- Apr 24, 2008
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She is 7 and 1/2 months, has not started laying yet. Tonight she seemed to be drooping her wings (it is very cold, so she wasn't trying to cool down) and was not talking or moving around much. It seemed like she was holding her bum a little further to the ground than usual. The other night I did notice that a patch of feathers had dissappeared from the top of her back. I checked the skin and it looked healthy but thicker than chicken skin usualy is. Tonight I can see the feathers starting to develop under her skin now. One thought is that she burned her self on the heat lamp. Every one of the girls has half of there tail feathers burnt from sitting to close to the heat lamp
So I finally moved it because they don't seem to be smart enough to figure out that they might catch on fire
So, it might just (hopefully) be where she burnt her feathers all the way down to the skin. I am going to take her to her vet tommorow, but I am just curious if anyone has any idea what it could be.