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Turned out to be an aggressive hen who was plucking and eating feathers. I started them on 18% feather fixer and have been throwing in smashed pumpkins to them along with mealworms and oats. Seemed to have stopped the feather plucking. I did buy thr pinless blinders, but I haven't needed them.

Update: I can't see any mites, eggs, or lice anywhere on them. It does look like the feathers aren't plucked out, but rather broken at the tips. I also can't find any feathers in the coop, so they might be being eaten. I feed 18% layer pellets. I'll try increasing protein.

Thank you. The feather loss is all on the back for them all. They have a large run, about 15sf per bird. The ground is frozen so they don't really have a spot to dust themselves right now. No roosters. We get seven eggs a day from seven hens, but we've been getting six a day all week...

Hi all, We have seven Golden Comet hens in NH. They're all 9 months old and one started losing feathers on her back last week and now all of them are. I noticed that they're picking at thier own feathers a bit too now. Could this be a group mass molt? Or should I be concerned about...