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She does have access to dust baths, one of which has DE in it. We haven't seen anything on her yet. And the germicide powder used on her was purple so the others would not see it as a target. And the sore places seem to be where she is getting pin feathers.

We had put an antibiotic powder on the raw spots (it's purple), but maybe these photos can help anyhow. The area on her neck is just irritated looking, not oozing or weeping.

UPDATE: Our barred rock is still very slow at feathering, but coming along at 7-8 weeks. However, on her wings, there are bony corners (you cans see that area in the photos above) and where those are, the feathers are trying to come in, but the skin in those places looks raw and oozes. Any...

Glad it's not screaming male pattern - yet! Thanks for your response.

Actually, the Barred Rock is larger than the others.

Hi, We have 4 chicks of which one is a Barred Rock. They are about 6 weeks old and were all supposed to be hens, but the Barred Rock, while larger than the other chicks (Speckled Sussex and Buff Orpington), she is very slow for feather development. We are in fear of her being a rooster as we...