feather loss

  1. Jmash

    Hen with no feathers on chest- doesn’t appear broody?

    hello!! I have a 10 month Australorp who I just noticed has no feathers on her chest. The bare skin seems healthy and she does not appear to be broody as she is outside, free ranging all day. She is still laying, but is slowing down. I don’t think she’s being picked on since she’s head of the...
  2. xoxodanamarie

    Possible Mite Infestation?

    Hi all. I've been using backyardchickens.com forum for answers to my questions with my flock over the last couple of years but I haven't officially joined or posted until today. I've been keeping chickens, Easter Eggers to be specific, for about 2 years now and after some bumps in the road, I...
  3. S

    Chicken extremely skinny and subtle loss in neck feathers.

    Hey, my 1 year old Wyandotte has been getting very skinny, and losing a decent amount of feathers around her neck. It snowed here, so they usually don't come out, even when the door is open. I don't think its molting, since my other chickens seem fine. She has been in the coop about a week, with...
  4. Yeet

    Bald spot on chicken?

    Hello! So I have a 'rescue' chicken named Bagel, and hes a pretty goofy guy. I got him from a lady after he was bought for meat production and ended up being the victim of some pretty harsh bullying by his brothers and sisters. He had a leg injury and couldnt stand, so I helped him out and now...
  5. MiBirds

    Is this Molting?!

    Hey guys! I went into my coop yesterday and one of my hen’s feathers are all over the coop! She has patches of feathers missing on her neck, back, both wings, and her tail. I picked her up and I can see that the feathers weren’t ripped out by anything and they’re just falling out. When I carried...
  6. HoneysuckleHomestead

    Hurricane stress

    So, I have 16 SLWs and they're currently about 16 weeks old. They have been beautiful healthy birds so far, but today, when I got home (early, because our company shut down due to being hit pretty hard by Hurricane Michael) I see 2 roosters that are missing most of their tail feathers, picked...
  7. Farmer In Training

    My chickens are loosing their feathers

    ugh.. okay. So we have around 35 to 40 chickens, in three seperate coops. In one of the coops, (we call it the mixed breed coop) we have mixed breeds with 20 chickens in there and two roosters. (The roosters never really fight. ) Recently, the chickens are loosing their feathers and it is not...
  8. Missholmes

    Missing feathers on rear

    Need advice for novice chicken owner. I noticed on my Australorp (Kova) there is an area on her back that is missing feathers and has a couple of red spots on the skin. No feather loss at neck, as it does not look like molting Looks like skin irritation - No open sores. Her feathers look well at...
  9. HappyFeetHens

    Rooster losing feathers, black spots on comb

    I don’t have any pictures right now, but I’m really worried about my Mille Fleur rooster. He has small black specks on his comb and has been losing feathers like crazy. At first, the feather loss was a couple here and there, but now he’s really lost a lot. His tail is very small now. He’s...
  10. BamburghFarms

    Naked patch on my roosters chest... is he okay?

    As newbies to the crazy chicken world, our question might be stupid and probably is! Lol However, our rooster, Herald, has a naked patch on his chest and we don’t know if that’s okay or normal or what!! We have had to treat him for several issues since he was given to us a little over a month...
  11. emmurrayfarms

    Feather Loss

    For two years my chicken has always lost her feathers. I've seen her pick at them a few times. She is very small and can occasionally get picked on. Not too long ago did noticed that she had mites and we were able to get rid of them. She finally had quite a few growing until today. It seems like...
  12. Cynthia707

    Please help me identify what is wrong w/ my hen's skin!

    Hello, This is Prinny (named after Prince, as she was born the day he died.) She is a Black Australorp. I started noticing some feather loss around her head about six months ago, but it seemed minor so I let it go. Then a couple months ago, I noticed that her crop area was bald as well as both...
  13. Lottie209

    Feathers not growing back

    I’m not sure about one of my hens. She’s lost feathers, firstly because she was broody a couple of months ago and secondly we clipped her wings months ago. The other hen’s wing feathers have grown back and needed clipping again since, but her wing feathers and chest feathers haven’t returned...
  14. Mitchell'sCoop

    Help!! 9 week old LF Cochins missing feathers.

    I recently added four 9 week old LF Cochins to my flock. After getting them home I noticed 3 of them are missing a ton of feathers on their rear ends. (One is a roo and the other two are pullets, only one of the four seem to have all their feathers). I'm very new to chickens but checked for any...
  15. DavisNinja

    Hen losing feathers, red patches appeared on breast today

    IMG_9505 by DavisNinja posted Jun 22, 2018 at 10:37 AM Princess Grace isn't looking too hot these days :( A few weeks ago we noticed she was losing feathers on her breast and there was some swelling, so we treated her for sour crop (yogurt, apple cider vinegar, chamomile, massage, and one...
  16. snip2377

    Vitamin Deficiency - Feather Loss?

    My pet (child) sweet little blue Cochin bantam rooster started limping over a week ago and more recently I've noticed an unusual amount of feathers loose in his cage. I'm wondering if feather loss and his curling foot could be a result of a vitamin deficiency? I've read on here about Merek's...
  17. N

    Infection/ feather loss on chicks neck

    My silkie Lola is a 5 weeks old and has a sibling Lolita. I got them from family, farm & home and noticed no issues but put them both in a brooder by themselves (they were bigger than the other chicks by a lot). Recently we got 3 small Rodies from the same place and put them in with Lola and...
  18. WildestThing

    Royal Palm Tom Losing Chest Feathers

    I have a male Royal Palm turkey, and the other day we noticed he is losing all his chest feathers. The feathers are whole, which makes me think this isn't from lice, although he does have lice in his tail feathers. I sprayed the entire flock, all 8 turkeys and 30 chickens, with Permethrin the...
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  19. MIchickenlady

    11 mo. BO Bloody poo, bald pasty vent

    Hello Everyone. I have an 11 month old Buff Orpington named Tiny-tiniest of our flock of four BO hens. Nine days ago she started having diarrhea, and same day other chickens pulled out her messy rear end fluff before I noticed what was happening. She eats grass and her regular feed-layer crumble...
  20. zs14

    Featherless Head/Recovering from bullying.

    Hi friends, I received 27 chickens via Hoovers April 13th (7 weeks ago). We got a variety of breeds, including a Leghorn, GLW, Brhamas, New Hampshires, Polish, some Sex-Links and a couple more. Because of some permit troubles, at 6 weeks (when we deemed it time to put the birds outside) we still...
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