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We took the rooster out for 4 months, and the only reason she is in with a rooster now is one of our "new" little hens is a rooster. If it would have been from mating I would think it would have been a slow process of losing feathers…her's was literally overnight/over a couple of days while...

That's what I thought too, but she is the only one of 20 hens missing her entire back feathers, she had a full back before molting and after…nothing. We even put the rooster in a separate pen and they still did not grow back. Just seems strange.

Ok, so I am new here, please bear with me. All of our hens (about 20) molted at the same time this past winter. We had one hen who lost all of the feathers on her back…and they have yet to grow back. We have asked around, and no one seems to know what would cause this since the rest of the...