I have noticed its only certain breeds we have that are having this issue, our 1 olive egger and mostly our Rhode Island Reds and 1 of our Plymouth Rocks are the only ones to seem to be having an issue. our Buff Orpington and our Wyandottes are just fine
I hate to admit this but I am glad someone else is having the same issue as me! If we are experiencing the same and have the same feeders than that has to be it, right!?!? Just yesterday I inspected the ones with bald spots closely and I am noticing some real feather re growth starting! So...
Here is a photo of the feeder from last summer when my birds were much smaller and before I propped them up on full size cement blocks. I since took the white hoods off and put them back on those smaller flat style blocks like in the photo
We have a flock of 16 birds and currently 6 of them have bald spots on their throats. We use 2 Rent A Coop bucket feeders with the ports. I had the feeders set up on tall cinder blocks and was noticing the chickens throats rub pretty hard on the port when they reach down to feed, right where...