Bitty is a Mutant!

nofearengineer · Mar 28, 2011

Well, nothing spectacular about it...she doesn't have any special powers or anything.

However, while scritching her last night, I noticed she has a red feather peeking out halfway down her neck on the left side. It only appears if I lift the other feathers out of the way, so I don't know if I'll ever get a good photo of it. (I'll try.)

I was wondering if anybody's else' Grey has any of these, or is Bitty just a total FREAK?!

schristensen13 · Mar 28, 2011

Ha, ha...not a freak...at least as far as I know. Mariah has some red feathers on the top of her neck too...
I've heard two different theories on the "red factor", one is that it's a genetic thing and just pops up every now and then...the other is that it's from some type of folicle damage to the feather. That's what I figure happened with Mariah because she is known to sometimes pull out feathers from the top of her neck.

willist · Mar 29, 2011

My guy doesn't have any red feathers other than in his tail, but I seen many Grey's with the misc. red feather. I don't think its that unusual.

MikeyTN · Mar 29, 2011

I loved the title!!!! Mutant bird!

SunnyChic · Apr 2, 2011

I'm glad you posted this, because Trixie just had her first "mutant" feather come since we got her last July, and I was wondering the same thing!

antoinette · Apr 2, 2011

nofearengineer said:
Well, nothing spectacular about it...she doesn't have any special powers or anything.

However, while scritching her last night, I noticed she has a red feather peeking out halfway down her neck on the left side. It only appears if I lift the other feathers out of the way, so I don't know if I'll ever get a good photo of it. (I'll try.)

I was wondering if anybody's else' Grey has any of these, or is Bitty just a total FREAK?!

OMG Bitty is not a freak...I PROMISE YOU
Mishka has little red feathers all over his chest, they are becoming darker I have noticed. Will try take a pic today, just so hard if he does not stand still.

antoinette · Apr 3, 2011

Okay here goes, not the best of pictures, tried to get him while he was climbing in his cage, not an easy task.

Bitty is a Mutant!

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