I raised chickens for eggs with my family for many years. Now, as an adult, I'm giving my children the same experience. We purchased 5 chickens and one in particular we all fell
in love with (named her "Honey"). Super affectionate and a very happy chicken, but looks like she had a rough go at some point? I'm writing to see if anyone has suggestions about what she may have, or have experienced, and what - if anything - we should do about it.
She has no mites, no eggs, no little clumps at the base of her feathers, and no other chickens show any similar signs. We treated the coop with DEarth before they came home. She came to us with many broken feathers (came from a farm with dogs...maybe tangled?), bald patches, and one troublesome little bumpy spot on the back of her head that makes her feathers there splay out. I want her to be happy and healthy. What do you knowledgeable folks think this could be and how should I treat it? Pictures attached. Thank you so so much.
in love with (named her "Honey"). Super affectionate and a very happy chicken, but looks like she had a rough go at some point? I'm writing to see if anyone has suggestions about what she may have, or have experienced, and what - if anything - we should do about it.
She has no mites, no eggs, no little clumps at the base of her feathers, and no other chickens show any similar signs. We treated the coop with DEarth before they came home. She came to us with many broken feathers (came from a farm with dogs...maybe tangled?), bald patches, and one troublesome little bumpy spot on the back of her head that makes her feathers there splay out. I want her to be happy and healthy. What do you knowledgeable folks think this could be and how should I treat it? Pictures attached. Thank you so so much.