losing feathers on head

  1. K

    ? Still molting

    2 of my rhoad Island reds (pics are of one of them as the other one doesn’t like her picture taken lol) started to slowly lose feathers last fall on their neck and breast. It’s April and they are still Slowly losing them. Can a slow molt last this long? My other chickens had a much quicker molt...
  2. Tarynj

    Missing head feathers

    So I have several chickens who are losing feathers just on their heads.. They will be a year in August so I don't think it's molting. I've checked their wings and vent for lice or mites and not seeing anything nor are they losing feathers else where... I did deep clean their coop today and...
  3. C

    Back of neck molting/pecking

    My female muscovy duck is losing feathers at the back of her neck - I have noticed a large amount of her feathers scattered all around their pen in a small amount of time. I saw her and our drake pecking each others feathers, unsure if this is a mating thing or if they are hurting each other...
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    • losing feathers on head muscovy pecking at each other
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  4. A

    Chickens are losing feathers around vent

    I have ten chickens and most of them are experiencing a lose of feathers around their vents as shown in the pictures. Only one chicken is experiencing a lose of feathers around the head. It started off with only two of them looking like this so I thought it was mites and I treated them for...
  5. iconracr

    Comb detached

    i noticed my one year old hen started losing feathers on her head. Didn't think anything of it. The older chickens pick on her. Then I noticed a few weeks later the back of her comb is detached about 1/4". Any suggestions of what this is or what I should do?
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