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My girls are doing great. Four out six are at the end of a molt and looking great. The other two still have bald butts but should start molting soon. As far as feather regrowth the reason you have to wait for molt is because most of the feathers are broken off at the root. I had a small amount...

They are on an organic layer crumble that is 18% (Texas Natural Feed) they get kale in the morning and either BOSS or meal worms in the afternoon. I was thinking of scrambling the eggs and feeding back to them since we can’t eat them. Will that help with the feather regrowth? In other news... I...

I’m happy to report it’s been three days and today my two Marans do not have bright red irritated skin. They just have the normal pinkish white skin. I’m sure it will take time for feathers to regrow but I also noticed that are not constantly preening. I think we are on the right path. I’m going...

I just treated with ivermectin pour on 5mg per mL and I used .25 mL which is equal to 5 drops on the back of the neck. I also sprayed down any raw areas with poultry wound spray which is just aloe vera and tea tree oil. I will continue the spray each night until I see significant healing. We are...

It’s so hard to get pictures of chicken butts. They want to face you so when you go around their backside they turn so you end up dancing in circles. I’m sure my neighbors think I’m crazy. I have three Marans and two are really bad. You can see the redness and they are really preening it a lot...

I’ve been dealing for six months with this issue. I can’t see any bugs so I thought it was pecking. For a while it was only half my chickens now it’s all of them. At this point all of my six hens have at least bald red butts and three have also bare backs. Very red irritated skin and broken...