Feather Problem

[Cooleflyer]

Hello,

 

i've attached two pictures of a young roller that was bred around Oct/Nov.  I just noticed that his feathers were in rag order, literally!!  I dont know enough about the moult yet to know whether or not this is a problem.  Have them on linseed and conditioner anyway.  Can anyone set me straight?

 

 

[Guest youngboy]

you shoud try put some garlic oil sunflower seed oil etc on it and try then!!

[Jeams]

Maybe it's a kind of flee,you should give them a bath and put some postassium permanganate and diluted to a proper propotion.

[chickadee]

It may be some kind of feather mite.

[pjc]

i suspect its just not been very well reared and there was something lacking in the diet. As it is very late bred Oct/Nov it won't have moulted but when it does it should be fine.

[Guest IB]

No offence, but this is the kind of thing that should have been checked out at regular intervals when the bird was growing in the nest. Something has gone very wrong during rearing and in my opinion it should have been culled back then. Another way of looking at it ~ this is what you can see that's gone wrong - what about the things you can't see, like heart, lung, gut etc.?

[Guest joshdonlan]

Yes something has gone wrong rearing, but should be ok once moulted. I once found a squeaker collared dove which had simialr feathering and i put it down to being dirty in the nest  :-/

[gingell]

have you sprayed the bird with any in the last mounth and have you had the birds shut in for the winter.

[Guest joshdonlan]

They could also have been damaged blood quills when the bird was in the nest  :-/

[stan p]

couple ov baths will go a lomg way to puting them feathers write then lets see them after

the bird as preamed them

[alex young]

have you sprayed the bird with any in the last mounth and have you had the birds shut in for the winter.

 

Yes, looks like bird has been dipped in something like Duramitex and lost it's oils in the feathering.

[gingell]

seen this in mates loft last year two birds nest mates your right couple baths and there fine raced after ok. maybe some thing two do with the breeding.

[kirky]

will moult out ok, has been bred too late in the year,

[Guest frank dooman]

i take it its not a racer so prob come good next year but do agree with ib should have been got rid earlier it will never be right

[Guest bigbok]

just late hatch feathers that have not gooten the best start in life after it moults out next moult it will be fine just leave it alone

[Cooleflyer]

thanks everyone for all the info. I dont think its lice or mites a I can't see anything and they've been dipped, its been flying nearly everyday since it took to the wing, even doing an hour and a half yesterday.  Its had a couple of baths since and thats definetly helped the wing feathers.  It always had good seed, corn + thepax so hopefully a good rest, + some vits and it will moult out.

 

All the Best

[Guest strapper]

it looks like it been pushed through aviary wire backwards

is this the only bird that has this?

[stan p]

them feaihers have mothing to do with the way bird was reard eather toucht something out side

or something spilled onit inside loft my opion

[Roland]

Sometimes in life, the first loss is the best loss.

I believe any sign of a poor constitution for example should be erradicated. Or just used as a fosdter parent.

have funnily enough a couple of pairs that shouldn't be here I guess. But they will be used to rear other birds and then lost given the chance by Mr. basket.

[Guest TAMMY_1]

i suspect its just not been very well reared and there was something lacking in the diet. As it is very late bred Oct/Nov it won't have moulted but when it does it should be fine.

 

agree with you there Phil and like you say it should moult out okay