Featherless while freezing

[Milesx3]

Hi all. My Silkie girl has become fatherless, mites? No idea as I'm new to this. I'm treating with Ivermectin per advice. She's now getting pecked on and it's freezing temps outside. Is it better to bring her in? Make a homemade jacket? Help?

 

[BobStuart]

May I please have photos

 

[Milesx3]

May I please have photos

 

[Eggcessive]

Do you have a rooster who is over mating her? Have you seen any actual mites or lice on her? You can make a homemade one piece fleece hen apron/saddle. They are a rectangular piece of material with 2 slits cut for wings. It slips over the wings and it is held on that way. Here is a link that shows how:
http://www.linnacresfarm.com/2014/04/how-to-make-simple-hen-saddleapron.html

 

[BobStuart]

Is she molting?

 

[Milesx3]

No, just happened over about a week. Still eating, drinking and acting fine. Unless that's molting? I'm new to this so still learning.

 

[BobStuart]

No, just happened over about a week. Still eating, drinking and acting fine. Unless that's molting? I'm new to this so still learning.

I think it may be molting by the sound of it

 

[tripletfeb]

Do you have a rooster who is over mating her? Have you seen any actual mites or lice on her? You can make a homemade one piece fleece hen apron/saddle. They are a rectangular piece of material with 2 slits cut for wings. It slips over the wings and it is held on that way. Here is a link that shows how:
http://www.linnacresfarm.com/2014/04/how-to-make-simple-hen-saddleapron.html

This. Please follow this advice

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Hi all. My Silkie girl has become fatherless, mites? No idea as I'm new to this. I'm treating with Ivermectin per advice. She's now getting pecked on and it's freezing temps outside. Is it better to bring her in? Make a homemade jacket? Help?

No, just happened over about a week. Still eating, drinking and acting fine. Unless that's molting? I'm new to this so still learning.

Do you have rooster?
Where is she housed?

Can you get photos of all of her?

With this type of feather loss pattern and the condition of her feathers and skin - the feathers have been rubbed and plucked off, whether it's due to a rooster mating her or other hens picking and plucking at her, hard to know. If there's no rooster, then other birds have done it.

Check her well for lice/mites. Get some clear well-lit photos of her skin on her back. I see some scabbing and skin tears. Place her where she can't be mated or picked at, if that means placing her in sectioned off area of the coop or placing her in kennel inside the coop with her own food water, then that's the way to go.

If she's really weak or you fear for her safety in cold weather, move her to a warmer place like a garage or shed where she can be warmer.

Is she new to you? Only Silkie? How many other birds do you have and what's their housing like?

Molting usually follows a relatively specific pattern of feather loss starting at the head/neck, then to the back, wings/body and then tail.