Hen not done molting?

[Chickens are awsome]

I have a silver laced wyandotte that is still missing a lot of feathers I think from her molting? all of my others are long done molting. What could cause this? Shes 4 or 5.

 

[azygous]

Got some photos?

 

[sourland]

Are you certain that other birds are not feather pecking/plucking her? Can you post a picture?

 

[Chickens are awsome]

Are you certain that other birds are not feather pecking/plucking her? Can you post a picture?

I don't think they are, but maybe? I'll get a pic when I do night checks a little later.

 

[Chickens are awsome]

photos of hen, she has a few feathers but mostly floof.
The lighting wasn't great sorry

 

[azygous]

Please wait for better lighting and take another photo.

What little I see, and what I suspected from your narrative, it's possible this hen is showing one of the many symptoms of an avian virus. I've seen this with a couple of hens in my flock, which carries lymphoid leucosis, over the years, and it causes feathers to grow in abnormally.

But I need to see a better, more detailed photo of the feathers to be more certain.

 

[Chickens are awsome]

okay i will get some better photos today in the daylight

 

[Chickens are awsome]

if she has the avian virus would she have to be culled? Or are there any treatments for it?

 

[azygous]

No, you don't need to cull because all your chickens would have been exposed. I cull when a chicken is in pain or so sick they will not live a normal life any longer. This is my hen that had deformed feathers. She lived another year after this photo.

 

[Chickens are awsome]

are there tests you can do for it? or any treatments?