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springvalley123 said:
Oops! meant to paste it, looking for lice and mites.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/lice-and-mites-pictures.1155789/
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@Happy Novogens Yes that’s what you’re looking for on the chicken. If you see feathers laying around and nobody else looks bad it’s probably a molt or low protein feed, lice and mites will infect all of them. She’ll be grumpy and probably uncomfortable when you handle her, but give her a good look to see if there are mites or lice. If you don’t see any, she will do well with some extra protein during molt. Some people give cat food, crunchy or wet. You can also try a can of salmon or some cooked hamburger. Mine love the burger! Just a little bit each day to help her get those feathers grown out.. Mealworms and BSFL are also good to try. If you see her eating any of those feathers that’s what she needs is protein.
 
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igorsMistress said:
@Happy Novogens Yes that’s what you’re looking for on the chicken. If you see feathers laying around and nobody else looks bad it’s probably a molt or low protein feed, lice and mites will infect all of them. She’ll be grumpy and probably uncomfortable when you handle her, but give her a good look to see if there are mites or lice. If you don’t see any, she will do well with some extra protein during molt. Some people give cat food, crunchy or wet. You can also try a can of salmon or some cooked hamburger. Mine love the burger! Just a little bit each day to help her get those feathers grown out.. Mealworms and BSFL are also good to try. If you see her eating any of those feathers that’s what she needs is protein.
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Thank you! It's definitely just her. I managed to take a closer look and (after googling "pin feathers") it looks like that's what I'm seeing on her neck under those top loose feathers. Didn't see anything moving on the skin.

Their feed is 18% protein. I had some dried mealworms in a bag so I just gave them a few of those. I vaguely remember reading that they shouldn't have too many dried ones.

Ha! I never thought of offering cooked burger. I'll probably try out a can of catfood this evening for them.
 
Happy Novogens said:
Thank you! It's definitely just her. I managed to take a closer look and (after googling "pin feathers") it looks like that's what I'm seeing on her neck under those top loose feathers. Didn't see anything moving on the skin.

Their feed is 18% protein. I had some dried mealworms in a bag so I just gave them a few of those. I vaguely remember reading that they shouldn't have too many dried ones.

Ha! I never thought of offering cooked burger. I'll probably try out a can of catfood this evening for them.
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When mine go into molt, I mix the canned catfood in with some wet feed for them. That way I know that they are still eating the regular feed too, and it get's mixed in there enough so that they all get some.
 
BlueBaby said:
What is it with these hawk's? Now today when I was out there I seen 3 of them flying at the same time! It is their breeding season or something?
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They are probably communicating among themselves,,,, where the scarce dinner options still exist. :idunno
 
cavemanrich said:
They are probably communicating among themselves,,,, where the scarce dinner options still exist. :idunno
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I don't know, but they have basically cleaned out the yard's around here that had the free-ranging flock's. Now they are trying to figure out how to get the flock's that are in the coops and run's. They can't get into mine, but it is upsetting my flock when they come around several time's a day.
 
Very interesting and informative article. I've seen a hawk (or could be more than one) doing a lot of hunting lately. It likes to perch atop a line of Arizona Cypress trees that are on the fenceline which is right over my chicken runs in some places. They also nest in one of those trees yearly.

Sometimes my friends ask if I keep a free-range flock. No free rangers here -- they would've been eaten up long ago like some neighboring birds. We have all covered runs for a reason, either heavy old chicken wire or aviary netting with flag tape on it so aerial hunters see the net. I do expect to lose some at some point but not all of them since we have multiple runs.
 

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