Hi All,
I was walking around holding my BR the other day and when i scratched her belly I noticed that she has lost most of the feathers on her belly. I didn't notice it before because feathers on either side cover it, but when you part them there is a bare spot about 1 1/2 to 2 inches wide down the center of her belly. The skin isn't irritated at all, just bare and I don't see any feathers laying around anywhere either. She's not molting and not showing any signs of going broody... She doesn't even lay any eggs to go broody over! Shoot, I wish she would go broody and sit on somebody else's eggs to make herself useful for something
Any ideas as to why she might have lost her belly feathers?
I was walking around holding my BR the other day and when i scratched her belly I noticed that she has lost most of the feathers on her belly. I didn't notice it before because feathers on either side cover it, but when you part them there is a bare spot about 1 1/2 to 2 inches wide down the center of her belly. The skin isn't irritated at all, just bare and I don't see any feathers laying around anywhere either. She's not molting and not showing any signs of going broody... She doesn't even lay any eggs to go broody over! Shoot, I wish she would go broody and sit on somebody else's eggs to make herself useful for something
Any ideas as to why she might have lost her belly feathers?