missing feathers

  1. ThatOnePotato

    Duckling attacked by a chicken??

    I found my ducks back and wings plucked out again and bleeding. This time though our drake wasnt the cause of it because we separated him from the flock recently to avoid this from happening again but after 4 days without the drake one of our chickens decided to pick on our newest duck...
  2. R

    Is this from bullying?

    I have 4 hens. One of them I’ve observed is definitely at the bottom of the pecking order. I am wondering if the missing feathers on both wings is a result of this or something I should be concerned about. I inspected her and don’t see any mites. No other birds are missing any feathers like...
  3. GodLovesU

    Missing feathers??

    This is my sweet 9 year old ameracauna.She is missing feathers on her back as well but it’s not as bad.Its the middle of summer so why would she be molting?It’s been in the 90s.I did have a mite problem but I’m pretty sure we fixed it.The only rooster I have is a bantam.She is healthy...
  4. GodLovesU

    Molting in June?

    It is very hot where I am (90s-100F) and it’s the middle of June! Yet some of my chickens seem to be molting. Some seem to be missing some feathers and I see a lot of down feathers in the run. My pullets are not molting only my older birds. I did find lice on my chickens however I treated them...
  5. Elspeth Dinsmore

    Speckled Sussex with Small Gash on Bottom, Red Skin, & Missing Feathers

    I have a Speckled Sussex hen, named Brynn, that is almost 10 months old. She weighs 5 lbs. 11.5 oz. About two months ago she began to lose feathers on her bum (my other SS also lost her bum feathers). Those feathers haven't grown back yet. I made a post when the problem originally happened and...
  6. Basghettiii

    Missing feathers on my chicken’s breast

    This is Jelly. She has scoliosis, so she isn’t shaped quite right, and I’m wondering if this might be part of my issue. She is missing feathers on the right side of her breast, but doesn’t appear to be missing any feather on her back. I was just wondering if it’s possible that my rooster might...
  7. Elspeth Dinsmore

    Chickens Losing Bum Feathers & Poopy Bums

    Howdy! This is my first post on Backyard Chickens. I am a first time chicken keeper. I've learned a lot from other threads on this site. However, I haven't found an answer to my particular problem. I mail-ordered chicks (from Chickens for Backyards) back in July of 2023: three Buff...
  8. C

    Hen missing feathers

    My one year old hen is missing feathers from her back. It does not appear to be a normal molt. Anyone know what might be going on ?
  9. B

    Ameraucana has bald spots on face and is shaking head

    We have nine hens in a fully enclosed coop and run. One of our Ameraucanas has recently gotten bald spots around her face and on her head. She seems to be shaking her head sometimes, too (I'm not sure if she's doing that more than usual or if I'm just paying closer attention). I picked her up...
  10. S

    Goose bald apots on head and neck????

    Hello! I have a 2 year old canada goose that I care for. He's been with me since a hatchling. Have never had any real issues or illness with him. Although as of abput a week/week and a half ago. His feathers started thinning around the crown of his head. I noticed he was really scratching that...
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  11. S

    Tail feathers are shorter?

    Noticed my chickens tail feathers look like they’ve been chopped off, could it be molting or maybe something else happened to it?
  12. M

    Missing feathers on belly/vent / otherwise normal

    Good afternoon friends. We have a 14 month old barred hen that today we realized has a bare belly, and feathers missing around vent. Belly doesn’t feel bloated or squishy. She’s eating and drinking normally, and still laying as usual. She doesn’t appear broody. And there’s no evidence any other...
  13. D

    Bald patch

    Trying to figure out what’s going on with my girl here. In a flock of 15. I brought her in for a “bath” because I had seen a bit of poop on her bum feathers. (Fluffy butt) When I picked her up I noticed the bald patch on her belly. Hard to tell in the pic but she’s sitting on her bottom here...
  14. TandJ77

    What’s wrong with my girl?

    Let my girls out to free range for a bit today and noticed Blanche is missing feathers on her head. There is also a yellow tint to her neck feathers. Anyone know what might be wrong with her? She’s behaving as normal…
  15. arstarr

    Peck wounds, Missing Feathers Not Healing

    So my hens are about 9 months old and I've always had trouble with my them pecking each other and pulling feathers out. I've tried blu-kote, Vetericyn Antimicrobial Poultry Care Spray, letting them free range more to get away from each other, and vitamin supplements in their water. Nothing seems...
  16. Duckduckgoosie

    Hen missing neck feathers, drake attack?

    The back of one of my girls neck feathers look like this. My assumption is that its from a drake, who has now been rehomed. She hatched this past spring so too young for molting? Otherwise well, rest of flock is fine.
  17. JulesRSA

    Please help! Pullet with wound on tail/vent

    Hi everyone I’m a new chicken owner - got 4 girls of 8-9 weeks old, about a week ago, 2 Araucana crosses (Easter Eggers) and 2 Marans crosses. When I let them out of the coop into their run this morning, I noticed that the smallest one (one of the Easter Eggers) - named Agatha - had a bloody...
  18. M

    Help! Hens missing feathers!

    Hello smart chicken people! I’ve noticed that all my hens seem to have these bare spots on their backs, right above their tail feathers. Today I went in the run and noticed one looks really bad, seems to be missing the majority of her back feathers and there was some blood at the base of her...
  19. The chicken nurd

    Missing feathers

    So I have a hen who is very clearly the bottom of the pecking order and missing quite a few of her wing and tail feathers although otherwise she’s not badly injured but she’s been in the flock over a year and still is pretty badly picked on my question is would it do any good to separate her so...
  20. colleen271

    Missing Feathers on Belly

    Hello, My little Dumplin who is about a year and half old is missing a ton of feathers on her belly. You can only see it when I pick her up and she is not missing any around her vent. I noticed a few missing on her head but not bad. I checked her for mites, I have not noticed any bullying...
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