chicken communityyyy i has a question:
ok everyone say hi to quail. she's an ideal 236. all the ideals i have are named after other birds because they are ideal at being a bird but not a chicken. her name is quail because she is the smallest of all of them, almost bantam size small.
so of course being a runt she gotta do all her winter molting at the same time instead of gradual like everyone else. i get that.
but what i don't get is her comb???? WHERE DID IT GO???? the photo on the left is 2 weeks ago, the most recent photo i have of her prior to her losing her mohawk. the right photo was like 5 minutes ago.
now i check my babies at minimum 3 times a day, and now that it's getting colder i've been checking on their combs closer for frostbite or anything else parasites or whatever each time. the roo and 2 other ladies got minor frostbite the other night, but none of the ideals. but two days ago... poof quail's mohawk is gone!! no sign of damage, blood, parasites, frostbite, anything...
do they shed combs too or maybe there was just a frostbite i didn't see??? her wattle is even smaller, but like not that much smaller... i just checked her skin where she is molting and no signs of any issues, healthy chicken skin is all i see.
