Recent content by Kyari

  1. K

    Hen keeps losing neck feathers. Help?

    I’m not the best at judging their pecking order. She is the smallest but one of the oldest. I see her bossing around the younger girls pretty regularly and she is usually friendly with the other older hen she was raised with as a chick. We suspect the other older gen though, since she can be...
  2. K

    Hen keeps losing neck feathers. Help?

    We use Purina pellets. They’ve been on Feather Fixer 18% pretein since molt started, just about to transition back to their usual 16% layer feed. Stayed on the high protein specifically in case that was the problem. *sigh*
  3. K

    Hen keeps losing neck feathers. Help?

    The feathers are broken off near the base. She finished her full molt in December, and this has been happening each spring and fall since it started this time last year. This is also very early/mild compared the the nearly fully bald neck she acquired over about 2 months last September-ish. No...
  4. K

    Hen keeps losing neck feathers. Help?

    My husband and I have 6 hens of various breeds. For the third time now the same hen is missing feathers on the side of her neck. This fall it was bad enough we had to isolate her with one of the docile hens for a month while her feathers grew back. We have not seen anyone bullying her, in fact...
See more
Back
Top Bottom