Flock issues

[Raegina]

I am having some issues with my flock i am new to chickens. First issue is i picked up 6 from someone to add to my flock i didint know some have no featheres on their butt and chest and it looks red. One has missing feathers from its head to and it's supper red. Others when you pick up feel almost oily. They are 2 years old if that helps.

I also have this little white one who always is sick she Sneezes and seems to have trouble breathing. I'll give her vitamins and medicine. It'll help but never completely goes away. Any advice would be helpful.

 

[NatJ]

I am having some issues with my flock i am new to chickens. First issue is i picked up 6 from someone to add to my flock i didint know some have no featheres on their butt and chest and it looks red. One has missing feathers from its head to and it's supper red. Others when you pick up feel almost oily. They are 2 years old if that helps.

I don't know about the sick one that sneezes.

How long have you had them? For the ones with red skin, they may get better within a few days or weeks of living in good conditions (not too crowded, reasonably clean) with plenty of good food (free-choice Flock Raiser or similar feed, plus oyster shell separately as a calcium source.) If you have already had them for a while, then obviously it did not get better on its own

You might also take a good look for parasites (mites, lice, etc.) I don't know much about them, but I know they can cause feather and skin issues, so that is worth checking.

For the bare areas, they might stay bare until the chickens next molt (probably in the fall.) That is fairly common no matter what caused the feather loss. When the hens molt they need plenty of protein to grow new feathers (18% protein or more, in any complete chicken feed, should be enough. Up to 20-something percent protein is also fine.)

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

The feather loss looks mostly from rooster mating, and the one missing chest feathers probably from sitting in the nest boxes.

A couple look like they have a respiratory infection. It could be from stress of being moved to a new home. Not sure on what you can treat them with. Theirs are a few over the counter products like Vetrx that you can try.