Please post your thoughts in this thread as soon as possible!!
This is Charity:
Right now Charity's having some problems with the feathers on her wings. The vanes are missing from the shafts and you can see sort of bare pink skin on her wings. Are you able to suggest anything - including the cause?
Any thoughts on this? A parasite, maybe? I thought it could be the molt but this has been going on for almost ten months now. She is subject to bullying, including pecking, but it's not constant and severe enough to cause that much damage.
The other three chickens' feathers are perfectly healthy. I just don't get it. She's been laying eggs all this time and doesn't appear to be in any pain but I'd like to know what's going on.
This is Charity:
Right now Charity's having some problems with the feathers on her wings. The vanes are missing from the shafts and you can see sort of bare pink skin on her wings. Are you able to suggest anything - including the cause?
Any thoughts on this? A parasite, maybe? I thought it could be the molt but this has been going on for almost ten months now. She is subject to bullying, including pecking, but it's not constant and severe enough to cause that much damage.
The other three chickens' feathers are perfectly healthy. I just don't get it. She's been laying eggs all this time and doesn't appear to be in any pain but I'd like to know what's going on.