I bet she’s been sleeping with her head under her wing.
Needly_Dee
Those are pin feathers. She’s molting right now.
JoshuaMicah189
I’m not experienced with chickens, but I used to have birds. Are those by chance keratin shells on new feathers?
Based purely on what i see in the photos, it doesn’t look like frost to me because it’s cylindrical, rather than just looking like frost on a feather.
Is this her first winter or first molt? It looks like when my birds would molt and couldn’t reach the shells for the feathers on their neck. You may need to gently massage them off.
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I bet she’s been sleeping with her head under her wing.
Those are pin feathers. She’s molting right now.
I’m not experienced with chickens, but I used to have birds. Are those by chance keratin shells on new feathers?
Based purely on what i see in the photos, it doesn’t look like frost to me because it’s cylindrical, rather than just looking like frost on a feather.
Is this her first winter or first molt? It looks like when my birds would molt and couldn’t reach the shells for the feathers on their neck. You may need to gently massage them off.