alicopie Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 Dont know how to exlain this but my chicken doris seems to be losing the feathers around her neck but the stick bits still look if they are there (the only way i can describe this is her neck looks like a yard brush) if anyone as any ideas could they please give me some advice alison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abwsco Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 Could she be moulting and it's the new ones coming thorugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 That sounds right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alicopie Posted October 21, 2009 Author Share Posted October 21, 2009 thank you i was getting a bit worried about her alison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abwsco Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 thank you i was getting a bit worried about her alison Welcome to the worries of chicken keeping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluckingmad Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Think they like to keep us on our toes! Mollie is the same, I didn';t know this before keeping hens but apparently some breeds/hybrids have hair-like feathers as well as 'normal' feathers, so I assume thats what these are?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
