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    Bald chicken- Winter Molt? Stress? Help ?!

    One of my chickens just finished her molt and it's January in New England. She was almost bald with lots of exposed skin. Because our temps were dipping below freezing for the last month, I had to keep her in if the temps were going below 32 and under a heat lamp. I'm happy to say she's now...
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    Hen with pasty butt???

    I'm curious as to what kind of chicken she is? We had the same problem with a BR last winter. I made the mistake of trimming the feathers and trying to get the poo off myself. I learned the hard way that I should have left them alone because then she was irratated by what her feathers were...
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    Should I worry about poor Babe??

    Hi, We have a BR that just went through her first molt starting in November. She just got all her feathers back this last week so it was a long one. The feathers that you describe on her neck are the new ones coming in and they will open soon from their "quil" state. We live on the coast in...
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    Molting in November????

    I have a BR that just started molting the past few days. Her molt seems to be much different than my RR and Ast. She drops tons of feathers where ever she goes. I recently picked her up and it seemed like she lost half of her feathers at once while I held her! Our other 3 birds only lost...
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    Barred Rock Getting HUGE bald spots-Long Term Feather Loss

    Help, my Barred Rock seems to be loosing more feathers each day. I'm concerned because where we live (in Maine) she won't survive with so much exposed skin. Background: She's about 1.5 years old, the biggest of our 4 birds (1 barred, 2 RR and 1 Astrolorpe). No roosters. Late last winter I...
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