My six hens had a rooster with them until April, when we "sold him down the river" due to his behavior. His passionate acts included removing the feathers from the girls' backs. I assumed they would grow back with him gone, but they have not and now it is August and winter is coming!
Two questions: will the feathers grow back, and if they don't grow back will they get frostbite on the bare skin? It got down to about 10F in their coop last winter.
These hens were hatched April 2009, and the bare skin on their backs is somewhat reddish, like a windburn.
L8ybug in Alaska
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Feathers not growing back after 4 months!
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