feather loss

  1. I

    Feather loss on back and wings

    Hello, One of my RIRs has had some serious feather loss on her back and wings. She is one of six chickens and none of the others are having such extreme loss. I am assuming it is from pecking since no one else is missing many feathers and she is not scratching at all but I have not seen any...
  2. farmgirl216

    Bright red skin and no feathers

    A few days ago I noticed my amerucana rooster has no feathers on one leg and has lost quite a few tail feathers. Also his skin is very red in those places without feathers. His leg appears to possible be trying to grow feathers back. He is in a pen/coop with 5 hens and they are all perfectly...
  3. H

    Are my hens moulting properly?

    I have been worried about 2 of our hens. We only have 3 and are quite new to this. I think one of them is getting broody as she keeps laying on the eggs and breaking them. She is losing a lot of feathers between her legs (really couldn’t get a picture) the area looks extremely red and I can’t...
  4. LindaO

    Sudden behavior change and patchy feathers

    Noticed a sudden behavior change in one of my red star hens. She is normally noisy, active, curious, and assertive (pecks). I had them shut in the coop for a couple days due to cold temperatures. When I checked on them she hung back, and later when I let them into the run, she peeked out the...
  5. chickbee

    HELP, Contagious Diseases that look like Mareks?

    What are some other contagious diseases that might present like Marakes? Or cause sudden extreme feather loss and balance issues? Before Christmas I lost a hen that ended up with her being unable to see, balance issues, wasting away and some other symptoms. We ended up putting her down at our...
  6. S-t-o-n-e

    Hen losing feathers on neck

    When most people hear this they are gonna think rooster, but he’s not doing this I have a hen who is about 9 months old and is losing feathers on her neck, but only on the front and bottom parts of her neck, ( a bit on the middle too ) it only started maybe last week, the pattern doesn’t match...
  7. KerriChick

    Chicken feather losing mystery...

    My 9 month old cuckoo marans is losing feathers. She is too young to moult, correct? I have checked her for signs of mites or lice and she looks clean. She also seems a bit slower and slightly less alert. She is not wheezy or breathing weird, all seems well there. She is still doing all her...
  8. chickmamat

    Muscovy Losing Feathers + Lethargic

    Hey all! To start, yes, I know Muscovy are not technically ducks. Now that that’s out of the way lol.... I am a chicken person, never owned water fowl. A friend at our local animal shelter reached out because they had a Muscovy that was dumped at a local park. She is unbelievably sweet and...
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  9. lang4800

    Blisters on feet, belly feather loss

    Hi, I am very concerned about my chicken. First, we live in Colorado and recently had to evacuate due to the fires. We took my ladies with us but they had to live in a large, wire, dog kennel for about 8 days. They are now back in their coop. I have two chickens. One is completely fine no...
  10. K

    Just Joined BYC! Could use some guidance on an issue w/ Silkie Chicks!

    Hello fellow chicken lovers. Introducing myself to BYC and looking for some guidance. As of this past summer, I am a new chicken mama to 3 silkies (hopefully hens, but still not sure!). I am obsessed with them and I have read so many helpful threads on this site, thanks for sharing your...
  11. K

    Strange Feather Loss & Scaly Dry Skin on 14 Wk Old Silkies - HELP!

    Hello. This is my first post on backyard chickens. As of this past summer, I am a new chicken mama to 3 silkies (hopefully hens, but still not sure!). I have read so many helpful threads on this site. Hoping someone with more experience can provide a little guidance on a feather loss issue! My...
  12. Norma_Lorp

    Odd feather loss

    Hi all- I just went to close up the coop and noticed one of my hens has a bare spot on her bottom. Feathers everywhere in coop and in the run . The fluffy down feathers and also some big ones that seem like they’d be tough to pull out. She shares the area with two others that she grew up with...
  13. A

    Missing feathers and a few scabs?? New chicken.

    So a little back story, my daughter wanted a little Brahma pullet so we got her. She was 10 weeks old then. It’s been about..... a month? Give or take a week.... when we got her I noticed she didn’t have any feathers under her wings. That’s the only place missing any. She still has what...
  14. BlueChickenChick

    Young rooster losing neck feathers?

    Hello again. I’m away at college at the moment, so my chickens are being taken care of by the co-owners at the moment. My mom just brought to my attention that my rooster Marigold has lost/is losing some feathers on the back of his neck? I’ve looked it up and some sources say it could be...
  15. P

    What’s wrong with my chickens??

    I had 12 Rhode Island Reds in the coop they were in there for about 2 weeks and then I went and bought 15 Isa Browns they’re probably a week maybe two apart in age. My coop is about 4 ft by 6ft there is plenty of room for them being that they’re only chicks. But all my Isa browns have feathers...
  16. C

    Bald belly

    I have a sixlink chicken that is 2.5 years old. She has no feathers on her belly or vent. She does eat but is kind of listless. She does not have any fleas or other pests. She’s not broody at all. This has been going on for about one month. Any help would be appreciated.
  17. C

    Continuous and reoccurring feather lost- Help about to give up on the girl

    We have a Barred Plymouth Rock 4-5 months old, who came as a ready-to-lay to us in June. On the trip from the hatchery, one her 3 casemates badly de-feathered her. No blood, but really raw. We got gave “Henible Lecture” to a friend with roosters and separated “Pepper’ from the other 6 hens we...
  18. T

    Loss of barbs on feathers

    One of my hens has been looking progressively worse from spring until now. She was a beautiful 2 year old buff orpington, but she started looking ragged last spring. At first I thought it was mites. I read that some breeds are more susceptible than others and figured this is why she was the only...
  19. buffy-the-eggpile-layer

    Molting: What's Normal?

    My first flock of seven are about 18 months old, and at least three of them are going through a pretty hard molt. I was prepared for the feather loss and all, but I'm also noting some troubling behavioral changes that I'm not certain are a result of molting or something else. So, BYC'ers, please...
  20. cnielsen

    what is wrong with my hen? (lash egg, naked bottom)

    Hi there. Me and my family are fairly new to owning chickens, with a little experience from the past. Recently we got 7 hens of various breeds and 1 rooster from some friends, and we love them so much. We left on vacation about a week or two after first getting them, and a seemingly healthy hen...
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