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  1. B

    Red, irritated vent and bottom

    One of my hens has these inflamed looking follicles and I also noted that the top edge of her vent is red and irritated like a diaper rash. She otherwise appears normal. What’s going on?
  2. B

    Hens picking at tail feathers

    First time owning my own flock! They’ve been a joy. I got 13 birds, 4 different breeds. I have raised them from day old and haven’t had an issue. Until I noticed 2 of my Olive Eggers with increasingly less tail feathers and balding rear ends. The rest of my birds seem just fine. Yesterday I...
  3. C

    Mites, cats or feather picking?

  4. angc11

    One seven week old chick feather picking the rest of the flock

    Hey all. I need some guidance here. I have 36 seven week old chicks that are all mixed breeds that I hatched from eggs. Approximately half are pullets and half are cockerels. About a week and a half ago, I moved them from the brooder out to a mobile coop surrounded by electric netting so they...
  5. raisingthelma

    Molting, Feather Picking, Mites?

    Hi all, looking for any input on this as it's my first year with chickens. One of my hens (9 mos. old Australorp) has a small bald patch on her back (you can only see it if you push the feathers aside). It looks like she has new feathers growing in around that area. I saw one of the hens earlier...
  6. S

    Please help – months-long feather issues that I just can’t solve.

    I have 3 hens roughly 10 months old (1 Lavender Orpington, 1 Easter Egger, 1 ISA Brown.) All are laying, eating, drinking, and pooping consistently and normally and show no other signs of disease or distress. At first I thought it was feather picking on the back of the smallest hen (the Easter...
  7. I

    Two 2 wk. Old chicks lethargic, white yucky vents & 1 is picking her feathers

    So I ordered 6 hen chicks from my pet chicken, very healthy initially when they arrived Wednesday. I now have two who are lethargic, but easily qrousable to stimulation. I noticed today just now actually I have a mottled houdan who's picking out her feathers, belly is bloated hanging between...
  8. azygous

    I may have finally found a cure for feather picking

    I've had feather picking in my flock for about as long as I've had chickens. I've been trying to find a solution for thirteen years. I posted two threads on this subject. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/feather-picking-and-a-possible-way-to-control-it.1495721/...
  9. Tkchickens

    Some of my flock has fuzzy back feathers and not sure if it is molting chickens picking on each other?

    Half of my girls seem to have scruffy back feathers just at the base of their back near their tails. All other chickens seem fine. We have checked for mites and lice and no sign of either. Any guesses on what might be happening? They do have a rooster, he is a smaller guy, and most of them are...
  10. FunnyBunny89

    Hen losing weight and possibly picking feathers

    Hi all, I have a hen who has all the normal spunk and energy in the world. She's just finishing a molt and has been laying off and on, as recently as yesterday. Her appetite is good too, she fills her crop every evening before bed. However, I'm worried because she is definitely on the slim...
  11. karint

    Feather picking

    I have one girl who is getting her neck feathers picked out. She’s ameraucana and it’s just her poofy neck and cheek feathers. No one else is getting feathers pulled. They have lots of boredom busters on days they are stuck in the barn cause it’s to cold and lots of room. Is there any diy of...
  12. Cheekychook12

    Mites, feather picking or something else?

    I have four adult hens who started losing their head and neck feathers, at first I assumed it was feather pecking because one isn’t missing any feathers, but after seeing some pictures on the internet of mite damage I’m not so sure What’s going on here? I treated them for mites a couple days ago...
  13. Kbake

    Neck feather picking

    I have a chocolate Orpington. She has some feather issues and is low lady in the pecking order. After being a “momma” she got all her feathers back and was looking great! Then, she lost her neck feathers and as they start to come back in the others pluck them out. I have used anti-pecking spray...
  14. Lavender and CJ

    Help! Feather Picking and Breaking Blood Feathers!

    As we've quickly found out with chickens, when it rains, it pours. Our chickens have been pecking at each other's back/parson's nose area for the past few weeks and we need advice! Our Setup: Our hens are 6-7 months old. They are all standard-size birds. They were on layer crumbles at 18%...
  15. Missunderstood1017

    Polish rooster getting feather picked

    I have a tolbunt polish rooster with 12 hens (6 mille fluer, 2 easter eggers, 1 tolbunt polish, and 3 splash polish) they were all bought at the same time and have the same hatch date. Originally there was 5 roosters but as their personalities became more evident i decided to keep this one cause...
  16. PossiblyPekin

    Feather Picking

    Hello everyone! I have a bit of a predicament — one of my Barbu D'uccle hens has been picking at my rooster's feathers, plucking out the majority of his beard and damaging his saddle feathers. I have no idea what's the cause behind this behavior is? They have adequate space, they have a...
  17. J

    Feather picking

    Hey there, Last fall I added 4 new chickens to my existing 4. I considered overcrowding before making that move. My pen is 9x12x6’ high with roosting bars set up, food and water (1 feeder, 1- water), 16% protein mini pellets. The coop is 4x4 with 3 roosting bars, 4 nesting boxes, 2 on each side...
  18. C

    Feather picking/eating.

    I'm in a panic. Seems like just over night my 3 month old golden pheasants started going at each other feathers in a big way! Literally over night. Day before yesterday I was taking photos of their gorgeus new plumage and now it's a disaster. They are not aggressively pecking and chasing each...
  19. E

    Feather picking

    I don't want to say I give up, but I'm at my wits end. My chickens have been pecking each others feathers for months no matter what I do. There are no main aggressors as they all do it aside from the alpha rooster. He's unscathed and doesn't seem to peck. In January coop and run space was a...
  20. K

    Feather picking - polish cockerel

    I have 6 bantams (2 Silkies, 3 Cochins, 1 Polish) in a small coop with an attached run. They are about 3 months, and they’ve been together since they were a few days old. I’ve noticed in the last few days that the Polish is being picked on. I’m not sure of the sex, but I think it’s a cockerel...
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