Loss of feathers

[hammy19]

Hello, my chickens feathers are falling off. mostly all of them accept the young ones as for the older ones there feathers are falling off on there back and the behind and also there wings. A couple of months ago one of my isa brown hens feathers fell off on her back and then had grown back?? With a darker color feather. The one that really bothering me is a black hen I got it from my grandfather I goHello, my chickens feathers are falling off. mostly all of they accept the young ones as for the older ones there feathers are falling off on there back and the behind and also there wings. A couple of months ago one of my isa brown hens feathers fell off on her back and then had grown back?? With a darker color feather. The one that really bothering me is a black hen I got it from my grandfather I got 6 from him and she's the only one that has loss of feathers. And the rest of my isa brown hens have loss of feathers but not as much at the black hen. Help much appreciate t 6 from him and she's the only one that has loss of feathers. And the rest of my isa brown hens have loss of feathers but not as much at the black hen. Help much appreciate

 

[daoustaj]

Probably molting?? Some poor chicken can become quite bald with molting? Are they falling out or being pulled out? If they are getting picked on by the others they may have broken off feathers or scabs from feathers being pulled out. I think there is a thread somewhere with some pretty bald embarressed chickens molting heavily.

 

[hammy19]

Thanks I thought it was that not quite sure, where I got her from was in the mountains where my grandfather live but no feather loss there??? And there has been a couple of roosters bullying her and peaking her feathers off

 

[Podsey]

How old are your hens and are they laying because my old hyline hens stopped laying and then started to lose feathers??

 

[hammy19]

My Isa browns are about 1 and a Half years old and my black hen…I'm not quite sure I'm just guessing 4 years??

 

[hammy19]

And not all the time there laying