Copper maran losing feathers

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May 9, 2024
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Does anyone know why my copper maran hen looks like this? She is approximately 3 years old. She is not at the bottom of the pecking order. I have 3 copper marans about 3yo, 2 cream legbars coming up 2 yo and a lavender aracuna bantam who is 5yo... she is the top of the pecking order although tiny compared to the other hens. This has been happening gradually over the last 5 months. None of the other hens have this and she is fully feathered everywhere else so definitely not molting! Tia
 

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And also is there anything I can do to help these sisters combs stop falling all over their eyes.... they get worse in warmer weather but it must really limit their vision! One hen has it slightly worse than the other hen.
 

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Sometimes hen will pick the feathers near the head of other hens. Not sure if that is the case with your hen. Some kinds of feather loss may not grow back until the next molt.
 
Sometimes hen will pick the feathers near the head of other hens. Not sure if that is the case with your hen. Some kinds of feather loss may not grow back until the next molt.
Yes ok.... it just seems like a receding feather line as it's spreading down her neck now. Used to just be a tiny patch on her her head
 

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