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Hello,
My name is Liddy and I am a new chook mother and member of this forum.
I inherited two girls-Rhode island reds, a year ago from a friend who moved to the city. The girls are about 2 and 1/2 years old.
I had been wanting to keep chooks for a while and was pleased to take care of my friends girls. I must say I have become very fond of them.
There are a few issues that have concerned me recently with one of my girls.
1. Ginger (the bigger bossy girl) has been laying eggs with red specks on them. I read somewhere that this could be a sign of a parasite red mite. So I sprayed the girls and their house with mite spray.
2. Ginger then went through a week of laying eggs with no shells. The pet shop man said give them more grit and put calcium in their drinking water. So I did this.
3. Ginger has been now off the lay for 2 weeks and has started to shed her feathers. I have read that chooks do molt. But Ginger looks positively scrapy. She has lost her tail feathers and has a big patch with no feathers at all on her back. And today I noticed she is losing a couple of her wing feathers. She also has become not as bossy as she usually is.
Is this normal or do I havae a sick girl on my hands?
Concerned Mother Liddy.
My name is Liddy and I am a new chook mother and member of this forum.
I inherited two girls-Rhode island reds, a year ago from a friend who moved to the city. The girls are about 2 and 1/2 years old.
I had been wanting to keep chooks for a while and was pleased to take care of my friends girls. I must say I have become very fond of them.
There are a few issues that have concerned me recently with one of my girls.
1. Ginger (the bigger bossy girl) has been laying eggs with red specks on them. I read somewhere that this could be a sign of a parasite red mite. So I sprayed the girls and their house with mite spray.
2. Ginger then went through a week of laying eggs with no shells. The pet shop man said give them more grit and put calcium in their drinking water. So I did this.
3. Ginger has been now off the lay for 2 weeks and has started to shed her feathers. I have read that chooks do molt. But Ginger looks positively scrapy. She has lost her tail feathers and has a big patch with no feathers at all on her back. And today I noticed she is losing a couple of her wing feathers. She also has become not as bossy as she usually is.
Is this normal or do I havae a sick girl on my hands?
Concerned Mother Liddy.