mites? molt ? pecking ?

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    What is causing these bare spots on all my young (28 wks old) chickens backs in the same place

    Molting? I am such a newcomer and all this is so new to me. We have 5 chickens, 2 Easter Eggers, 1 Rhode Island Red and 2 Ideal whites. The silver Easter Egger started laying at 18 weeks and now our last - the Rhode Island Red laid her first egg at about 26 weeks. The silver easter egger...
  2. K

    Not an emergency, bald patches?

    I’m not sure if they are coming out of molt or if there’s something else to be concerned about like depluming mites. I’ve relocated 7 hens, about 15-18 months and one about 2 1/2 years. They have some bald patches I’m not sure about. I’m treating the older one with ivermectin for SLM and dealing...
  3. 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...
  4. jenaialynn

    Losing feathers in spring

    Hi this is my first post! About this time last year I got two wyandotte (silver laced) and two gold-sex linked chicks. My two wyandotte's have been losing feathers around their neck and wing area for the last couple weeks. I have checked for lice and mites and can't tell anything, and their...
    • jenaialynn
    • Thread
    • feathers feathers missing lice mites? molt ? pecking ? mites? skin condition? molting and diet molting symptoms spring hens wyandotte hens
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    • Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
  5. M

    Injured and sick chick

    Hi, I have a chick approximately 8 weeks old. A little over a week ago, she escaped the coop and our dog tried to kill her. We got her away from the dog, but not without a significant injury under her wing, near where her leg meets her body. We have treated that wound, it is scabbed over now...
  6. K

    Trying to figure out what's wrong with my chicken

    my hen is 9 weeks old and I just noticed this discolor on her back. My other Rhode Island Red does not look the same. I have 6 others in the coop. I'm new to this and a little nervous. She sleeps on the floor while the others perch. Is she getting pecked when I'm not around? I don't notice it...
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