Hawk? malting?

[mychickensneaky]

My pet chicken Sneaky I call her has lost her tail. Witch is really weird because she used to have a long pretty tail. Just a day ago. So I left my chickens out to free range when I left to go out to town. The next morning when I saw her she had no tail and her neck looked funny. I thought isn't that were hawks land on them to kill them? Or I could just be jumping to conclusions and she could just be malting right? Do chickens loose there tail when they malt?

 

[Ducclelover10]

My pet chicken Sneaky I call her has lost her tail. Witch is really weird because she used to have a long pretty tail. Just a day ago. So I left my chickens out to free range when I left to go out to town. The next morning when I saw her she had no tail and her neck looked funny. I thought isn't that were hawks land on them to kill them? Or I could just be jumping to conclusions and she could just be malting right? Do chickens loose there tail when they malt?

A lot of times chickens do lose their tale when they molt. That's probably what it is. You just mean she is losing her tail "feathers" though. Right?

 

[mychickensneaky]

A lot of times chickens do lose their tale when they molt. That's probably what it is. You just mean she is losing her tail "feathers" though. Right?

Yea she lost all of her tail feathers.

 

[fogandcopper]

If you have roosters it could be them too.

 

[mychickensneaky]

If you have roosters it could be them too.

yea I thought of that too. I do have 1 kinda harsh roos

 

[fogandcopper]

You should separate him from her and see how she does.