Just molting or something else

[ThinkingChickens]

My Barred Rock looked perfect from the top, but when I went to pick her up her whole underside is bald. I don't see anything but skin, but I never saw her molt up top. So, could this just be molting or should I treat her for parasites? I have DE in the run and she's eating, moving normally. My others girls molted differently, they didn't just go bald on the belly.

 

[BOs and Silkie]

Sounds weird I don' t think she is molting. If she is acting strange is not eating, she probably is has parasites or another bug or sickness.

 

[ThinkingChickens]

She's acting normal, and eating and drinking as normal. I'll have to have my husband help me inspect her later this afternoon. I have DE in the next boxes and in their favorite dust bathing areas. I'll try to take some photos.

 

[Judy]

If it's mites or lice, DE will not stop a real infestation. Usually a bare belly, though, is because they have plucked their feathers to set a bunch of eggs, when broody. They can get a bare spot on the chest if they are continually rubbing the area on something, too.