Weird Feathers

[thewatsonfarm]

Buttercup's feathers seem strange to me. She's a light Brahma. The shafts of her feathers is more prominent than the rest of the feather. I feel like they look sort of ratty. Is there a problem here or am I over-reacting?

 

[NotSoChickenLove]

I think there's some sort of mite that eats feathers. I'm a novice, sorry. Someone else will be able to help, but maybe also google? They do look odd to me.

 

[aart]

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Buttercup's feathers seem strange to me. She's a light Brahma. The shafts of her feathers is more prominent than the rest of the feather. I feel like they look sort of ratty. Is there a problem here or am I over-reacting?

How old is she?
When did she last molt?
Did you use a wormer around the time she molted, if so what brand?

 

[thewatsonfarm]

How old is she?
When did she last molt?
Did you use a wormer around the time she molted, if so what brand?

She is just over three years old. She molted last year in August, as I recall. Seems like my girls molt a little earlier every year. Is that a thing? I haven't seen any stray white feathers yet, but maybe this is in anticipation of molting?

I have never used a wormer. I don't even know what that is. I knew to give them extra protein, but that's all I've ever done special during molting. Will you please enlighten me? Thank you so much!

 

[aart]

Did the feathers grow in like this after she molted last august?
Have her feathers always looked like this?
What do you feed, regularly and during a molt?
Are the other birds like this too?

There's a wormer that can cause weird feather growth if given during a molt,
is why I asked