Bare Bottoms

[MadisonOde]

Hey all,
I have seven hens, three large fowl and four bantams. They all get along for the most part, the three large fowl I got together as chicks and they are silver laced wyandottes. They are about a year and a half old. However, two of the three have bare bottoms. One has almost all feathers gone and the other is patchy. The remaining hen looks fine. I didn’t see any mites, and there is no new feather growth. Does anyone know what’s going on? They also have oyster shell and their protein seems fine.

 

[Cecisflock]

Are they being picked on?

 

[clickchicks]

Same thing happened with my birds, it was a "bully" hen picking on the other birds. Locating her was easy: she was the only one with pristine feathers. If you have multiple suspects, maybe just keep an eye on the flock for a few hours and see if you can pick out who's doing it.

 

[MadisonOde]

Same thing happened with my birds, it was a "bully" hen picking on the other birds. Locating her was easy: she was the only one with pristine feathers. If you have multiple suspects, maybe just keep an eye on the flock for a few hours and see if you can pick out who's doing it.

Sounds good. Thanks!