CarlaCo
Songster
My son has 4 Rhode Island Red chickens about 1 1/2 years old which live in an eglu and have a large open air pen. They seem to be suffering a lot of feather loss, one more than others but all are starting to show bare spots and he fears it could be illness. They were treated twice with ivermectin and the coop sanitized etc and they have a nice dust bath that includes DE. They began tearing open their own eggs too, but he put fake ones out with mustard and they seem to have stopped that. Should he be concerned. Do chickens molt in the middle of winter? He lives up north, near Elmira NY. Appreciate any advice.