Any idea what this could be or causing it! I'm puzzled. (pic)

[Theapplechicks]

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Great post. Get her a small bag of Gamebird or Showbird feed. Protein content is 24% for the most part.

The go to the drug store and get a small bottle of Venetian Violet. It is a very small bottle in the antiseptic section. I know out here Walgreens has it for $2.99. It comes with a small wand in it to apply. It is the same as a product called Blu-Kote but you are getting the generic without the aerosol. Dab it on the area and if it is her she will leave it alone.

Best of Luck

thanks. I'll see if I can find some.

 

[NottinghamChicks]

I would get her some gamebird starter which I believe is 22% protein.

 

[tiki244]

yes gamebird starter X2

 

[chkn]

I've had a pretty bald hen (probably for more than a year) be completely be transformed with ivermectin and seven dust treatments. Plus cleaning the coop. You'd never know it was the same chicken. She had the scrapiest tale, real bald saddle and bald around the top of her head. She was one ugly chicken. Now I think she's better feathered than all the others!

 

[Theapplechicks]

what is ivermectin if I may ask?

 

[tammye]

Yes she can reach them. I have a self plucker in my flock, then of course when the others see her do it they do it, chickens such copycats

 

[chkn]

Ivermectin is a pour on cattle wormer. It also kills external parasites (they have to be the blood sucking type). If you haven't wormed her before, you'd better do so using Wazine first and then do the Ivermectin say 7-10 days later. Ivermectin is fairly broad spectrum and you don't want to make her expell a heavy worm load all at once. Let the first round (Wazine) kill off the adult round worms. How do you know if your chickens have worms? They all have worms!

I guess the other thing you could try is a permethrin dip or a flea and tick bath. The nice thing about that is it gets the non-blood sucking types such as depluming and scaly leg mites. I prefer Ivermectin as a first line of defense and then do a dip in the hot weather when the bugs are really bad.

 

[Theapplechicks]

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oh goodness! A flea and tick bath will get rid of scaly leg mites??? We have battled those on and off maybe I could try that next time. I've just been using seven dust (and spray on the feather feet per recomendation of a guy at TSC) and Bag Balm to coat them. The chickens hate the bag balm! lol!

 

[tinychicky]

she may be an overzealous preener, yes, but i think it's more likely just a bad molt. if not, probably mites. lift up her wings and blow on the feathers to see if there are any little "bugs" crawling around or whitish clumps of eggs. if there aren't to many chickens to treat for mites, i think giving them a bath with dog or cat flea shampoo works quite well. you should also clean out the coop, spray the nests and roost with seven and let the whole thing air out for an hour or two.

 

[ErinG]

I'm having a similar (maybe?) problem with one of my hens. I can't tell, but is yours an actual bald spot? Something seems to be eating my hen's feathers. They slowly become stripped until only the shaft is left. It's just starting on another hen as well. I have never seen bugs on her. Treated with both sevin and permethrin. I have posted before and no one knows what it is?