beatriceanddaisy
In the Brooder
As the title says, my 1.5 year old RI Red is missing feathers on her entire underbelly and around vent. It wasn't until we picked her up and looked that we saw the extent of the missing feathers (click through to see close-up):
She lives with 4 other hens, none of whom have any noticeable butt feather loss. I've never seen any other chickens pecking her. In terms of environment, we live in the Pacific Northwest where its been warm and exceptionally dry for about 5 months.
She's acting normally, eating, laying, etc.
I'm a newer chicken owner and we haven't dealt with much yet but based on Google searches I don't see signs of vent gleet or lice. If it were mites, wouldn't the other chickens have them too?
Should we take her to a vet? What's going on? Any advice or thoughts much appreciated!
She lives with 4 other hens, none of whom have any noticeable butt feather loss. I've never seen any other chickens pecking her. In terms of environment, we live in the Pacific Northwest where its been warm and exceptionally dry for about 5 months.
She's acting normally, eating, laying, etc.
I'm a newer chicken owner and we haven't dealt with much yet but based on Google searches I don't see signs of vent gleet or lice. If it were mites, wouldn't the other chickens have them too?
Should we take her to a vet? What's going on? Any advice or thoughts much appreciated!