Bald spot

[hilltopchicks77]

How do I tell if it's mites or from picking? I will try to get a picture later but I have my kids and wasn't able to catch the chicken. It's only on one chicken about a quarter size patch near the spine above the hip area.

To give a little background we live in the woods and they do have a good dust area. Nothing added in it. I did recently cut back their free range time due to them tearing up the yard. It's 10 chickens in a double sized dog kennel plus a med size shed for a coop. No new chickens they've all lived together for a year. No rooster but I have seen them mount each other.

 

[Poultry parent]

If it's mits you should see little bugs crawling around, and eggs at the base of their feathers

 

[hilltopchicks77]

Well hubs said he noticed it over the weekend and it hasn't grown in size so I guess that's good. Just a bald spot no scabs or blood

 

[Poultry parent]

It could just be that a few were pulled out somehow, I wouldn't really call it picking unless it gets worse