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I noticed that with mine too at times. I didn't do anything about it because they did not seem unhappy or uncomfortable. I would be interested to know if sunscreen helped with that. If you were to apply something to soothe the area, I'd probably just go with aloe. Not sure if blue spray would do anything and not sure it is even necessary. My chickens all turned out fine and I raised one group in extremely high temps. I also have no trees in my own yard and very little shade. I think when my CX were uncomfortable, they did go get out of the sun.10 ish of our CX appear to be badly sunburnt on their rumps where they haven't feathered. I can go buy something tomorrow afternoon (we don't live in town) to treat it, but would blue spray lotion help at least a little bit for now? I was also hoping it might be dark enough to protect from more sunburn. It's not very hot out and they have access to shade, but they just sit there and sunbathe. They look like crispy cooked chickens. Yikes! Very red and irritated. And i looked under their wings and that skin is still white and I checked a few other chicks to try to have an idea of what was happening and they all look fine too. ?