loosing feathers

  1. S

    Goose bald apots on head and neck????

    Hello! I have a 2 year old canada goose that I care for. He's been with me since a hatchling. Have never had any real issues or illness with him. Although as of abput a week/week and a half ago. His feathers started thinning around the crown of his head. I noticed he was really scratching that...
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    • bald spots balding diagnosis help excessive preening irritated skin itching head itching neck loosing feathers missing feathers sick goose
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    • Forum: Geese
  2. M

    Help! I think my rooster is sick?!

    My rooster has been acting lethargic. He sits very still with his eyes closed for several minutes. He will walk and then just stop and either lie down or stand there. I’ve noticed missing feathers on his neck. Watery diarrhea (clear/white). Please see pictures. I’m a new owner and do not know...
  3. S

    Chickens loosing feathers. Disease?

    Hey 👋 everyone. I’m Michael. Kinda new to the chicken world. About 2 years and liking it. I have 3 (2 yrs old) chickens that look horrible. Feathers look very unhealthy and bald spots. They share a coop and the whole big yard with 6 other 8 months old chickens (black) that look great. One...
  4. S

    Loosing hair

    Thank you for reading. My chickens are well fed well-kept but losing air for six months already. Just getting worse. Two other chickens are not loosing hair but also not super healthy looking feathers Rest of chickens (6) look great Chick Any idea how to cure? Thank you
  5. C

    Loosing tale feathers and bald spot on neck

    I have three leghorn chickens that are looking a little rough lately:( They are pretty big (fat) compared to an average bird of their breed. They have full roam in my backyard although they eat mostly layer pellets and stay in the same couple spots most of the day.One chicken has a balding spot...
  6. D

    Ducks and chickens are loosing feathers

    Hi, My ducks and chickens are both losing feathers on their bottoms. For 5/7 of my chickens, their bottoms are totally bare and today, I just noticed that my one of my ducks, the pekin, is losing feathers on her bottom too. Is this normal? Or is this a mite or lice problem? If this isn't normal...
  7. Quailobsessed

    Pheasant keeps losing tail feathers

    So I have two golden pheasants; a male and a female. Over the last couple of days, my male has lost seven tail feathers. Before that he had a very thick tail with many feathers of different lengths, now the poor thing has only one long feather. Why would he be loosing them? Could he be...
  8. PABEAR

    NEED HELP CHICKENS WONT EAT & LOSING FEATHERS

    so i have been raising my buff orpington chickens since april 2018 when they were only 2 weeks old . they have been doing great up until about one month ago . they will NOT eat their layer feed anymore . i have always been feeding them HIGHLAND NATURALS egg layer crumbles . I was...
  9. F

    Losing Feathers

    I have two hens that are losing feathers. I did not think much about it when the first one was losing them because I thought maybe it was due to the rooster mounting her, but now that it has gotten worse I see that it could be something else. Also my black and white hen is starting to have the...
  10. Marmack

    Rooster feathers on head do not appear to be growing

    Our 3 year old rooster is not growing back the feathers on his head nor along the sides of his neck. He is normally very mean but is very good to his hens, this morning when he came off the roost he acted as if he was very afraid of me. Normally I do not enter the yard without a net to keep...
  11. A

    What is wrong with my hens?

    We have 20 hens and 1 rooster. Our Rhode Island reds have all kinds of feathers missing on their backs. We've checked for mites or lice but don't see any. Maybe we are missing them? Pur white rocks look healthy, the rooster looks deathly, but some of the barred rock are missing feathers as well...
  12. Sparklypants

    Loosing feathers! Please advise

    Hello I have 3 chickens and one of them is loosing the feathers on the round ball on the front of the chest and also underneath between the legs. She has been very loud lately and I am worried that she is uncomfortable and/or in pain. Has anybody experienced this before and can help with a cure...
  13. Jessica Thompson

    Mega molt or worse???

    Recently my quail has been losing a lot of feathers my other quail only pulled out a few feathers but he helped me find that underneath were he pulled away there was dry blood I do not think it was him that did the blood part but she also already did her full molt and she's losing feathers...
  14. Jessica Thompson

    Mega molt or worse???

    Recently my quail has been losing a lot of feathers my other quail only pulled out a few feathers but he helped me find that underneath were he pulled away there was dry blood I do not think it was him that did it but she also already did her full molt and she's losing feathers around her what...
  15. ThesuburbHENyard

    Early Molting at 7 months? Or Something Else?

    I have a 7 month old brown leghorn who appears to be going through "partial molt" I think, but I wanted to ask you guys. She stopped laying eggs about 3 weeks ago Just this past week I have noticed large tail feathers dropping, and now some of her small chest and shoulder feathers. Her comb...
  16. Kim from Upstate New York

    Sick Rooster

    I have a flock of 5 hens and 1 rooster (as well as 6 ducks). I bought them 10 weeks ago from Tractor Supply. I noticed from early on that the hens were sitting on top of the rooster. Being new to this I didn't see a problem or even how I would stop them from sitting on him. I have noticed...
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