Losing Feathers?

[Porterfive]

Hi,
A lot of my chickens are losing their feathers. They are missing from their faces and others from their backs and wings.
We only have hens in the run so no roos to be pulling them out.
I am wondering if it might be a parasite? They are due for a dusting which we do about 3 times a year but have never seen a feather issue like this before.
Thank you for any help or suggestions anyone has.
Jennifer Porter.

 

[Glenda L Heywood]

have they gone thru a complete molt in the last yr?
that is what it sounds like to me

they need to NOT have any corm just the protein crumble layer feed
are they laying okay?

they could use the
wet mash probiotic to help them get new feathers

***give the chickens after cleaning and spraying the coop this

***2 tbsp of ACV in a gallon of water

***also some feed it to all chickens
wet mash probiotic
1 qt of dry crumbles
1/4 cup of yoguart
1-1/2 qt of milk any kind
mix good and feed each adult chicken 3 tbsp of wet mash probiotic

In case it is mites or lice do this

*****I also would take a look at the chicken house and see if any of the building has split boards or knot holes as the mites live there and feed on the birds

thus you can paint the spots of the building with

1 qt of kerosene
1 qt of mineral oil
with paint brush apply to the roosts and knot holes and cracks in the boards

also clean the bedding out of the building and put seven 5% on the floor before putting the beding in

The wet mash probiotic will build up their systems as the mites and lice have depleted their blood system a lot

also will help new feather growing
the reason to not feed any corn is that laying feed's most ingredient is corn
so do not feed extra corn to deminish the protein level

any other question just email me PM