Hen’s missing feathers, bright red skin

[Fiver5r]

Hey, all! I have 15 birds. A little while back, one of them started looking a bit shabby, losing some feathers, but otherwise acting fine. I thought maybe our turkey was picking on her (I have a male and a female turkey housed with the chickens, they all get along great 95% of the time). Anyway, over the past week, I’ve noticed 3 more birds looking rough. The original bird looks terrible. For background info, I live in the Tampa Bay Area. Crows like to hang out in the run from time to time and it is possible they’ve been visited by mosquitos. One of the girls has had some gross, runny poop this week, too. They all had 5 days of DE last week.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

That first one looks bad. My first guess is that your birds are 12-20 months old and you haven't experienced a molt with them before.
You are likely experiencing a dearth of eggs now.
It is all normal.

 

[Saaniya]

Hey, all! I have 15 birds. A little while back, one of them started looking a bit shabby, losing some feathers, but otherwise acting fine. I thought maybe our turkey was picking on her (I have a male and a female turkey housed with the chickens, they all get along great 95% of the time). Anyway, over the past week, I’ve noticed 3 more birds looking rough. The original bird looks terrible. For background info, I live in the Tampa Bay Area. Crows like to hang out in the run from time to time and it is possible they’ve been visited by mosquitos. One of the girls has had some gross, runny poop this week, too. They all had 5 days of DE last week.

Look for mites first the red bright skin is due to mites or lice

 

[ShannonR]

My thoughts are the same as above. Parasites and /or moulting. Both, very possibly from the sounds of it.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Do your birds have a good dry place to dust bathe?

 

[Fiver5r]

I haven’t found any on any of the birds, but I was wondering the same thing. I’m gonna use DE on everyone this week regardless

 

[Fiver5r]

Its very sandy where we live, so a good portion of their run is a mix of sand and soft dirt that I see them floof around in