brittle feathers

  1. D

    Sick Chicken - advice welcomed

    Hi all, I have a sick girl (Ellie) in my flock. She is an Easter Egger and roughly 3 years old. About a week ago noticed runny poo/dirty bum feathers and also know she has not laid an egg in probably 10 days. She has a distinctive darker green that none of my other girls lay. About that week ago...
  2. The_Chicken_Tender

    Chicken with sudden paralysis and tremors (and brittle / broken feathers)!!

    Symptoms: extremely brittle feathers, paralysis in both legs, tremors I have a hen who has seemed slightly unwell for a while. Her feathers have been extremely brittle for months - at first I thought she was molting, but she's definitely not. I have checked for mites and don't see any. Lately...
  3. ChickenTenderKesha

    I need long time chicken keepers help.. pullet losing feathers, huge scabs, pus filled pores, not being picked on/no bugs?

    This has been progressing since she started growing her adult feathers. Always took longer than her hatch mates which made me think she was a rooster as all my roosters took longer to feather out compared to the pullets. It’s all over her body in spots so I can tell some of this couldn’t be...
  4. veetown707

    One Chicken in Flock Balding- Feathers Became Brittle

    I have a one year old hen (Autumn) who just went through her first molt. She has been balding on her head for quite some time. I do have a rooster and figured that was possibly from him. However, her back now is just balding without growing any feathers back.. she is growing just brittle...
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