Oogie88
In the Brooder
- Oct 14, 2019
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View attachment 1934108 View attachment 1934109 View attachment 1934108 View attachment 1934109 View attachment 1934108 View attachment 1934108 View attachment 1934109 Hello! I’d appreciate some advice. Almost overnight my hen’s feathers were missing from her back. I thought it was aggressive hen pecking. I showed it to the local feed store and they suggested it was a fungus and recommended Blu Kote. I’ve been spraying this now for 3 days...I am not sure if it even is fungus. Can anyone help me identify this? She is a Russian Orloff, born end of March. She is also missing her neck/wattle feathers (beard). Those have been missing for some time now. Thanks for the help!
I agree, it looks like feather picking/plucking to me too. I've never had a chicken with a beard, but have seen quite a few posters mention their hen or rooster seems to get the beard plucked at. Not sure exactly why, maybe they look a bit different?Thank you. No, have not observed any aggressive behavior from anyone. Happened overnight, I’m pretty sure.
Yay Carol!!! Someone finally explained that one to me.EE beards are susceptible to plucking for the simple reason they get food in them and there seems there's always another chicken that can't resist "cleaning" it.
I have two EE hens, and one can't seem to hold onto her beard because she eats like a pig. She drags her beak through the FF (wet fermented feed) and it dries on her beard. She's practically wearing a meal on her face.