Help!!! Need Chicken Advice

[sourland]

As others have said, those are pin or blood feathers - she is molting and they are the new feathers growing in. Do not pull them out.

 

[MissChick@dee]

The dander from a new feather shaft can even look like flakes of dandruff. Think of the feather coming in a little plastic straw. As the hen preens herself she picks and ruffles the plastic straw covering the feathers it chips away until the new feather fully emerges.
New feathers can look like a sticker/thorn with bristly little ends. Like a tiny paint brush.
Oh Lordy I hope I didn’t confuse you more.
What ever the case please don’t pull them out.
Some primary feathers can really bleed if you pull/break them. Best wishes

 

[Champagnechickens]

is she laying any egg's? if she is she probably is molting and is it a boy or girl

They are all in a big coop. We only have hens?

 

[Justso]

Yes hang in there! We all go through it with our chickens. Don't worry about covering her up, she'll be fine. it's always shocking how they lose all those feathers in cold weather. By the way, where are you located?
Here in northern Illinois I feel like putting sweaters on my molting chickens. But they seem to do just fine.

 

[Champagnechickens]

Yes hang in there! We all go through it with our chickens. Don't worry about covering her up, she'll be fine. it's always shocking how they lose all those feathers in cold weather. By the way, where are you located?
Here in northern Illinois I feel like putting sweaters on my molting chickens. But they seem to do just fine.

I live in southern Louisiana. Our weather has been hot then cold.

 

[Justso]

Oh then she'll really be fine!
now is the time to sit back and chill until she starts laying in a month or so.

 

[Fishkeeper]

That is not a pest problem, don't treat for lice.
In future, it's best not to pull things off of chickens if that causes them to start bleeding.

 

[Champagnechickens]

That is not a pest problem, don't treat for lice.
In future, it's best not to pull things off of chickens if that causes them to start bleeding.

Mine barely even bled

 

[Fishkeeper]

If you are pulling something off a chicken and it is bleeding AT ALL, you need to stop doing that.