feather changes

I have a 7 week old olive egger, she's a lovely lavender grey color but she has come up with red blotches on her wing-feathers and the back of her head. The feathers look completely healthy, the red doesn't wash off, she's acting normal, and the skin is not irritated. I'm fairly sure it isn't...

Hi everyone. Newbie quail owner here. I have a quail that is 8 weeks old (according to the breeder I got her/him from) The feathers on its breast look male but the vent sexing (and I’ve looked about 10 times trying to figure this out) is female. No foam (I’ve pushed all around trying to...

I while back I posted about my broody hen and how she was so eager to hatch. Since that day she has still been broody and I have no Idea what to do. I have taken her eggs then have let her laid them, i've separated her then put her back, I've even hand fed her in fear that she'll starve. She...

We have a frizzle who’s around 10 months old and she has a huge bald spot, her wings are made of pins not feathers, and she has wounds all over. no evidence of being picked at by others (we have cameras). what should we do to help her? 2 of our others have small bald spots so we’re thinking of...

My crested Call duck is currently kept indoors with limited exposure to sunlight. I've noticed that its feathers are starting to turn more yellow, unlike before when it was kept outdoors with some sunlight exposure. In our country, people commonly attribute this change to sunlight, suggesting...

Hello all! I recently noticed odd coloring at the base of my chickens head feathers so I thought I’d pop on here and see if anyone knows anything. I have attached photos. I believe it is because she kept getting her head wet. She had to stay in my garage for a while because of snow and was...

So I recently had to rehome a rooster who was just hitting maturity. About a week ago. We have 16 hens, 7 that are around 8 months and 8 that are approx 4months. The rooster we rehomed was from the same hatch as the 4 month crew and we still have an immature rooster who joined our group...

I have multiple hens and one rooster, all hatched on the same day and now 4 1/2 years old. In the last 6 months, the roosters feathers around his beautiful ruff have changed from a vivid copper to white, as has his feathers on his head. Now I have his black Copper Maran hens showing white...