What can you talk me into hahahahaha I LOVE THAT! We currently have a flock of 16 adult chickens and 4 chicks in the brooder. We have Rhode Island Reds, Plymouth Rocks, Olive Eggers, Wyandottes, Buff Orpingtons, an Easter Egger and in the brooder we have 2 Ameracaunas and 2 White Leghorns! We...
I have noticed its only certain breeds we have that are having this issue, our 1 olive egger and mostly our Rhode Island Reds and 1 of our Plymouth Rocks are the only ones to seem to be having an issue. our Buff Orpington and our Wyandottes are just fine
I hate to admit this but I am glad someone else is having the same issue as me! If we are experiencing the same and have the same feeders than that has to be it, right!?!? Just yesterday I inspected the ones with bald spots closely and I am noticing some real feather re growth starting! So...
Here is a photo of the feeder from last summer when my birds were much smaller and before I propped them up on full size cement blocks. I since took the white hoods off and put them back on those smaller flat style blocks like in the photo
We have a flock of 16 birds and currently 6 of them have bald spots on their throats. We use 2 Rent A Coop bucket feeders with the ports. I had the feeders set up on tall cinder blocks and was noticing the chickens throats rub pretty hard on the port when they reach down to feed, right where...
What type of feeder do you use? We have several birds in our flock that have lost their feathers on their throats/necks and they have not grown back for months. We use a bucket feeder with ports that seem to rub the throats as the birds feed. We are wondering is this is possibly your issue as...