missing feathers for months

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    Help: Damaged Feathers & Uncertain of Cause

    Hello, I need your help. Starting in February, I noticed one of my chickens had a bald spot with damaged feathers on her back (see first photo). Initially I thought it was due to pecking from other hens. I put a saddle on her to deter further damage, and after two months, it helped the skin...
  2. mldoublee

    Hen is missing a LOT of feathers but didn't molt. Can I do anything?

    I received a Lavender Orpington hen late this summer from an acquaintance of mine. She had warned me the hen was not in the best feather shape because the rooster she had been with was quite overzealous. Ok...I have saddles, feathers grow back...etc. Well, it's now winter in Wisconsin and this...
  3. T

    Molting or something else

    Hello, two of my hens wing feathers look like feathers are missing. They are acting normal and still laying eggs and comb is still bright red. The wings have been this way about three months. I thought it was possibly their first molt but they have been this way awhile now.
  4. F

    Rhode Island Red hen soft eggs and molting

    Hi there! So I’ve done a ton of reading online and I really can’t find a solution to my problem. So I have a Rhode Island Red hen that will be two this June. She has been a wonderful egg layer, she laid an egg almost everyday through winter even though she has been missing feathers on her back...
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