos out of their coop and at the bottom of the roosting area I found a significant portion of my roosters right wing feathers.

My whole flock is fine otherwise but I just think this is the weirdest thing! I’ve googled and found nothing similar to this situation… I’ve added photos, I’m wondering what y’all think happened here.

Rooster is behaving normally (he’s less than a year old) and not tending to the area but it does look like something snapped, no blood in the coop either. I’m stumped!

That’s nuts, almost looks like he got his wingtip caught in something! I hope he’s OK

 

[SilverBirds]

I wonder if he got it caught on something and ripped it off? Did you check his wing to see if he is actively bleeding?

 

[Isadora]

That is so odd! I would also guessed he caught it on something and it got yanked off. How crazy.

 

[wellnessandhens]

I wonder if he got it caught on something and ripped it off? Did you check his wing to see if he is actively bleeding?

Yes I checked and no active bleeding at all! He must have caught it on something but sheesh he is such a trooper!

 

[SmiYa0126]

Is that frost bite? Is the skin black? Does it smell?

 

[wellnessandhens]

Is that frost bite? Is the skin black? Does it smell?

Ahhh this is also a possibility, we are in Canada and it was between -30 and -45 for just under a week right before Christmas. He lost parts of his wattles due to frostbite but it healed up perfectly and he acts and looks great!

It has a bit of a yucky smell yes and it does have strange black parts. Weird that it would happen in that area as it’s so protected by feathers He is a mystery lol

 

[SmiYa0126]

I wonder why if he got injured? And then frostbite on i

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Looks like it auto amputated.
What does it look like on his body? You may want to examine that to see if the area it came off needs to be cleaned?