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Is there something wrong with my chickens?
No mites or lice, I looked very closely, first thing. I have two roosters, 7 hens. Six of my nine (including the roosters) were raised together (hatched last spring) one was a freerange "squatter" that I added in July (very easy transition since they had been visiting through the fence about...- ckissner
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Is there something wrong with my chickens?
About a month a go, 4 of my 7 hens started losing their feathers just in front of their tails. The feathers have started growing back nicely. Today, I found one hen dead. :c( Now I am reading that molting usually starts behind the head. I'm wondering if the missing feathers could be the sign...- ckissner
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