Hens with loss of feathers

[lbah03]

Good Morning,

Last year in my classroom I hatched chickens. I took them home to raise them and keep them for the eggs. Started with ten and lost one. Then out of nine I had 5 roosters. I got rid of the roosters (kept one). But now I have hens that have no feathers on their backs or wings. They are healthy otherwise . I am wondering if there is something to help the feathers grow back faster. Their feathers are just starting to grow back. Thank you!

 

[getaclue]

You can use hen saddles, or pen up the rooster for a few weeks, until the hens' feathers come back in.

 

[lbah03]

Thank you. The one rooster is fine now! It happened when there was five of them. I do have one saddle on one of the hens. This seems to help. Just didn't know if there was something else to help them grow.

 

[cluckadoodledoo13]

There’s nothing you can really do to speed up the growth, hen saddles sound like a good option or if there’s a severe bald patch then you could use something like blue spray or terramycin.

 

[lbah03]

I do have the blue spray. That might protect them. When out in the sun. They get a little red. Thank you.