Scalped Cockeral

[HeiHeisMom]

Conner looks like a BR cockerel to me.
Bernie? Not so sure - what breed is s/he supposed to be?

Bernadette is BSL pullet.
Momma is a Barred Rock, Sire a RIR

 

[HeiHeisMom]

Bernie and Conner are both from a RIR sire and Barred Rock Hen.
Momma:

Daddy:

Conner and Bernie are from same clutch.

 

[HeiHeisMom]

Bernie:

 

[EggWalrus]

Maybe it was just the angle that made Bernie's saddle feathers look pointy like a rooster's.
I hope I don't have it backwards, rooster do have pointy saddle and hackle feathers, don't they?

 

[HeiHeisMom]

Conner:

 

[HeiHeisMom]

Maybe it was just the angle that made Bernie's saddle feathers look pointy like a rooster's.
I hope I don't have it backwards, rooster do have pointy saddle and hackle feathers, don't they?

Yes, but her coloring is so contrasted that at certain angles she does appear to have pointed hackles.

 

[CannedMonster]

Bernie and Conner are both from a RIR sire and Barred Rock Hen.
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Daddy:
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Conner and Bernie are from same clutch.

Very nice looking birds!

 

[Keeperofmunchkins]

I wonder if a cone would work?

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Nope they do not! At least not in my experience. I had a hen with depluming mites on her face that made her itch terribly so she kept scratching up her face and would not let it heal. No kind of bandage would stick to her dang crested head. So I handmade a plastic cone... And she just sat there with her face on the floor even though it was very lightweight. When I tried to encourage her to move around she kept spazzing out trying to get it off. So I scrapped the cone and used bandages on her TOES instead. No more scratching!

 

[aart]

So I scrapped the cone and used bandages on her TOES instead. No more scratching!

Good thinking.
Yes, many animals do not adjust to the 'cone of shame'....
...I would imagine birds would have a very hard time with it.

 

[EggWalrus]

Maybe it was just the angle that made Bernie's saddle feathers look pointy like a rooster's.
I hope I don't have it backwards, rooster do have pointy saddle and hackle feathers, don't they?

Nope they do not! At least not in my experience. I had a hen with depluming mites on her face that made her itch terribly so she kept scratching up her face and would not let it heal. No kind of bandage would stick to her dang crested head. So I handmade a plastic cone... And she just sat there with her face on the floor even though it was very lightweight. When I tried to encourage her to move around she kept spazzing out trying to get it off. So I scrapped the cone and used bandages on her TOES instead. No more scratching!

Good thinking!