Lack of Feathers and Scabs Around the Rear of my Hen

[Alek]

So today it was really windy and I noticed something strange about one of my hens and that she had a lot of fatherless skin around her vent as well as a number of scabs. I don't know what this is and I only keep her with three other hens so it couldn't be a rooster. They do live upstairs so it could be a parasite but I've put a cat box full of garden soil up there in the hopes that they could dust themselves up there as well as I try to let them out at least once a week if weather permits. I don't know what it is for sure and would really appreciate anyone knowing what the heck was happening to my poor chicken.

 

[samanthaoverton]

Mites or lice..have you checked the whole chicken over? Sometimes some are too hard to see. They congregate around the vent.. there's less feathers and easier to feed...

 

[Mrs. K]

That is what I was thinking too. Or feather picking. I am not quite understanding what you mean when you say they live upstairs?

Mrs K

 

[samanthaoverton]

Upstairs? Maybe a typo but I can't find it..lol

 

[Mrs. K]

They do live upstairs so it co

 

[samanthaoverton]

Ohh ok..lol

 

[Alek]

That is what I was thinking too. Or feather picking. I am not quite understanding what you mean when you say they live upstairs?

Mrs K

I keep hens that need to regrow feathers in a coop with a main entry for the chickens that can be blocked off and there is another coop right below it. Sorry for the confusion it's just sometimes I make references to things I know about really well and because I know it well I expect others to know about it too.