Finelyfound
Chirping
18mth old Copper Marans Hen has lost the feathers on her bottom and the skin is red, dry, swollen and angry looking. The swelling is fairly soft. She is otherwise fine, took me forever to catch her and she fought the whole time I was holding her. The photos are crummy b/c I was holding her and she was not cooperating. She looks worse in the photos. It is not nearly as swollen as it appears in the photo. In the last photo I am holding her down on the ground . But it is very red and dry. We have been having extemely cold weather here, this weekend it’s supposed to warm up. We have a young Roo who has recently come of age and I am noticing several of my girls have mysterious random bald spots. I have only had chickens for 2yrs so am very much an amateur. Is it possible the Roo did this to her? What else would cause this type of irritation and swelling. I took a close look while I had her pinned down and I didn’t see anything that looked like parasites. Thank you in advance. Jocelyn