Losing Feathers

[coach723]

Molt can cause paleness sometimes too. Are any of them laying? Hens that are off laying for the winter (shorter daylight hours) will sometimes get paler. With ex-bats who have lived in confinement, it can take a while for them to look better and healthier. You may want to switch to a flock raiser or all flock type feed that will be in the 18% protein range, and offer oyster shell in a separate feeder all the time for those that need it. The higher protein may help with feather growth, which takes a lot of protein.

 

[Chickenman MAN]

Molt can cause paleness sometimes too. Are any of them laying? Hens that are off laying for the winter (shorter daylight hours) will sometimes get paler. With ex-bats who have lived in confinement, it can take a while for them to look better and healthier. You may want to switch to a flock raiser or all flock type feed that will be in the 18% protein range, and offer oyster shell in a separate feeder all the time for those that need it. The higher protein may help with feather growth, which takes a lot of protein.

They are laying, it has been on off these past few days but I put that to weather (they normally don’t lay with bad weather). I know it takes a while for bats to recover but I just found it peculiar that she suddenly started losing feathers.

 

[coach723]

Verbal descriptions can only help so much....pictures may answer the question.