- Jul 12, 2009
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I have 12 chickens going into the second summer laying season 5 arucana and the remaining are large breeds. All the Arucana have lost feathers around the butt end - throat and top back between the wings- only the cover feathers not the under feather on the top of the back. They are not molting they lay every day. All the large breeds have not lost any feathers. They all roost together and I have never seen any pecking. The roost is cleaned every week and remains very clean. Fans are provided in the roost and they have a large out door area totally animal proof.
The pen is directly under a very large black walnut tree...illiminating the threat of mites/lice and fleas, However I thought of dusting the entire flock for mites just in case the tree wasn't working but the large breeds would be infected and are not......Then I felt it was a problem with the large breeds picking on the Arucanas which are smaller in size. I recently read that I can purchase a spray that will help stop feather pulling ...ready to try.
Does any one have this situation?
Looking for answers and suggestions
The pen is directly under a very large black walnut tree...illiminating the threat of mites/lice and fleas, However I thought of dusting the entire flock for mites just in case the tree wasn't working but the large breeds would be infected and are not......Then I felt it was a problem with the large breeds picking on the Arucanas which are smaller in size. I recently read that I can purchase a spray that will help stop feather pulling ...ready to try.
Does any one have this situation?
Looking for answers and suggestions
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