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  1. nanmorley

    Feather gone, bald spots on throat

    We don’t have any fencing, they are free range with open door to coop. The feeder is the traditional metal ’silo’ with the food coming out of the bottom. Since most of the feather loss is on the front of the neck and the breast it doesn’t seem like they are being pecked from behind….. We are at...
  2. nanmorley

    Feather gone, bald spots on throat

    When it started they were inside of a coop, but they have been free ranging for at least 7 weeks now. There is one that doesn’t look as bad, but she is very docile and have never seen any aggression from her.
  3. nanmorley

    Feather gone, bald spots on throat

    I haven’t seen any of the hens picking (or peckingLOL) at each other. Each of them has a bit of feather loss somewhere, some it is only on the breast, other’s it is the top of head or just the throat.
  4. nanmorley

    Feather gone, bald spots on throat

    Our flock of about 12 chickens is looking very scruffy, about 2 months ago the hens began to have bald spots on their throats (not the back of the neck), top of heads on some, and chest on others. We’ve looked closely and not seen any mites or parasites, but they are not getting better. Any...
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