Luvachicken Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 My Pekins are moulting, some worse than others, but Molly seems to be suffering with her feet. She keeps pecking at them and has made them bleed a little bit so I have put Sudocrem on them because I know that helps. There are new feathers growing/ just starting to emerge. Are they irritating on their feet as they start to emerge ? Is there anything else I can do ? The others don't seem to have a problem and they have fluffy feet too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 I am guessing (without having seen her) that the feathers are bothering her as they emerge. Some chickens are just more sensitive than others... bit like us humans. Sudocrem is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 I have a feeling that Ducks ‘illness’ and head shaking a few weeks ago may have all been actually caused by so many new feathers pushing through around her head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Could be - did you up her B vit intake with some NutriDrops? That speeds up feather growth and is also good for any nervous afflictions that occur around moulting time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Yes I did but the vet also gave her 5 days of antibiotics (she said she had a slight temperature) so can’t say which (if either) made her better. How’s Molly doing Luvachicken? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted September 18, 2019 Author Share Posted September 18, 2019 Molly has been less subdued, unfortunately, I've not been back until late the last couple of days and they've gone to bed, but I finish early tomorrow so will give her another check. They are very clever and know that I am after them which makes it even more difficult to catch them. They all hide under the cube where they know I can't reach them. I'm also worming them so can't trick them with treats. They only fell for the empty treat ball trick once 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted September 23, 2019 Author Share Posted September 23, 2019 Molly yesterday was still holding one foot off the ground. I gave her another check over to find an awful lot of new feathers sprouting out of her feet, poor thing. I can only imagine how uncomfortable it must be. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
