Greetings!

[carlatomasko]

Hi
I am Carla Tomasko, and me and my husband just started with our new venture. We got 16 chicks from McMurray hatchery. They are awesome and beautiful. Even though we lost one, the rest are happy and healthy.
Looking forward to information, stories and new ventures!

i do have a question?

one of my chickens seems to be loosing her feathers. specially on her butt area and now on her neck. And i as checking her out today and seems that her neck area is a little crusty. Is this normal?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Welcome.

Could the other chicks be feather picking. It's common with a lack of space or protein.

 

[gander007]

Alright

great to have you joining the BYC flock

BYC has a very useful learning center

No your chick sounds like she needs to be cleaned up

What is the age of your flock ????

Try a natural medicine first a hard boiled egg one in the morning and one in the evening

Enjoy your poultry ventures

 

[carlatomasko]

They are 1 month and 1 week old.
They have plenty of feed and cleAn water. How much should they get everyday? How do i know they are getting lots of protein

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[carlatomasko]

 

[carlatomasko]

She is one of the smallest one

 

[gander007]

She is not loosing them they are being pecked off of her you might want to separate her and pick another to go with her so she is not lonely ....



I feed my chicks Turkey Grow as it has 20+% protein and a Hard boiled egg and the feathers fill right in

 

[TwoCrows]

Welcome to BYC!

This could be a wound, but it looks like aggression. You need to separate her out for a while, but keep her within the flock in a caged area until this heals. You can start with neosporin (without the pain killer) to help prevent infection. Do this for a couple days. Then switch to blu-kote. This is a spray that is antibacterial and anti fungal. It will also help to hide the wound so none of others bothers the wound. Use gloves when applying Blu-kote as it stains and because this bird is white, (Blu-kote is purple) you will want to spray the stuff into a small glass bowl and apply it with a q-tip so the feathers don't get too stained.

At this point you can let her in with the others, but keep using the blu-kote until it is healed over completely. Next you need to figure out who is being the bully and if your birds do not have enough room, you need to expand on their digs. 5 square feet per bird in the coop, 10 square feet per bird in the run. Give them things to do to keep them occupied so they are not picking on each other. If this is just a case of bullying, separate out the bully for a few weeks out of view of the other birds to help re organize the pecking order. You can also use pinless peepers on the aggressor to stop the bullying. I have a hen that used to require wearing pinless peepers for her aggressive behavior.

Good luck with your flock and take care of this sweet bird!

 

[carlatomasko]

Thank you all for the suggestions and tips. I'll keep you all posted

 

[carlatomasko]