The Quack Shack

[Duck_life]

My female guineas are missing to many feathers, blood covers what's left of there feathers, male guinea is fine. Not sure what's going on but I need to find out before one of them gets frost bite.

 

[Duck_life]

Didn't @duluthralphie own guineas? Have you ever experienced random feather loss?

 

[Miss Lydia]

Have you checked for parasites? Could they be scratching and making themselves bloody?

 

[Duck_life]

Have you checked for parasites? Could they be scratching and making themselves bloody?

It's at there tail feathers and under them, along with in between there wings. There wings, neck and chest feathers are fine. No parasites, wouldn't the chickens have parasites to if that were the case?

 

[Miss Lydia]

I’d check them all.

 

[Trimurtisan]

I just had to deal with a mite problem with my chicks and bantams. With my glasses broken I couldn't see there was a problem until scratch wounds appeared.

 

[Trimurtisan]

I’d check them all.

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Some breeds like Silkie are more susceptible to infestations. That's just 1 example I know of off hand but worth checking all the fowl in my opinion.

 

[Trimurtisan]

Ollie wanted to say hello! Even my mom who is not chicken crazy loves this big fella. He's just got something special about him. Here very gentle, almost timid, but very sweet. When he got here he didn't want to eat much. Me and the previous owner think he was depressed plus he went through a diet change. So he's been getting scrambled eggs with nutru-drench, sardines, and game feed. I've also figured out that smell, though repels human, really drives birds nuts.

 

[Trimurtisan]

Lol, Patti, the chick got to close already. Poor thing went rolling when momma was scratching.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Lol, Patti, the chick got to close already. Poor thing went rolling when momma was scratching.

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Isn't that a hoot. They learn fast though. lol
Aww sorry you broke your glasses I'd be absolutely lost and pert near blind if mine were not usable.

Ollie is adorable.
Oh Adam has healed and just about all the purple is gone from his comb now.