Barred Rocks losing feathers on tummy

[ecoj]

Hi all! We have some chickens that have lost a great deal of feathers on their tummies.

Info about the chickens:

• Barred Rock
• 1.5 years old
• Behaving normally
• Normal weight
• No sign of mites

About 4 or 5 of them have lost a great number of feathers on their tummies, and a few others have also lost feathers on their necks.

Any idea of what this could be?

 

[nuthatched]

most chickens have a bald belly from roosting

 

[Desertvalleychickens]

Hi all! We have some chickens that have lost a great deal of feathers on their tummies.

Info about the chickens:

• Barred Rock
• 1.5 years old
• Behaving normally
• Normal weight
• No sign of mites

About 4 or 5 of them have lost a great number of feathers on their tummies, and a few others have also lost feathers on their necks (but we assume this is due to introducing new chickens?)

Any idea of what this could be?

They may be starting to molt...
It's not always introducing new chickens.

 

[ecoj]

most chickens have a bald belly from roosting

Is there a reason that some would have this but others would not?

 

[nuthatched]

Is there a reason that some would have this but others would not?

Might have to do with the build of the bird in question, I'm not sure