Chicken with bald back that happened overnight, no rooster in our coop..

[Bridgette89]

Hey,

So overnight a chicken lost all it's back feathers.. most of them are in the nesting box. We don't have a rooster and the chooks have all been together for at least 6 months. She is also not the bottom chook.

Any advice would be great!! Thanks!!

 

[Cyprus]

Could be going broody and for whatever reason is plucking back feathers
Put a chicken saddle on her and lock her out of the nest boxes overnight.

 

[sourland]

I don't have a clue how that happened. It almost looks as if she got caught somewhere and struggled to get free. It's not molting and surely does not look like feather plucking/pulling.

 

[chickens really]

I had a barred Rock that ate her soft back feathers too. It was a bad habit. Try upping the protein in the feed.

 

[aart]

So overnight a chicken lost all it's back feathers.. most of them are in the nesting box.

That is really odd. Does she always spend the night in the nest?
Is she plucking belly feathers too?
How old is she?
Have you checked them for bugs?

I had a barred Rock that ate her soft back feathers too. It was a bad habit. Try upping the protein in the feed.

Have had one of these 2...despite higher protein feed....she's just weird.

 

[chickens really]

That is really odd. Does she always spend the night in the nest?
Is she plucking belly feathers too?
How old is she?
Have you checked them for bugs?


Have had one of these 2...despite higher protein feed....she's just weird.

Yes..Nothing I did worked either...

 

[Bridgette89]

It seems to be getting worse.. I think she might be doing it? She isn't broody.

 

[chickens really]

View attachment 1644503It seems to be getting worse.. I think she might be doing it? She isn't broody.

How old is she?..Looks like molting.

 

[GoProChickens]

I had a hen that almost lost all of it's feathers at the same time, when it molted.

 

[GoProChickens]

Looks like it's molting to me.